News articles tagged with 'parasite'
Pitt-Stanford research suggests aimless proteins crucial to disease
— 1 Apr 2011 14:45 | HealthResearchers from the University of Pittsburgh and Stanford University discovered that a supposedly inactive protein actually plays a crucial role in the ability of one the world's most…
Insight into parasite family planning could help target malaria
— 17 Mar 2011 17:34 | HealthFresh insight into the way the parasite that causes malaria reproduces could lead to new treatments to help curb the spread of the disease…
Toxoplasmosis: The strain explains severity of infection
— 15 Mar 2011 20:44 | HealthProviding clues into why the severity of a common parasitic infection can vary greatly from person to person, a new Johns Hopkins study shows that each one of three strains of the cat-borne…
Malaria's weakest link
— 9 Mar 2011 19:14 | HealthA group of researchers from EPFL's Global Health Institute (GHI) and Inserm (Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, the French government agency for biomedical research)…
Genetically modified fungi kill malaria-causing parasites in mosquitoes
— 26 Feb 2011 18:12 | HealthSpraying malaria-transmitting mosquitoes with a genetically modified fungus can kill the malaria parasite without harming the mosquito, potentially reducing malaria transmission to…
New study shows ability of transgenic fungi to combat malaria and other bug-borne diseases
— 26 Feb 2011 16:57 | HealthNew findings by a University of Maryland-led team of scientists indicate that a genetically engineered fungus carrying genes for a human anti-malarial antibody or a scorpion anti-malarial…
Parasitic protozoons survive waste water and drinking water treatment plants in Galicia
— 23 Feb 2011 17:25 | Environment'The presence of two resistent forms of protozoons, the oocysts from the Cryptosporidium genus and cysts of the Giardia genus, is one of the greatest public health problems in water…
Virus, parasite may combine to increase harm to humans
— 11 Feb 2011 16:00 | HealthA parasite and a virus may be teaming up in a way that increases the parasite's ability to harm humans, scientists at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland and Washington University…
Profiling malaria-causing parasites
— 8 Feb 2011 18:21 | HealthThe majority of fatal cases of malaria are caused by infection with the parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Most at risk are young children and women who are pregnant. A team of researchers,…
Long-distance migration may help reduce infectious disease risks for many animal species
— 21 Jan 2011 18:44 | BiologyIt's a common assumption that animal migration, like human travel across the globe, can transport pathogens long distances, in some cases increasing disease risks to humans. West Nile…