It's impossible to hide from a female mosquito, she will hunt down any member of the human species by tracking our CO2 exhalations, body heat, and body odor. But some of us are distinct "mosquito magnets" who get more than our fair share of bites. Blood type, blood sugar level, consuming garlic or bananas, being a woman, and being a child are all popular theories for why someone might be a preferred snack. Yet for most of them, there is little credible data, says Leslie Vosshall, head of Rockefeller's Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Behavior.
Washington [US], January 9 (ANI): According to a study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell's Ithaca campus, aggressive and relatively common lymphomas called diffuse large B cell lymphomas (DLBCLs) have a critical metabolic vulnerability that can be exploited to trick these cancers into starving themselves.
Washington [US], December 28 (ANI): During a recent study, an international team of scientists identified antibodies that neutralize omicron and other SARS-CoV-2 variants.
New Haven [US], December 20 (ANI): A new study has found that some COVID cases are more critical than others due to the antiviral inflammatory response to the virus, with the help of humanized mice.