Cross-reactive antibodies vanquish H5N1 in preclinical study
The H5N1 influenza has proven extraordinarily deadly. More than 50 percent of the 500 cases that have been documented since the virus first emerged in 1997 have been fatal. Thus, H5N1 is viewed as a serious threat to world ...
Medical research
Mar 20, 2012 |
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With climate change, US could face risk from Chagas disease
In the spring of 1835, Charles Darwin was bitten in Argentina by a "great wingless black bug," he wrote in his diary.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 15, 2012 |
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The moth and the air freshener: The secrets of scent
University of Arizona Regents' Professor John G. Hildebrand has been elected to the Council of the National Academy of Sciences. In addition, he is being honored for his lifetime accomplishments on how olfaction, ...
Neuroscience
Feb 24, 2012 |
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New collection of articles explores the science, application, and regulation of GM insects
The current issue of PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases presents a new collection of articles on the use of genetically modified (GM) insects for controlling some of the most widespread infectious diseases. Articles from a ...
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Jan 31, 2012 |
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Researchers identify mechanism behind associative memory by exploring insect brains
A key feature of human and animal brains is that they are adaptive; they are able to change their structure and function based on input from the environment and on the potential associations, or consequences, ...
Neuroscience
Jan 26, 2012 |
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Survivor fights cancer with insects
(Medical Xpress) -- Rob Denell thought he was done with cancer after his wife beat the disease. No more chemotherapy by his wife's side. No more long drives to hospitals. He was about to say goodbye to cancer.
Cancer
Nov 01, 2011 |
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Researchers identify gene that leads to myopia (nearsightedness)
A Ben-Gurion University of the Negev research group led by Prof. Ohad Birk has identified a gene whose defect specifically causes myopia or nearsightedness.
Genetics
Sep 01, 2011 |
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Malaria: Researchers raise qualms over bednet programme
Insecticide-treated bednets, whose use is being widely promoted in Africa to combat malaria, may paradoxically be linked to local resurgence of the disease, according to concerns raised by a study on Thursday.
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Aug 18, 2011 |
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Wolbachia bacteria reduce parasite levels and kill the mosquito that spreads malaria
Wolbachia are bacteria that infect many insects, including mosquitoes. However, Wolbachia do not naturally infect Anopheles mosquitoes, which are the type that spreads malaria to humans. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloom ...
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May 19, 2011 |
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Hosts may use two systems in fight against infection
(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the last decade, vertebrate immunologists have debated the validity of two distinct models of how immune systems work. Now, a Cornell entomologist argues in the April 1 issue of Science that clues from i ...
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Apr 07, 2011 |
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