(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 |

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 |

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 |

(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 |

(AP) -- "Zombie apocalypse." That blog posting headline is all it took for a behind-the-scenes public health doctor to set off an Internet frenzy over tired old advice about keeping water and flashlights ...

Technology - Internet

May 20, 2011 4.7 / 5 (10) 7

Hate insects? Afraid of germs? Researchers are reporting an alarming combination: bedbugs carrying "superbug" germs.

Medicine & Health - Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

May 11, 2011 5 / 5 (3) 4

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 |

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 |

Scientists using tiny particles of genetic material to interfere in the replication process of the deadly Ebola virus have successfully prevented monkeys exposed to that virus from dying of hemorrhagic fever. The proof-of-concept ...

Medicine & Health - Medical research

May 27, 2010 5 / 5 (1) 1 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, a virus that causes respiratory disease in humans has been linked to the deaths of wild mountain gorillas, reports a team of researchers in the United States and Africa.

Medicine & Health - Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Mar 28, 2011 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

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

(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 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

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of California, Davis, researchers studying the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus, formerly referred to as "swine flu," have identified a group of immunologically important sites on the ...

Medicine & Health - Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Oct 14, 2009 4.3 / 5 (4) 0