News tagged with west nile virus

Climate change amplifying animal disease

Climate change is widening viral disease among farm animals, expanding the spread of some microbes that are also a known risk to humans, the world's top agency for animal health said on Monday.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

May 25, 2009 | 4.1 / 5 (27) | 3

Device targets mosquitoes with deadly nectar

(AP) -- The ProVector Bt may not look too much like a real flower, but the artificial device sports bright, finely tuned colors and sweet nectar that can lure and kill mosquitoes that potentially carry diseases.

Technology / Other

May 06, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 1

Field stations foster serendipitous discoveries in environmental, biological sciences

North America's biological field stations have long been home to a rich legacy of research results, scientists say, making them important places for serendipitous discoveries in the biological and environmental ...

Biology / Ecology

Apr 08, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

West Nile virus studies show how star-shaped brain cells cope with infection

A new study published as the cover article for the April 2009 issue of The FASEB Journal promises to give physicians new ways to reduce deadly responses to viral infections of the brain and spinal cord. In the report, scient ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

Mar 31, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

New wheat disease could spread faster than expected

Both plant and human diseases that can travel with the wind have the potential to spread far more rapidly than has been understood, according to a new study, in findings that pose serious concerns not only for some human ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

Mar 25, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Molecules help the immune system to detect cells infected with West Nile virus

New research reveals a model of host-pathogen interaction that explains how the immune system finds and destroys cells infected with a potentially lethal brain virus. The study, published online on February 5th in Immunity, a Cell ...