News tagged with resistance development

High-tech tools may help small grains breeders 'see' valuable plant traits faster

Two tools from industry are being applied to the small grains breeding program by a Texas AgriLife Research team to help identify valuable drought-resistance traits in wheat faster and less intrusively than ...

Biology / Other

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Different paths to drug resistance in Leishmania

Two remarkable discoveries were today revealed by researchers into genome analysis of Leishmania parasites. These results uncovered a surprising level of variation at the genome structure level.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The 'Adonis Complex' may excel gym users drive for muscularity

Student scientist Ross Thomson has been researching whether young male gym users are affected by what has been termed as the 'Adonis Complex'.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 11, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study suggests link between metabolic disease, bone mass in mice

A new study by Johns Hopkins researchers has found that insulin, the sugar-regulating hormone, is required for normal bone development and that it may provide a link between bone health and metabolic disease, such as diabetes.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fat cells play key role in development of type 2 diabetes

Cellular changes in fat tissue -- not the immune system -- lead to the "hyperinflammation" characteristic of obesity-related glucose intolerance and type 2 diabetes, according to new research from the University of Cincinnati ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

HIV patients hold clues to Salmonella vaccine development

A study published today in the journal Science offers a long-awaited explanation for the link between HIV infection and susceptibility to life-threatening nontyphoidal strains of Salmonella.

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Apr 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research Highlights Role of Protein Pair in Obesity Regulation

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research by University of Cincinnati scientists implicates a new protein in obesity development and highlights a protein pair's "team effort" in regulating obesity and insulin resistance.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 12, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Intensive fungicide use may lead to azole resistance in humans

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists from the Netherlands, including Gert Kema of Plant Research International, published an article in the Lancet Infectious Diseases about the relationship between fungic ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Genetic marker for insecticide resistance in mosquitoes identified

Research led by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has identified the genetic basis for resistance to commonly-used insecticides in one of the major malaria-carrying mosquitoes in Africa.

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created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0