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| Due to the special geographical location of the Myanmar-China border, and relatively high numbers of high-risk groups, including intravenous drug users (IDUs), commercial sex workers (CSWs), long-distance truck drivers (LDTDs), etc., this region has become one of the hardest-hit areas of HIV worldwide. Moreover, the constant and regular activities of these high-risk groups between China and Mya... more |
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| In modern human society, odor detection tasks are becoming more and more prominent, e.g. to prevent terrorism or for drug searches, and especially the use of rodents for these tasks has some unique advantages. Researchers from the Kunming Institute of Zoology developed a novel apparatus and operant conditioning paradigm (Relative GO NO-GO) for mouse-based odor detection systems. Using this syst... more |
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| When looking for a cure for HIV, scientists are turning to our closest genetic relative: monkeys. Monkeys can be infected with HIV, but there is one key difference when compared with their human counterparts: HIV doesn’t often replicate in monkeys. There are several restriction factors that prevent replication of HIV-1 in primates, namely TRIMCyp, a fusion protein. This protein developed indep... more |
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| Less than1% of the global population suffers from Schizophrenia, a potentially debilitating disease in which the patient loses the ability to distinguish between reality and fantasy. Schizophrenia usually manifests during adolescence, and brings with it a heavy financial and emotional burden for close family and friends. Previous research on twins has established that genetic factors are associ... more |
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| Smell detection plays an increasingly important role in numerous areas of daily existence, from sniffing out drugs at the airport to identifying diseases. Most of the time dogs trained to hone their sense of smell for these purposes, but even man’s best friend can have limited use in some situations. For example, dogs don’t always operate well without a handler, they may suffer reduced abilit... more |
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