News tagged with deadly diseases
From mild-mannered to killer plague: New study explains plague's rapid evolution
In the evolutionary blink of an eye, a bacterium that causes mild stomach irritation evolved into a deadly assassin responsible for the most devastating pandemics in human history. How did the mild-mannered Yersinia pseudotuberculosis become ...
Aug 29, 2011 |
5 / 5 (5) |
3
|
Device targets mosquitoes with deadly nectar
(AP) -- The ProVector Bt may not look too much like a real flower, but the artificial device sports bright, finely tuned colors and sweet nectar that can lure and kill mosquitoes that potentially carry diseases.
May 06, 2009 |
5 / 5 (4) |
1
The Kiss of Death: Research targets lethal disease spread by insect that bites lips
(PhysOrg.com) -- It makes your skin crawl -- a bug that crawls onto your lips while you sleep, drawn by the exhaled carbon dioxide, numbs your skin, bites, then gorges on your blood. And if that's not insult ...
Apr 26, 2010 |
5 / 5 (4) |
0
A promising target for developing treatments against Parkinson's disease
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have shown that using specific drugs can protect nerve cells in mice from the lethal effects of Parkinson's disease. The researchers' findings are published in the August 22 issue ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 23, 2010 |
5 / 5 (3) |
0
|
Scientists identify odor molecules that hamper mosquitoes' host-seeking behavior
Female mosquitoes are efficient carriers of deadly diseases such as malaria, dengue and yellow fever, resulting each year in several million deaths and hundreds of millions of cases.
Jun 01, 2011 |
5 / 5 (3) |
3
|
Molecules made by IUPUI students may have potential to cure diseases
Not many college students can say their efforts in the laboratory may lead to therapies for diseases that devastate millions of people worldwide, but chemistry students in the School of Science at Indiana ...
Jan 18, 2011 |
4.7 / 5 (3) |
0
Discovery of earliest life forms' operation promises new therapies for key diseases
Bacteria provide a well-known playground for scientists and the evolution of these earliest life forms has shed important perspective on potential therapies for some of the most common, deadly diseases. Researchers at Case ...
Apr 26, 2012 |
4.7 / 5 (3) |
0
|
New study finds titan cells protect Cryptococcus
Giant cells called "titan cells" protect the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans during infection, according to two University of Minnesota researchers. Kirsten Nielsen, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the department of microb ...
May 28, 2012 |
4.3 / 5 (3) |
0
|
Surviving lung cancer: New technique boasts high cure rates, offers hope in place of surgery
Countless people have heard the phrase, "You have lung cancer," but only 50 can say they've completed a new treatment at Temple University that doubles their chances of surviving the deadly disease — and without ...
Mar 04, 2009 |
3.3 / 5 (3) |
0
Possible biological control discovered for pathogen devastating amphibians
Zoologists at Oregon State University have discovered that a freshwater species of zooplankton will eat a fungal pathogen which is devastating amphibian populations around the world.
Aug 26, 2011 |
5 / 5 (2) |
1
|
As deadly cat disease spreads nationally, MU veterinarian finds effective treatment
Lone Star ticks, which are notorious carriers of many diseases including cytauxzoonosis, or "bobcat fever," have been spreading across the nation in recent years. As a result, cats across much of the country are now exposed ...
Apr 18, 2012 |
5 / 5 (2) |
1
Killer fungus spreads to endangered gray bats: US
A deadly fungus that has wiped out large populations of bats in North America has spread to a new species, the endangered gray bat, US wildlife officials said Tuesday.
May 29, 2012 |
5 / 5 (2) |
3
Evolution-proof insecticides may stall malaria forever (w/Video)
Killing just the older mosquitoes would be a more sustainable way of controlling malaria, according to entomologists who add that the approach may lead to evolution-proof insecticides that never become obsolete.
Apr 07, 2009 |
3 / 5 (3) |
1
Scientists solve a mystery of bacterial growth and resistance
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have unraveled a complex chemical pathway that enables bacteria to form clusters called biofilms. Such improved understanding might eventually aid the development ...
Apr 26, 2012 |
4.5 / 5 (2) |
0
|
Scientists identify new class of antimalarial compounds
An international team led by scientists from the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation (GNF) and The Scripps Research Institute has discovered a family of chemical compounds that could lead ...
Nov 17, 2011 |
3 / 5 (2) |
2
|
