Most fleas collected from rats trapped in downtown Los Angeles, California carried microbes from the genus, Bartonella, many of which are human pathogens, according to a paper in the November Applied and Environmental Microbiology. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 17, 2011
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Scientists at a Chinese university said Monday they can use rice to make albumin, a protein found in human blood that is often used for treating burns, traumatic shock and liver disease.
Biotechnology
Oct 31, 2011
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An international team of researchers studying DNA patterns from modern and archaic humans has uncovered new clues about the movement and intermixing of populations more than 40,000 years ago in Asia.
Biotechnology
Sep 22, 2011
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A study by researchers from the schools of science and medicine at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis examines the effects of carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) on living cells. This work is among the first to study ...
Bio & Medicine
Sep 15, 2011
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Blood tests are important diagnostic tools. They accurately tease-out vanishingly small concentrations of proteins and other molecules that help give a picture of overall health or signal the presence of specific diseases. ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 1, 2011
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For the first time, scientists have devised an invisibility cloak material that hides objects from detection using light that is visible to humans. The new device is a leap forward in cloaking materials, according to a report ...
Nanophysics
Jul 27, 2011
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Copenhagen University Hospital and the University of Copenhagen have discovered why malaria parasites are able to hide from the immune defences of expectant mothers, allowing the parasite to attack the placenta. The discovery ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 11, 2011
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Human stem cells have the ability to become any cell type in the human body, but when it comes to their destination they know where they want to go.
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 7, 2011
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If new technology under development proves out, horseshoe crabs will have to undergo fewer blood donations.
Other
Jun 30, 2011
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A team led by Thomas B. Nutman, M.D., of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has completed a large-scale analysis of most of the proteins produced ...
Biotechnology
May 23, 2011
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