Dog stolen during carjacking found dead, Chattanooga police say
CPD said they were called to the 2300 black of E 17th Street at 7 p.m. on a report of a deceased dog. Author: Preston Steger, Mary Francis Hoots, WRCB Staff Published: 10:38 PM EDT April 9, 2021 Updated: 10:38 PM EDT April 9, 2021
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. A golden retriever inside of a car that was carjacked was found dead on Friday evening, the Chattanooga Police Department said.
CPD said they were called to the 2300 black of E 17th Street at 7 p.m. on a report of a deceased dog.
According to CPD Spokesperson Elisa Myzal, the responding officer stated the dog didn t have any visible wounds.
Scientists look for ways evolution fights disease-causing pathogens
Researchers are looking at opossums for immunological solutions to human diseases.
April 7, 2021
Scientists have examined the immune system of an unusual group of mammals, which includes a small South American opossum, to find solutions that evolution has produced to fight disease-causing pathogens.
In a paper in the journal
Science, an international team of researchers at the University of New Mexico, Monash University in Australia and the U.S. National Institutes of Health has defined a novel T cell lineage, called γµ T cells, found only in marsupials, such as kangaroos and opossums, and monotremes such as the duckbill platypus.