News articles tagged with 'pathogen'
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…
Fatal respiratory infections in endangered gorillas are linked to human contact
— 31 Mar 2011 15:45 | HealthIn a study published online this week in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, an international team of researchers report that a virus that causes respiratory disease in humans…
Drug use increasingly associated with microbial infections
— 10 Mar 2011 18:32 | HealthIllicit drug users are at increased risk of being exposed to microbial pathogens and are more susceptible to serious infections say physicians writing in the Journal of Medical Microbiology.…
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…
Plant's immune defence revs up for the morning attack
— 4 Feb 2011 15:37 | BiologyTiming is everything in the long-standing arms race between the flowering plant Arabidopsis and Hyaloperonospora, a downy mildew pathogen…
Staying one strep ahead
— 28 Jan 2011 17:06 | HealthNew research provides the first detailed genetic picture of an evolutionary war between Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria and the vaccines and antibiotics used against it over recent…
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…
Fast sepsis test can save lives
— 3 Jan 2011 16:59 | HealthAlthough it is the third most frequent cause of death in Germany, blood poisoning is frequently underestimated. In this country, 60,000 persons die every year from some form of sepsis,…
Finding new ways to tackle environmental diseases
— 3 Jan 2011 16:26 | HealthResearchers at the University of Exeter have developed a new approach to studying potentially deadly disease-causing bacteria which could help speed up the process of finding vaccines…
K-State research looks at pathogenic attacks on host plants
— 18 Dec 2010 14:24 | BiologyTwo Kansas State University researchers focusing on rice genetics are providing a better understanding of how pathogens take over a plant's nutrients…