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Novel therapeutic approach shows promise against multiple bacterial pathogens

A team of scientists from government, academia and private industry has developed a novel treatment that protects mice from infection with the bacterium that causes tularemia, a highly infectious disease of ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Feral pigs exposed to nasty bacteria

A North Carolina State University study shows that, for the first time since testing began several years ago, feral pigs in North Carolina have tested positive for Brucella suis, an important and harmful bacteria that can be ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Mutated scarlet fever fuels Hong Kong outbreak

(AP) -- Ultramodern Hong Kong is tussling with a centuries-old bug long forgotten in many developed countries - an outbreak of drug-resistant scarlet fever that has killed the first children there in a decade. ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Researchers warn of tularemia in area feral hogs

(PhysOrg.com) -- After finding evidence in feral hogs of the bacteria that causes tularemia, researchers at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) at Texas Tech University are warning hunters and ranchers ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jan 25, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Mutant mosquitoes fight dengue in Cayman Islands

Scientists have released genetically modified mosquitoes in an experiment to fight dengue fever in the Cayman Islands, British experts said Thursday.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 12, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Invasive plants increase the risk of tick-borne disease in suburbs

(PhysOrg.com) -- “You don't have to go out into the woods anymore,” says tick expert Brian F. Allan, PhD, who just completed a postdoctoral appointment at Washington University in St. Louis. “The ...

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 11, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Emerging tick-borne disease: A domestic ecological mystery

Stories of environmental damage and their consequences always seem to take place far away and in another country, usually a tropical one with lush rainforests and poison dart frogs.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 25, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Ubisoft's madcap 'Rabbids' breeding US fans

French videogame titan Ubisoft is turning E3 into a playground for "Rabbids," madcap videogame rabbits breeding fans throughout Europe and the United States.

Technology / Software

created May 31, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Potential new herpes therapy studied

A new therapy being developed at the University of Florida could, in time, produce another weapon for the fight against herpes.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Francisella tularensis: Stopping a biological weapon

Scientists hope a vaccine is on the horizon for tularemia, a fatal disease caused by the pathogen Francisella tularensis, an organism of concern as a potential biological warfare agent. Until recently we knew very little ...

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created Jul 28, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study gives clues about how deadly bacterium gains foothold

How a potentially deadly bacterium that could be used as a bioterrorist tool eludes being killed by the human immune system is now better understood, University of Iowa researchers report in the December issue of the Journal of ...

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created Dec 19, 2006 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0


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