News tagged with molecular parasitology
Loosely coiled DNA helps trypanosomes make their escape
(PhysOrg.com) -- To escape the grip of the human immune system, Trypanosoma brucei, which causes African sleeping sickness, performs its acclaimed disappearing act. Every time the host’s immune cells get close to eliminating ...
Jan 11, 2010 |
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Scientists develop tool to study a deadly parasite’s histone code
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the Japanese art of paper folding, a series of folds can make the same sheet of paper into a ballerina or baby elephant. But try unfolding the baby elephant and making it into a ballerina. It’s like trying ...
May 14, 2009 |
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Parasite breaks its own DNA to avoid detection
The parasite Trypanosoma brucei, which causes African sleeping sickness, is like a thief donning a disguise. Every time the host's immune cells get close to destroying the parasite, it escapes detection by rearranging its DN ...
Apr 15, 2009 |
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16th-century Korean mummy provides clue to hepatitis B virus genetic code
The discovery of a mummified Korean child with relatively preserved organs enabled an Israeli-South Korean scientific team to conduct a genetic analysis on a liver biopsy which revealed a unique hepatitis ...
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May 29, 2012 |
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Research discovers potentially deadly fungus senses body's defenses to evade them
Glen Palmer, PhD, Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, was part of an international research team led by Luigina Romani, MD, at the University of Perugia, ...
Feb 22, 2012 |
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Researchers document the biology behind a sex oddity
(PhysOrg.com) -- A paper published in Nature Communications reveals the molecular biology behind a certain worm's ability to break -- or at least ignore -- the laws of Mendelian genetics.
Jan 24, 2011 |
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New research shows how disease-causing parasite gets around human innate immunity
Trypanosomes are parasites responsible for many human and animal diseases, primarily in tropical climates. One disease these parasites cause, African sleeping sickness, results from the bite of infected tsetse flies, putting ...
Aug 30, 2010 |
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Easily blocked signaling protein may help scientists stop parasites
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a parasite protein that has all the makings of a microbial glass jaw: it's essential, it's vulnerable and humans have nothing like it, meaning ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 19, 2010 |
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New vaccines may come from forcing giardia parasite to display its many disguises
The intestinal parasite Giardia lamblia changes outfits nearly as often as a fashion model on a Parisian runway. With more than 200 protein coats in its molecular wardrobe, this troublesome creature -- the cause of innumerable ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 29, 2010 |
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First adhere, then detach and glide forward
How do one-celled parasites move from the salivary gland of a mosquito through a person's skin into red blood cells? What molecular mechanisms form the basis for this very important movement of the protozoa? ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 23, 2009 |
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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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Researchers create first targeted knockout rats using zinc finger nuclease technology
Scientists from The Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Sangamo Biosciences, Inc., Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, Open Monoclonal Technology, Inc. (OMT) and INSERM today announced the creation of the first genetically ...
Jul 23, 2009 |
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Tiny details in three dimensions
They are borne by ticks and can cause acute and chronic symptoms in joints, muscles and the nervous system - the bacteria that cause Lyme borreliosis, which 80,000 people in Germany contract every year. Heidelberg ...
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Feb 13, 2009 |
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