Recent advances in genomics have unveiled exciting possibilities for natural product discovery. Researchers are now leveraging genome mining to identify novel compounds, especially in microbes, which could lead to new drugs and biotechnologies. How close are we to turning these genomic insights int…

Zone of inhibition always makes me feel so excited about science lol

So. Here it is. The ABSOLUTELY nuttiest study we have ever done in my 25+ years as a scientist working on mosquitoes "Revisiting the paradigm of anhematophagy in male mosquitoes" Let's dive into the paper www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Revisiting the paradigm of anhematophagy in male mosquitoes

Female mosquitoes are reproductively obligate bloodfeeders which feed on vertebrate blood to obtain nutrients required for egg production (driving transmission of vector-borne pathogens in the process...

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