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

(PhysOrg.com) -- The compound was found to be effective against viruses that cause some of the world's deadliest diseases, such as AIDS, Ebola and Rift Valley fever.

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Feb 01, 2010 4.8 / 5 (23) 6 |

Nihal Altan-Bonnet, assistant professor of cell biology, Rutgers University in Newark, and her research team have made a significant new discovery about RNA (Ribonucleic acid) viruses and how they replicate themselves.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

May 28, 2010 4.8 / 5 (19) 0 |

While Asian carp, gypsy moths and zebra mussels hog invasive-species headlines, many invisible invaders are altering ecosystems and flourishing outside of the limelight.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 07, 2010 4.6 / 5 (7) 2 |

(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

A new therapeutic made from tobacco plants has been shown to arrest West Nile virus infection, according to a new study by Arizona State University scientist Qiang Chen and his colleagues.

Biology - Biotechnology

Feb 01, 2010 5 / 5 (4) 0 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Viruses have led scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis to the discovery of a security system in host cells.

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Nov 17, 2010 5 / 5 (4) 0 |

Mosquitoes -- not birds as suspected -- may have a played a primary role in spreading West Nile virus westward across the United States, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 01, 2010 4.8 / 5 (4) 0 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Plant and animal extinctions are detrimental to your health. That's the conclusion of a paper published in this week's issue of the journal Nature by scientists who studied the link betwee ...

Biology - Ecology

Dec 01, 2010 4.8 / 5 (4) 0 |

Emory University researchers believe they have come up with the cheapest, most efficient way yet to monitor adult mosquitoes and the deadly diseases they carry, from malaria to West Nile Virus. Emory has ...

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Jan 12, 2010 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

Protecting ourselves from backyard mosquito bites may come down to leaving the vacuuming for later, a study from York University shows.

Biology - Other

Jun 28, 2010 5 / 5 (3) 0

Fire up the citronella-scented tiki torches, and slather on the DEET: Everybody knows these simple precautions repel insects, notably mosquitoes, whose bites not only itch and irritate, but also transmit diseases such as ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Aug 25, 2010 5 / 5 (3) 1 |

Last year, 720 people in the United States became infected with West Nile virus, a potentially serious illness that is spread through the bite of a mosquito - the Culex mosquito - that has first fed on inf ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Sep 30, 2010 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

Female mosquitoes are efficient carriers of deadly diseases such as malaria, dengue and yellow fever, resulting each year in several million deaths and hundreds of millions of cases.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Jun 01, 2011 5 / 5 (3) 3 |

Researchers have identified enzymes and biochemical compounds called lipids that are targeted and modified by the dengue virus during infection, suggesting a potential new approach to control the aggressive ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Mar 22, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0 |