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Hot Water Treatment Eliminates Rhizoctonia from Azalea Cuttings
(PhysOrg.com) -- Rhizoctonia, a fungal disease that can be found in many ornamental plants, can be eliminated in azalea by placing plant cuttings in a hot water treatment, an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) ...
Dec 24, 2009 |
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Intensive fungicide use may lead to azole resistance in humans
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists from the Netherlands, including Gert Kema of Plant Research International, published an article in the Lancet Infectious Diseases about the relationship between fungic ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Australian researchers first in the world to solve the genetic code of canola
(PhysOrg.com) -- Until recently, the genetic code of canola was a mystery. Australian researcher Dr David Edwards, in collaboration with Bayer CropScience and Keygene N.V., is the first in the world to have solved the code, ...
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Genetic links to fungal infection risk identified
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two genetic mutations that may put individuals at increased risk of fungal infections have been identified by scientists from UCL and Radboud University, increasing understanding about the genetic basis of ...
Oct 28, 2009 |
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Do 3 meals a day keep fungi away?
The fact that they eat a lot - and often - may explain why most people and other mammals are protected from the majority of fungal pathogens, according to research from Albert Einstein College of Medicine ...
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Scientists identify genetic cause of previously undefined primary immune deficiency disease
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have identified a genetic mutation that accounts for a perplexing condition found in people with an inherited immunodeficiency. The disorder, called combined immunodeficiency, ...
Sep 24, 2009 |
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'McDonalization' of frogs: Frog fungus hammering biodiversity of communities
Sometimes to see something properly, you have to stand farther back. This is true of Chuck Close portraits where a patchwork of many small faces changes into one giant face as you back away.
Sep 22, 2009 |
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New way to fight drug-resistant fungal infections discovered
(PhysOrg.com) -- The secret to fighting often lethal drug resistant fungal infections is to knock out the bug's molecular chaperone, according to U of T researchers.
Jul 31, 2009 |
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Drug resistance fears over killer fungal disease
(PhysOrg.com) -- Treatments for the most common airborne fungal disease are proving less effective due to increased resistance to the anti-fungal drugs used to combat infections.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 16, 2009 |
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Predicting fatal fungal infections
In a study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have identified cells in blood that predict which HIV-positive indivi ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jun 16, 2009 |
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Scientists unravel the mystery of white-nose syndrome
The mysterious disease that has killed more than 90 percent of wintering bats in some caves and mines from Vermont to Virginia during the last three years has raised numerous questions about the nature of the disease and ...
Jun 03, 2009 |
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Air conditioning in cars cuts down microbes, particles: study
Air conditioning in cars cuts out more than 80 percent of germs, fungal spores and particles from outside air, providing a boon for people with respiratory problems or allergies, German scientists say.
May 17, 2009 |
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Amphibians may develop immunity to fatal fungus
Amphibian populations are declining worldwide, principally because of the spread of the fungal disease chytridiomycosis. Researchers know that some amphibian populations and species are innately more susceptible to the disease ...
Apr 01, 2009 |
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Switching off protein 'thermostat' shuts down deadly fungal disease
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Toronto researchers have discovered that by switching off a protein "thermostat" that controls the growth and spread of lethal fungal infections, the disease may be halted.
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Gene to reduce wheat yield losses
A new gene that provides resistance to a fungal disease responsible for millions of hectares of lost wheat yield has been discovered by scientists from the US and Israel.
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Feb 19, 2009 |
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