News articles tagged with 'nematode'
Nature study shows common lab dye is a wonder drug - for worms
— 31 Mar 2011 15:42 | HealthBasic Yellow 1, a dye used in neuroscience laboratories around the world to detect damaged protein in Alzheimer's disease, is a wonder drug for nematode worms. In a study appearing…
Worms strike see-saw balance in disease resistance
— 3 Mar 2011 12:29 | BiologyNew research, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) has shown that nematode worms have to trade-off resistance to different diseases, gaining…
Trichinosis parasite gets DNA decoded
— 21 Feb 2011 17:30 | HealthScientists have decoded the DNA of the parasitic worm that causes trichinosis, a disease linked to eating raw or undercooked pork or carnivorous wild game animals, such as bear and…
When worms stick together and swim on thin water, what happens and why does it matter?
— 8 Feb 2011 18:39 | BiologyNematodes, microscopic worms, are making engineers look twice at their ability to exhibit the 'Cheerios effect' when they move in a collective motion…
Star performer in basic biology labs diagnosed with first virus
— 26 Jan 2011 19:01 | BiologyA workhorse of modern biology is sick, and scientists couldn't be happier. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the Jacques Monod Institute in France…
K-State advances field of ecological genomics with research, symposium
— 13 Oct 2010 16:27 | BiologyA Kansas State University professor's research and the upcoming Ecological Genomics Symposium continue to make the university a leader in the emerging field of ecological genomics…
Study identifies critical 'traffic engineer' of the nervous system
— 9 Sep 2010 10:06 | HealthA new University of Georgia study published in the journal Nature has identified a critical enzyme that keeps traffic flowing in the right direction in the nervous system, and the finding…
Alternative evolution: Why change your own genes when you can borrow someone else's?
— 9 Jul 2010 10:34 | HealthIt has been a basic principle of evolution for more than a century that plants and animals can adapt genetically in ways that help them better survive and reproduce…
Nematodes vanquish billion dollar pest
— 25 Jun 2010 09:38 | BiologyThe larvae of Diabrotica virgifera virgifera beetles wreak havoc on maize. Feasting on the plants' roots, they are estimated to cause $1 billion of damage every year in the US. Ted…
Suspended animation protects against lethal hypothermia, study shows
— 11 Jun 2010 11:57 | HealthHow is it that some people who apparently freeze to death, with no heart rate or respiration for extended periods, can be brought back to life with no long-term negative health consequences?…