News tagged with human parasite
New research illustrates how genome adapts to transposon invasion
Small, mobile sequences of DNA left over from viruses, called transposons or "jumping genes" because of their ability to move around the genome, pose a significant threat to the genetic integrity and stability of an organism. ...
Dec 22, 2011 |
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How mosquitoes could teach us a trick in the fight against malaria
(PhysOrg.com) -- The means by which most deadly malaria parasites are detected and killed by the mosquitoes that carry them is revealed for the first time in research published today in Science Express. The di ...
Mar 05, 2009 |
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Malaria's newest pathway into human cells identified
Development of an effective vaccine for malaria is a step closer following identification of a key pathway used by the malaria parasite to infect human cells. The discovery, by researchers at The Walter and ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 24, 2010 |
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Malaria parasite goes bananas before sex: new study
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from the University of Melbourne shows how the malaria parasite (Plasmodium falciparum) changes into a banana shape before sexual reproduction, a finding that could provide target ...
Feb 14, 2012 |
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Friendly gut bacteria lend a hand to fight infection, study suggests
Immunology researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found that bacteria present in the human gut help initiate the body's defense mechanisms against Toxoplasma gondii, the parasite responsible for to ...
Aug 19, 2009 |
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Fly gut bacteria could control sleeping sickness
A new bacterial species, found in the gut of the fly that transmits African sleeping sickness, could be engineered to kill the parasite that causes the disease. The study, published in the International Journal of Systematic an ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 11, 2010 |
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Researchers discover method to unravel malaria's genetic secrets
The parasite that causes malaria is a genetic outlier, which has prevented scientists from discovering the functions of most of its genes. Researchers at National Jewish Health and Yale University School of Medicine have ...
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Compounds shared by all worms may lead to parasite treatment
(Phys.org) -- Worms are important decomposers in soil and are great for fishing, but in humans, the slimy wrigglers spell trouble. Hookworms, whipworms, Ascaris, Guinea worms and trichina worms are just a ...
Apr 17, 2012 |
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Putting a name to the fluke
(Physorg.com) -- In a world first, a UQ researcher has developed a non-invasive screening method for potentially fatal liver and intestinal flukes plaguing the lives of an estimated 9 million people throughout southeast Asia.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 11, 2009 |
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Gene targeting discovery opens door for vaccines and drugs
In a genetic leap that could help fast track vaccine and drug development to prevent or tame serious global diseases, DMS researchers have discovered how to destroy a key DNA pathway in a wily and widespread human parasite. ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 13, 2009 |
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