How Nagana is carried by tsetse flies
Researchers at the University of Bristol have revealed new details on how the animal disease Nagana is spread by tsetse flies in Africa.
Ecology
May 17, 2018
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PLoS Pathogens
DNA study reveals previously unknown diversity of leprosy strains in Medieval Europe
New research by an international team of collaborators has revealed that there was much more diversity in the leprosy strains circulating in Medieval Europe than previously thought. This finding, based on the sequencing of ...
Archaeology
May 10, 2018
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Viruses can evolve in parallel in related species
Viruses are more likely to evolve in similar ways in related species—raising the risk that they will "jump" from one species to another, new research shows.
Evolution
Apr 12, 2018
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Genetic changes underpin diverse structures in group of toxins produced by fungi
Analysis of nine types of fungi provides evidence for evolutionary processes that have led to structural differences in a family of fungal toxins known as trichothecenes. Robert Proctor of the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...
Biotechnology
Apr 12, 2018
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Bacterial and host cell proteins interact to regulate Chlamydia's 'exit strategy'
Interactions between Chlamydia trachomatis proteins and host cell proteins help determine whether the bacterium leaves an infected cell via breakdown of the cellular membrane (lysis) or in a membrane-bound package, according ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 15, 2018
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Meal times may be key to managing malaria
Malaria infections might be brought under control by managing the eating habits of infected people or animals, according to a new study.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 9, 2018
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Biochemical networks mapped in midgut of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
Over the course of one month, three researchers at Colorado State University raised more than 10,000 mosquitoes and dissected more than 2,000 of them, working some days with 500 insects.
Biochemistry
Feb 15, 2018
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Plotting the path of plant pathogens
In a sneak attack, some pathogenic microbes manipulate plant hormones to gain access to their hosts undetected. Biologists at Washington University in St. Louis have exposed one such interloper by characterizing the unique ...
Biotechnology
Jan 30, 2018
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DNA analysis of ancient mummy, thought to have smallpox, points to Hepatitis B instead
A team of scientists has sequenced the complete genome of an ancient strain of the Hepatitis B virus (HBV), shedding new light on a pervasive, complex and deadly pathogen that today kills nearly one million people every year.
Archaeology
Jan 4, 2018
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How toxoplasmosis exploits immune cells to reach the brain
The infection toxoplasmosis is caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii and is widespread. It's estimated that 30 to 50 percent of the global human population are carriers. Cats are the parasites' main host, but the infection ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 8, 2017
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