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New malaria agent found in chimpanzees close to that commonly observed in humans

Posted on 31. May, 2009 by admin.

Researchers based in Gabon and France report the discovery of a new malaria agent infecting chimpanzees in Central Africa. This new species, named Plasmodium gaboni, is a close relative of the most virulent human agent P. falciparum; it is described in an article published May 29 in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens.
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New piece in the jigsaw puzzle of human origins

Posted on 18. Jan, 2009 by admin.

In an article in today’s Nature, Uppsala researcher Martin Brazeau describes the skull and jaws of a fish that lived about 410 million years ago. The study may give important clues to the origin of jawed vertebrates, and thus ultimately our own evolution.

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