
Humberto Basilio
Science Journalist at @Nature | Words in @NYTimes @NewsfromScience @NatGeo @ArchaeologyMag @AGU_Eos @InsideClimate and more. 🇲🇽 Signal: humbertobasilio.24
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3 weeks ago |
nature.com | Humberto Basilio
Research suggests that blood levels of the amino acid taurine might not be as closely linked to ageing as previous research had suggested. Led by scientists at the US National Institute on Aging (NIA) in Baltimore, Maryland, the study casts doubt on the use of taurine as an ageing biomarker — something that could be measured to help determine a person’s health status — and on its use as a dietary supplement to stave off the effects of ageing1.
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1 month ago |
scientificamerican.com | Humberto Basilio
As bird flu sweeps across US poultry and cattle farms, researchers are racing to find ways to contain the outbreaks before they ignite a human pandemic. Now, a team of scientists has developed a fresh approach: the first mRNA bird-flu vaccine for cattle. Early findings, posted this month on the preprint server bioRxiv, reveal that the experimental vaccine triggers a strong immune response to the virus, and protects against infection in calves. The results have not yet been peer-reviewed.
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1 month ago |
nature.com | Humberto Basilio
As bird flu sweeps across US poultry and cattle farms, researchers are racing to find ways to contain the outbreaks before they ignite a human pandemic. Now, a team of scientists has developed a fresh approach: the first mRNA bird-flu vaccine for cattle. Will bird flu spark a human pandemic?
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1 month ago |
nature.com | Humberto Basilio
In its bid to reduce government spending and rein in ‘woke’ science, the administration of US President Donald Trump has, over the past three months, terminated about 800 active research grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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2 months ago |
nature.com | Humberto Basilio
What Rina Green calls her “living hell” began with an innocuous backache. By late 2022, two years later, pain flooded her entire body daily and could be so intense that she couldn’t get out of bed. Painkillers and physical therapy offered little relief. She began using a wheelchair. Green has fibromyalgia, a mysterious condition with symptoms of widespread and chronic muscle pain and fatigue. No one knows why people get fibromyalgia, and it is difficult to treat.
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