News tagged with university of marburg
Effects of brain exercise depend on opponent
Playing games against a computer activates different brain areas from those activated when playing against a human opponent. Research published in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience has shown that the belief that o ...
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New insights into ancient life: Chromosome segregation in Archaea
(PhysOrg.com) -- The effort to classify life into various groups has been a bumpy ride. Prior to the 1900s, living things were usually pegged as either plants or animals – period. By the middle of the ...
Mar 16, 2012 |
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Smut fungus has found a new way to switch off plant immune defence
Pathogens causing plant diseases are an enormous threat in agriculture. They can spread rapidly and cause massive crop losses, particularly in today’s large-scale monocultures. To infect a plant successfully, ...
Oct 06, 2011 |
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Nuke crisis reignites debate on protective pills
(AP) -- The Japanese nuclear crisis has reignited a debate in the U.S. over the government's role in distributing a cheap anti-cancer drug to people living around nuclear power plants.
Mar 30, 2011 |
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Proposed U.S. budget cuts target science
A "Sputnik moment" or a "kaputnik" one for U.S. science? With a federal budget battle showdown under way, science looks like collateral damage, say former federal officials, with proposed cuts to research that they consider ...
Mar 08, 2011 |
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The influence of advertising on drug recommendations
A medical journal's revenue source can affect drug recommendations, with free journals positively recommending specific drugs while journals funded solely by subscriptions usually recommending against the use of the drugs, ...
Feb 28, 2011 |
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Small molecules may prevent ebola infection
Ebola, a virus that causes deadly hemorrhagic fever in humans, has no known cure or vaccine. But a new study by University of Illinois at Chicago scientists has uncovered a family of small molecules which appear to bind to ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 19, 2011 |
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Evolutionary arms race between smut fungi and maize plants
Fungi are a major cause of plant diseases and are responsible for large-scale harvest failure in crops like maize and other cereals all over the world. Together with scientists from the Helmholtz Zentrum in ...
Dec 09, 2010 |
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New tool detects Ebola, Marburg quickly, easily
Boston University researchers have developed a simple diagnostic tool that can quickly identify dangerous viruses like Ebola and Marburg. The biosensor, which is the size of a quarter and can detect viruses in a blood sample, ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 22, 2010 |
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US team tours Africa to boost bioterror safety
(AP) -- U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar peered over the 4-foot cement wall and thin strands of barbed wire that separated the deadly pathogens in Kenya's top research lab from the thousands of homes with rusted tin ...
Nov 12, 2010 |
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A sweet discovery raises hope for treating Ebola, Lassa, Marburg and other fast-acting viruses
When a team of European researchers sought to discover how a class of antiviral drugs worked, they looked in an unlikely place: the sugar dish. A new research report appearing in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology suggests that a ...
Nov 03, 2010 |
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