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Invasive 'tunicate' appears in Oregon's coastal waters

An aggressive, invasive aquatic organism that is on the state's most dangerous species list has been discovered in both Winchester Bay and Coos Bay, and scientists say this "colonial tunicate" - Didemnum ve ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 13, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Researchers find extreme genetic variability in malaria parasite

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development (CVD) have charted the extreme genetic differences that occur over time in the most dangerous malaria parasite in the world. While ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Insecticide-treated bed nets reduce infant deaths in Democratic Republic of Congo

Giving insecticide-treated bed nets to nearly 18,000 mothers at prenatal clinics in the Democratic Republic of Congo prevented an estimated 414 infant deaths from malaria, a study by University of North Carolina at Chapel ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Malaria cases likely half in third of countries

(AP) -- Malaria cases appear to have been slashed by half in more than a third of countries battling the disease following a renewed push by the United Nations to eradicate it, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0