House finches with pink eye reveal the secrets of disease virulence.

Dhondt says this latest publication is another piece added to solving the puzzle of how house finch eye disease works: “The experiments reported in the Science paper explain elegantly why pathogen virulence increased once the disease had become established. And it’s more evidence of how curiosity-driven research on birds can generate insights that are relevant for human health.”

http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2018/03/house-finches-pink-eye-reveal-secrets-disease-virulence

Posted on 13 de março de 2018, 09:49 AM by