News tagged with malignant malaria
Scientists report original source of malaria
Researchers have identified what they believe is the original source of malignant malaria: a parasite found in chimpanzees in equatorial Africa.
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Aug 03, 2009 |
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Genetic code cracked for a devastating blood parasite
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have cracked the genetic code and predicted some high priority drug targets for the blood parasite Schistosoma haematobium, which is linked to bladder cancer and HIV/ AIDS and causes the insidious ...
Jan 18, 2012 |
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How dense is a cell? Researchers have devised a way to answer that question
More than 2,000 years after Archimedes found a way to determine the density of a king’s crown by measuring its mass in two different fluids, MIT scientists have used the same principle to solve an equally ...
Jun 21, 2011 |
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Conn. company's stuffed germ toys catching on
(AP) -- Jim Henson's Muppets made pigs and frogs endearing, and Walt Disney turned a common rodent into a cultural icon.
Dec 19, 2010 |
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How do we kill rogue cells? Assassin's tricks revealed
A team of Melbourne and London researchers have shown how a protein called perforin punches holes in, and kills, rogue cells in our bodies. Their discovery of the mechanism of this assassin is published today ...
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Oct 31, 2010 |
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Gorillas carry malignant malaria parasite, study reports
The parasite that causes malignant malaria in humans has been detected in gorillas, along with two new species of malaria parasites, reports a study co-authored by UC Irvine biologist Francisco Ayala.
Jan 19, 2010 |
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To a mosquito, matchmaking means 'singing' in perfect harmony
Researchers have new insight into the sex lives of the much-maligned mosquitoes that are responsible for the vast majority of malaria deaths, according to a report published online on December 31st in Current Bi ...
Jan 01, 2010 |
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Portuguese scientists show Schistosoma haematobium direct link to tumours
Schistosoma haematobium (S. haematobium) is a parasitic flatworm that infects millions of people, mostly in the developing world, and is associated with high incidence of bladder cancer although why is not clear. Now, however, ...
Jul 30, 2009 |
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Dormant cancer cells rely on cellular self-cannibalization to survive
A single tumor-suppressing gene is a key to understanding, and perhaps killing, dormant ovarian cancer cells that persist after initial treatment only to reawaken years later, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. ...
Jan 02, 2009 |
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New strategies work to put cancer on the firing line
Dr. Yukai He wants to put cancer in the bull’s eye.“Cancer really comes from us,” the Medical College of Georgia Cancer Center immunologist says of the scary reality that cancer cells are our own cells gone awry. That means ...
Jan 03, 2008 |
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