News tagged with mucous secretions
Giant marine worms lived 475 million years ago: scientists
Spanish researchers said Monday they have discovered evidence of a type of giant worm that lived 475 million years ago and was up to one metre (three feet) in length.
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Aug 03, 2009 |
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Scientists discover how a bacterial pathogen breaks down barriers to enter and infect cells
Scientists from the Schepens Eye Research Institute, a subsidiary of Mass. Eye and Ear and affiliate of Harvard Medical School, have found for the first time that a bacterial pathogen can literally mow down protective molecules, ...
Mar 08, 2012 |
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Sailing in a sea of microbes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers led by Matt Sullivan at the University of Arizona are among the first to dive into the world of viruses drifting through the world's oceans.
Mar 01, 2012 |
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How Salmonella forms evil twins to evade the body's defenses
An unusual regulatory mechanism that controls the swimmer/non-swimmer option in genetically identical Salmonella also impacts the bacteria's ability to cause infection.
Dec 08, 2011 |
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Pseudomonas deploys a toxin delivery machine to breach cell walls of rivals without hurting itself
Microbiologists have uncovered a sneaky trick by the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa to oust rivals. It deploys a toxin delivery machine to breach cell walls of competitors without hurting itself.
Jul 20, 2011 |
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Circulating blood antibodies are not required for HIV protection
New research shows that protective immunity against HIV can be achieved without the presence of virus neutralizing antibodies in the blood. The study, published by Cell Press in the February issue of the journal Immunity, de ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 10, 2011 |
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Zebrafish provide new hope for cancer treatment
The imaging of tumour growth in zebrafish has revealed for the first time how newly formed cancer cells have the capacity to co-opt the immune system into spreading the disease, leading the way for investigations into potential ...
Dec 14, 2010 |
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Researchers identify key reproductive hormone in oldest vertebrate
Looking at a hagfish – an eyeless, snot-covered, worm-like scavenger of the deep – the last thing that comes to mind is sex. Yet the reproductive functioning of these ancient vertebrates is such ...
Oct 05, 2010 |
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Channeling efforts to fight cystic fibrosis
The lab of Kevin Foskett, PhD, the Isaac Ott Professor of Physiology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, has found a possible new target for fighting cystic fibrosis (CF) that could compensate ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 17, 2010 |
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Researchers to activate anti-cancer gene
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen's Faculty of Health Sciences have succeeded in decoding the genetic key that gives particular intestinal cells their identity. With this knowledge of the complex network of genes ...
Aug 30, 2010 |
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Plant and animal in direct competition for food
(PhysOrg.com) -- Animals often compete aggressively with each other for food or other resources, and plants often compete with each other for light, water, or other resources. Now scientists in the U.S. have ...
May 13, 2010 |
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