News tagged with mysterious affliction

Study of cat diet leads to key nervous system repair discovery

Scientists studying a mysterious neurological affliction in cats have discovered a surprising ability of the central nervous system to repair itself and restore function.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 3




Search results for mysterious affliction


50-year cholera mystery solved: Answers may help clear the way for a new class of antibiotics

For 50 years scientists have been unsure how the bacteria that gives humans cholera manages to resist one of our basic innate immune responses. That mystery has now been solved, thanks to research from biologists at The University ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Filmmaker sounds alarm over ocean of plastic

On Midway atoll in the North Pacific, dozens of young albatross lie dead on the sand, their stomachs filled with cigarette lighters, toy soldiers and other small plastic objects their parents have mistaken ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Russian and US veterinarians collaborate to solve mysterious wild tiger deaths

A team of Russian veterinary colleagues and health experts from the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo are collaborating to understand how distemper -- a virus afflicting domestic dogs and many wildlife ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study finds new bee viruses, offers baseline to study colony collapse

A 10-month study of healthy honey bees by University of California, San Francisco scientists has identified four new viruses that infect bees, while revealing that each of the viruses or bacteria previously ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Naked' penguins baffle experts

Researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society, the University of Washington, and other groups are grappling with a wildlife mystery: Why are some penguin chicks losing their feathers?

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 08, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

What songbirds can teach us about the brain

(PhysOrg.com) -- Professor Sarah Woolley does research on males who mate for life and help out around the home. If you asked where these creatures can be found, she might direct your attention outdoors.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Blood-flow research at the petascale

Choosing directions during a road trip used to consist of passengers holding a map with arms fully extended and noses to the page trying to decipher exactly where to turn or what exit to take. Today global ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Tiny East Timor declares war on leprosy

(AP) -- If there really was a place so remote it could be called the end of the earth, Adelino Quelo's shabby little hut would be prime real estate.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Oct 11, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Virulent skin germ grates on Maine lobstering isle

(AP) -- A strain of a drug-resistant skin disease that has afflicted sports teams, prisons and military units is now proving a persistent pest among lobstermen and their families on a Maine island.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Oct 06, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Inflammatory bowel disease in kids is on a mysterious rise

For 10-year-old Jacob Krause, getting ready for the new school year wasn't a simple matter of back-to-school shopping. It also involved working out logistics for getting to the bathroom as many as 20 times during a single ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Sep 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4


List of search results for mysterious affliction