(Phys.org) —Most emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) that affect humans originated in animals. However, epidemiologists have been unable to identify the sources of zoonotic diseases until after they have ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 23, 2013 4.5 / 5 (2) 0 |

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and cooperators have developed an interactive atlas of wild plants in Guatemala that are closely related to crop plants. The atlas will make it easier to preserve ...

Biology - Other

Mar 04, 2013 not rated yet 0

A recent study of the amphibians and reptiles of Sierra Madre Mountain Range, northeastern Luzon, reveals a preliminary enumeration of more than 100 species that contribute to the unique biodiversity of the ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 07, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 0

Bacteria that cause the tick-borne disease anaplasmosis in humans create their own food supply by hijacking a process in host cells that normally should help kill the pathogenic bugs, scientists have found.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Nov 29, 2012 4 / 5 (1) 0 |

(Phys.org)—It all started with a crab apple tree. Two years ago, a 71-year-old Indiana man impaled his hand on a branch after cutting down a dead tree. The wound caused an infection that led scientists ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Nov 26, 2012 4.7 / 5 (7) 4 |

Most emerging infectious diseases of humans come from animals. International health agencies monitor these diseases, but they do so only for humans and livestock, not for companion dogs and cats. A new study recommends a ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Nov 12, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

A deadly disease threatening swathes of ash trees in Britain cannot be eradicated, the environment secretary admitted on Friday as he announced plans to stem the growing problem.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 09, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 2

(Phys.org)—A longterm study conducted by researchers at George Mason University may be a benchmark in determining health threats to marine mammals.

Biology - Ecology

Oct 02, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

A new international study has investigated how diseases are shared among species of primates with a view to predicting what diseases may emerge in humans in the future. The findings aim to help in the fight against these ...

Biology - Ecology

Aug 27, 2012 not rated yet 0

Increases in the diversity of parasites that attack amphibians cause a decrease in the infection success rate of virulent parasites, including one that causes malformed limbs and premature death, says a new University of ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 21, 2012 not rated yet 0 |

A divide has emerged between the United States and the rest of the world on whether to publish or keep secret the details of an engineered mutant bird flu virus that can pass in the air between animals, health experts said ...

Biology - Other

Feb 29, 2012 not rated yet 1

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have created synthetic nanoparticles that target lymph nodes and greatly boost vaccine responses, said lead author Ashley St. John, Ph.D., a researcher at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical ...

Nanotechnology - Bio & Medicine

Jan 22, 2012 3.7 / 5 (3) 0 |

An article released today in PLoS ONE entitled, Zoonotic Viruses Associated with Illegally Imported Wildlife Products, from a collaborative study led by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), identified ev ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 10, 2012 not rated yet 0

Researchers at Oregon State University have shown for the first time that loss of biodiversity may be contributing to a fungal infection that is killing amphibians around the world, and provides more evidence ...

Biology - Ecology

Sep 19, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

(AP) -- Evidence "strongly suggests" that a United Nations peacekeeping mission brought a cholera strain to Haiti that has killed thousands of people, a study by a team of epidemiologists and physicians says.

Medicine & Health - Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Jun 30, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0