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Cost to protect globally important forests falls disproportionately on those living closest

17 Aug 2023

Local communities are not incentivised to protect tropical forests that are hugely valuable for global climate regulation, a new study has found. International funding could help smallholder farmers to boost yields on their existing land to incentivise long-term forest protection.

Llama ‘nanobodies’ could hold key to preventing deadly post-transplant infection

22 Jul 2021

Scientists have developed a ‘nanobody’ – a small fragment of a llama antibody – that is capable of chasing out human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) as it hides away from the immune system. This then enables immune cells to seek out and destroy this potentially deadly virus.

Cost to protect globally important forests falls disproportionately on those living closest

Llama ‘nanobodies’ could hold key to preventing deadly post-transplant infection

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