This was a great opportunity to report on progress to date across the 9 projects, and debate the priorities for the future BFSP programme #biodiversity #FoodSecurity #Pathogens @elixir-europe.org

This was a great opportunity to report on progress to date across the 9 projects, and debate the priorities for the future BFSP programme #biodiversity #FoodSecurity #Pathogens @elixir-europe.org
Extracted from a book published back in 1938. Unfortunately, the message is still relevant today.
#Mosquitoes and other #arthropods are a real problem, and we, #humans, have the tools to fight against the #pathogens they transmit.
Less #war, more #vectorcontrol.
Can an ancient virus be brought back to life? What 500‑year‑old smallpox DNA reveals
#Health #Smallpox #AncientDNA #Science #History #Virology #Chile #IndigenousHistory #PublicHealth #Archaeology #Evolution #Viruses #Mummies #Americas #Pathogens #The14Media
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Can an ancient virus be brought back to life? What 500-year-old smallpox DNA reveals#Chile #Mummies #Pathogens #Smallpox #Viruses
✈️🦠 A study raising concerns about #bacteria in #airline drinking #water is another reason to think twice about #beverages such as in-flight #coffee brewed using onboard water.
#Microbes #Bacteria #PublicHealth #pathogens #Microsky via @thetraveler.org
Pharmalot.. Pharmalittle.. Good Morning: We’re reading about a GSK deal for a drug from China, job losses in the U.S., and more news.. statnews.com/pharmalot/20... #pharma #China #GSK #pathogens #layoffs #psychedelics #FDA #340B #Sanofi #kickbacks #Medicare
🦠🔬 Scientists discovered an unusual #bacterium that can penetrate human #cells without relying on the typical invasion mechanisms used by many #bacterial #pathogens.
#Microbes #Bacteria #HostPathogen #Infections #Microsky via @sciencex.bsky.social
In news that will make you look at parchment in a completely new way. The parchment of Medieval books contain the DNA of #pathogens of the diseases affecting the animal from which it was made. #medievalhistory #history
CDC issues alert on increased human rabies exposure and what appears to be potentially inappropriate or error-ridden use of post-exposure vaccines and immunoglobulins.
One user at a military institute sought Claude's help with a grant application; they sought to engineer a chikungunya virus to make it more deadly.
A study of 138 #privatewells in rural #Wisconsin estimated thousands of yearly #gastrointestinal #illnesses from #fecal #pathogens. Human fecal sources drove most risk, outweighing #livestock-only sources despite heavy #agriculture.
🦠🔬 #Microplastics may act as #pollutant shuttles, carrying chemicals, #pathogens and #antibiotic resistance #genes ...
#Microbes #AMR #Infections #Biomed #Microsky via @eurekalert.bsky.social
… pathogen-effective population sizes, thereby enhancing adaptive potential that can accelerate evolution & spread of zoonotic bacteria—with direct implications for human health.
#Intensive #Industrial #Animals #Agriculture #Poultry #Chicken #Birds #Ecology #Pathogens #Zoonoses #Diseases #Health
🐐🦠 Petting #zoos can expose visitors to #pathogens including #Shiga #toxin-producing #Ecoli, #Salmonella, #Campylobacter and #Cryptosporidium, making thorough #handwashing especially important.
#Microbes #Zoonoses #Health #Microsky via @theconversation.com
4-Sep-2026
#Microplastics may act as pollutant shuttles, carrying #chemicals, #pathogens and #antibioticResistance genes
New review reveals how microplastics transport multiple #pollutants across #ecosystems and proposes a framework for identifying when these vector effects become serious […]