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Treating poultry diseases without antibiotics

Identifying antimicrobial proteins in chickens that kill pathogens is one method being used by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists to find alternatives to the use of antibiotics to control infectious ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Banned antibiotics in Asian fish imports: Australia

Australian officials are seeing a rising number of Asian fish imports containing banned antibiotics, a report said Wednesday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Castor oil: Action mechanism of one of the oldest drugs known to man elucidated

Castor oil is known primarily as an effective laxative; however, it was also used in ancient times with pregnant women to induce labour. Only now have scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

New technique used to discover new viruses in poultry

In a search to find better ways to control viral enteric diseases in birds, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have unearthed a treasure trove of previously known and unknown viruses in poultry ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Intestinal flora of cockroaches and termites reflects these insects' family relationships, and divergent diets

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany, have compared the microbial ecosystems in the intestines termites and cockroaches, with fascinating results. The research is published ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Studies reveal how cells distinguish between disease-causing and innocuous invaders

(Phys.org) -- The specific mechanisms by which humans and other animals are able to discriminate between disease-causing microbes and innocuous ones in order to rapidly respond to infections have long been ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

New stem cell line provides safe, prolific source for disease modeling and transplant studies

Researchers have generated a new type of human stem cell that can develop into numerous types of specialized cells, including functioning pancreatic beta cells that produce insulin. Called endodermal progenitor (EP) cells, ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Analyzing food quality with an artificial intestine: the NutriChip

EPFL researchers have developed a miniature on-chip gastrointestinal tract in order to observe the effects of various nutrients on health. The “NutriChip” project’s in vitro tests have already ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Two-headed tortoise goes on show in Ukraine

A two-headed Central Asian tortoise has gone on show at the natural science museum in Kiev where visitors will be able to observe the different eating habits of each head over the next two months.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

DNA barcoding of parasitic worms: Is it kosher?

When rabbis from the Orthodox Union started finding worms in cans of sardines and capelin eggs, they turned to scientists at the American Museum of Natural History to answer a culturally significant dietary question: could ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Scientists reveal how cholera bacterium gains a foothold in the gut

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of biologists at the University of York has made an important advance in our understanding of the way cholera attacks the body. The discovery could help scientists target treatments for the globally ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover a compound that controls Listeria

In a year when cantaloupe tainted with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes killed 30 people, the discovery of a compound that controls this deadly bacteria -- and possibly others -- is great news.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New evidence that bacteria in large intestine have a role in obesity

Bacteria living in people's large intestine may slow down the activity of the "good" kind of fat tissue, a special fat that quickly burns calories and may help prevent obesity, scientists are reporting in ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Fish may provide key to stopping disease spread, researcher says

A small fish may prove useful to understanding a worldwide health problem, if a Wayne State University researcher is correct.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Healthy piglets? Not with sulfonamides

Recent work from the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna confirms that sulfonamides can be used to control coccidiosis in piglets, although not without considerable effort and expense. In contrast, the drug toltrazuril ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Intestine

In anatomy, the intestine (or bowel) is the segment of the alimentary canal extending from the stomach to the anus and, in humans and other mammals, consists of two segments, the small intestine and the large intestine. In humans, the small intestine is further subdivided into the duodenum, jejunum and ileum while the large intestine is subdivided into the cecum and colon.

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