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Lyme disease surge predicted for the northeastern US

The northeastern U.S. should prepare for a surge in Lyme disease this spring. And we can blame fluctuations in acorns and mouse populations, not the mild winter. So reports Dr. Richard S. Ostfeld, a disease ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Flesh-eating bacteria inspire superglue

(PhysOrg.com) -- A bio-inspired superglue has been developed by Oxford University researchers that can’t be matched for sticking molecules together and not letting go.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Domestic cats, and wild bobcats and pumas, living in same area have same diseases

(PhysOrg.com) -- Domestic cats, wild bobcats and pumas that live in the same area share the same diseases.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New test spots early signs of mucopolysaccharidoses -- inherited metabolic disorders

A team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Zacharon Pharmaceuticals, have developed a simple, reliable test for identifying biomarkers for mucopolysaccharidoses ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Fleas collected from Norway rats in downtown LA carry human pathogen

Most fleas collected from rats trapped in downtown Los Angeles, California carried microbes from the genus, Bartonella, many of which are human pathogens, according to a paper in the November Applied and Environmental Mi ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Scientists find mechanism that leads to drug resistance in bacteria causing melioidosis

Researchers in South East Asia have identified a novel mechanism whereby the organism Burkholderia pseudomallei – the cause of melioidosis, a neglected tropical infectious disease – develops resistance to ceftaz ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

From mild-mannered to killer plague: New study explains plague's rapid evolution

In the evolutionary blink of an eye, a bacterium that causes mild stomach irritation evolved into a deadly assassin responsible for the most devastating pandemics in human history. How did the mild-mannered Yersinia pseudotuberculosis become ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Hong Kong confirms second scarlet fever death

Hong Kong health authorities on Thursday confirmed that a five-year-old boy had died from scarlet fever, the second death in the southern Chinese city as dozens of new cases were reported.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Hong Kong declares scarlet fever outbreak

Hong Kong has declared an outbreak of scarlet fever after it claimed the life of at least one child while infecting thousands of others in the city and elsewhere in China.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

European food outbreak soars; mystery deepens

(AP) -- The number of people hit by a massive European outbreak of foodborne bacterial infections is a third bigger than previously known and a stunningly high number of patients suffer from a potentially ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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