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Ethnobotanical medicine is effective against the bacterium causing Lyme disease

A preclinical study in test tubes showed that selected plant-based herbal medicines, especially Ghanaian quinine and Japanese knotweed, work better than antibiotics: Frontiers in Medicine [...]
Study finds empathy can be detected in people whose brains are at rest

Findings may help health care professionals better assess those with autism, schizophrenia: Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience [...]
Ancient gut microbiomes could shed light on human evolution

A new study offers hypotheses about the influence of microbes on our early social and daily lives: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution [...]
Tourists pose continued risks for disease transmission to endangered mountain gorillas

Gorillas are susceptible to human diseases, with respiratory infections causing up to 20% of sudden deaths: Frontiers in Public Health [...]
Satellite image data reveals rapid decline of China’s intertidal wetlands

Study shows a loss of nearly 40% of wetlands since the 1970s and calls for new legislation for their protection: Frontiers in Earth Science [...]

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