Posts Tagged: PNAS
Researchers: Enzyme Inhibitor May Lead to Therapeutic Treatment in Traumatic Brain Injury
(Editor's Note: Paper is online.) Most studies of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) focus on the...
Professor Xinhong Zhu of the School of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, led the research.
Professor Xinhong Zhu (standing) with Yongfeng Dai, PhD, first author of the paper.
Research: 'Unprecedented Levels of Insect Damage' Compared to Fossilized Counterparts
Despite widespread insect declines, plants are experiencing “unprecedented levels of insect...
Spatial Repellent 'Significantly Lowers Risk' of Virus Transmission of Yellow Fever Mosquito
A highly controlled clinical study in Iquitos, Peru shows that a spatial repellent used as an...
Iquitos, the capital city of Peru's Maynas Province and Loreto Region, is the largest metropolis in the Peruvian Amazon, east of the Andes, as well as the ninth-most populous city of Peru. Iquitos is also known as the largest city in the world that cannot be reached by road, it is accessible only by river and air, according to Wikipedia. (Photo courtesy of Tom Scott)
UC Davis medical entomologist Thomas Scott (center) and project scientist Amy Morrison and a prior team in Iquitos. (Archived photo courtesy of Tom Scott)
UC Davis, China Researchers Target Parkinson’s Disease; May Provide Hope for 10 Million
(News embargo lifted at noon, Feb. 21: see research.) A natural product from the dried root of a...
UC Davis distinguished professor Bruce Hammock (left) and Hammock lab biochemist Christophe Morisseau are co-authors of the paper. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Professor Cheng-Peng Sun of Dalian Medical University, China
Newly Published UC Davis Study: How Imidacloprid Affects Blue Orchard Bees
The systemic insecticide imidacloprid, belonging to a class of chemicals called the...
A blue orchard bee, Osmia lignaria, heads for a lacy phacelia, Phacelia tanacetifolia, at UC Davis. (Photo by Clara Stuligross)
Co-author of the PNAS paper is pollination ecologist Neal Williams, professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)