Tag: humans
Avian flu: crisis in France, risks for humans?
The virus of the “flu” or rather “avian plague” is spreading in farms in France. 16 million poultry were slaughtered, a record number. What to know about this disease? What…
It’s only a matter of time before the antibiotic-resistant superbacterium reaches humans
The new discovery raises concerns that heavy use of antibiotics on farms will lead to the spread of resistant microbes. The study, led by Soren Persson from the Statens Serum…
AI Ithaca Completes Ancient Text Fragments More Accurately Than Humans
The historians of ancient Greece will now be able to count on a new tool for the study of ancient texts. The company DeepMind has developed Ithaca, an artificial intelligence…
Origins of Covid-19: “Direct transmission from a bat to humans is possible”
More than two years after the appearance of the virus responsible for the Covid-19 pandemic, the search for the origins of SARS-CoV-2 continues. A study published this Wednesday in the…
HIV vaccine: Moderna tests messenger RNA vaccine in humans
News Posted 2 days ago, Reading 2 mins. The company has begun human trials of its HIV vaccine, with the recent development of the COVID-19 vaccine generating real hopes of…
Organ donation: a genetically modified pig kidney successfully transplanted into humans!
News Published 9 hours ago, Reading 2 mins. After the transplant of a pig’s heart in humans a few weeks ago, here is the kidney transplant! Indeed, a few months…
Neuralink: Elon Musk’s company brain implant soon to be tested on humans?
Is the brain implant The Link from the start-up Neuralink about to be introduced into a human brain? This is what suggests job advertisements posted online by Elon Musk’s company…
When we say coronavirus, Omicron, now bird flu wave! ‘Very high risk of infecting humans’
According to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), a new wave of bird flu, which spread to Europe and Asia, was announced with a higher rate of spread to…
The grandmother’s hypothesis: why do humans have such a long life expectancy?
Living things are usually programmed to live to their age of maximum sexual maturity and then die out once they are no longer fertile. However, humans live well beyond this…
What are the most dangerous animals for humans?
Sharks and spiders terrorize more than one; however, they are far from being the most dangerous animals for humans. Some insects are vectors of diseases that kill thousands of people…