News tagged with lyme disease
Watching Lyme disease-causing microbes move in ticks
Lyme disease is caused by the microbe Borrelia burgdorferi, which is transmitted to humans from feeding ticks.
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Nationwide spread of Lyme disease is focus of new study
(PhysOrg.com) -- Lyme disease has become a major public health issue in the northeastern United States since it was first identified in Connecticut in the 1970s. But the scientific community is uncertain as to why the risk ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 10, 2009 |
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Inflammatory disease treatments will improve through the use of lipidomics
According to the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 46 million Americans have arthritis. Many of these people take over-the-counter anti-inflammatory medications that block ...
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Lyme disease is spreading in Canada, and physicians are crucial in helping minimize its impact
Lyme disease is emerging in Canada, and is expected to increase with climate change, but effective, enhanced surveillance and clinician awareness will be key to minimizing the impact of the disease, write researchers in a ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 08, 2009 |
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As insects expand, new areas may become prone to Lyme disease
(PhysOrg.com) -- Last summer, after returning home from a walk in Madison's Dudgeon-Monroe neighborhood, Susan Paskewitz was astonished to find a deer tick crawling up her dog's hind leg. It was the first ...
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Apr 27, 2009 |
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DNA biosynthesis discovery could lead to better antibiotics
Combating several human pathogens, including some biological warfare agents, may one day become a bit easier thanks to research reported by a University of Iowa chemist and his colleagues in the April 16 issue ...
Apr 16, 2009 |
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Scientists identify potential key to Lyme disease
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a protein that may help give Lyme disease its bite. The findings suggest that the bacterial protein, which aids in transporting the metal manganese, is essential ...
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Feb 09, 2009 |
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