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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…
January 2, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Zone of inhibition always makes me feel so excited about science lol
March 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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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...
www.biorxiv.org
October 9, 2024 at 6:52 PM