Sunday, May 8, 2022

Inbreeding won't doom the last of the vaquitas, but fishing might: study

Vaquita porpoises are on the edge of extinction, with just 10 left in their sole habitat within Mexico's Gulf of California.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-science-news/inbreeding-wont-doom-the-last-of-the-vaquitas-but-fishing-might-study

Hope for 1st vaccine against virus driving 'mono,' cancers and maybe MS

Two experimental vaccines show promise in protecting against infection with the "mono" virus, which also causes cancer and has been implicated as a potential trigger of multiple sclerosis, a new paper reports.