News tagged with water borne disease
Tracking disease from outer space
Satellite images are great for creating maps, finding bad guys, and, it turns out, predicting when deadly illnesses may break out.
Feb 24, 2011 |
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World's first handmade cloned transgenic sheep born in China
Chinese scientists from BGI together with the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and Shihezi University, Xinjiang province, made a significant breakthrough in animal cloning. ...
Apr 19, 2012 |
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Georgetown researcher on climate change: Reduce contribution, care for victims, advocate
Physicians and nurses have a role if not "a moral and professional responsibility to act" to help to reduce climate change and help those impacted, say the authors of "Climate Change & Health: Is There a Role for the Health ...
Apr 17, 2012 |
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Viral disease -- particularly from herpes -- gaining interest as possible cause of coral decline
As corals continue to decline in abundance around the world, researchers are turning their attention to a possible cause that's almost totally unexplored – viral disease.
Mar 28, 2012 |
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'Noodle gels' or 'spaghetti highways' could become tools of regenerative medicine
Medicine's recipe for keeping older people active and functioning in their homes and workplaces — and healing younger people injured in catastrophic accidents — may include "noodle gels" and other lab-made invisible ...
Mar 26, 2012 |
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Common North American frog identified as carrier of deadly amphibian disease
Known for its distinctive "ribbit" call, the noisy Pacific chorus frog is a potent carrier of a deadly amphibian disease, according to new research published today in the journal PLoS ONE. Just how this c ...
Mar 12, 2012 |
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Sick Alaska seal shows possible spread of disease
(AP) -- Federal scientists said Wednesday that a nearly bald, lethargic seal recovered from the southeast Alaska coast showed the same symptoms of a disease that sickened ringed seals and Pacific walrus on ...
Mar 08, 2012 |
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In sub-Saharan Africa, a shorter walk to water saves lives, study finds
In the fight against child mortality in the developing world, simple things make a big difference. A new study by Stanford researchers published by the journal Environmental Science and Technology shows that ...
Mar 06, 2012 |
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Arctic evolution leads to salmonella vaccine
Bacteria harvested from the frigid waters of the Arctic could be the key to a new type of temperature-sensitive vaccine. University of Victoria microbiology researcher Dr. Francis Nano has received Genome BC Proof-of-Concept ...
Mar 05, 2012 |
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Aquatic ecologist studies silent killer of bald eagles
(PhysOrg.com) -- Something is killing American bald eagles, and Susan Wilde is determined to find out what. An assistant professor in the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, ...
Feb 27, 2012 |
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New theory shows that neither birth nor death stops a flock
Neither births nor deaths stop the flocking of organisms. They just keep moving, says theoretical physicist John J. Toner of the University of Oregon. The notion, he says, has implications in biology and eventually ...
Feb 24, 2012 |
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