Researchers grow chimeric embryos containing a combination of human and pig cells inside pigs. The researchers are from the Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, University of Cambridge, and Jilin University. A severe organ shortage plagues the progress of organ transplantation. One solution may be to generate human organs in other large mammals, however, that...Read More

The Department of Animal, Aquaculture and Range Sciences is pleased to inform the scientific community and to Congratulate Dr. Muumin Iddi Hamad a member of academic staff, for a successfully defending his PhD on the 06th of November 2023 at Sokoine University of Agriculture. The tittle of his PhD thesis is “Analysis of Diurnal and...Read More

In October 2018, Mr. Muumin enrolled for a PhD program in the Department of Animal, Aquaculture, and Range Sciences (DAARS) within the College of Agriculture (CoA) at Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA). He is employed as an Assistant Lecturer at DAARS. His Thesis Title: Analysis of Diurnal and Seasonal Dynamics of Water Quality Parameters and...Read More

Scientists discovered a protein that seals plant roots to regulate the uptake of nutrients and water from the soil. They add that the finding could help in developing climate proof crops that require less water and chemical fertilizers. The University of Nottingham team identified new components of the lignin barrier in plant roots and the...Read More

Mastomys natalensis, also known as the Natal multimammate mouse, is a rodent species found in many parts of Africa. It is considered the primary reservoir host for the bacterium Yersinia pestis, which causes bubonic plague. The sylvatic (wildlife) plague cycle primarily involves rodents and their fleas in natural settings. In the context of plague, these...Read More

by Ryan O’Hare Scientists have successfully used gene editing techniques to limit the spread of bird flu in chickens. In a UK first, researchers have been able to restrict, but not completely block, the avian influenza virus from infecting the birds by precisely altering a small section of their DNA. The modified birds showed no signs...Read More