double trouble

Recent research published in Journal of Neurochemistry, has shown that Japanese encephalitis virus, commonly known as brain fever, damages the brain in two ways -- not only killing brain cells but also preventing the birth of new cells from neural stem/progenitor cells and depleting the NPC pool in the brain.

Geneticists discover that insecticide resistance genes work together in mosquitoes, increasing their survival rate with important consequences for pest management.

Mosquitoes harboring two insecticide-resistance genes have been found to survive unexpectedly well in an insecticide-free environment where carrying such genes would normally expected to be a burden.

This results from the genes interacting with one another to the advantage of the host and to the detriment of pest management strategies affecting human health.