20/01/2014 admin

Guest post written by Anna Perman (Science Media officer, BioMed Central) with contributions from Domenico Otranto, Felipe Dantas -Torres and Jean-Bernard Huchet.     It may not be the most attractive thing ever, but this 2000 year old tick is actually looking surprisingly good for its age, thanks to its mummified host. In research published… Read more »

12/01/2014 admin

  Disrupting an olfactory neuron to prevent mosquito bites to humans   j.pelletier@keele.ac.uk         It is well known just how efficient mosquitoes are at deciphering the complex chemical environment around them to find hosts, food and oviposition sites. However, determining the precise mechanisms that underlie these capabilities has proven elusive. Today, our… Read more »

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