News articles tagged with 'strain'
Dine or dash? Genes help decide when to look for new food
— 17 Mar 2011 20:24 | BiologyFor worms, choosing when to search for a new dinner spot depends on many factors, both internal and external: how hungry they are, for example, how much oxygen is in the air, and how…
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…
Study helps explain how pathogenic E. coli bacterium causes illness
— 14 Mar 2011 19:54 | HealthScientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, have shown how the O157:H7 strain of Escherichia coli causes…
MIT scientists identify new H1N1 mutation that could allow virus to spread more easily
— 10 Mar 2011 18:14 | HealthIn the fall of 1917, a new strain of influenza swirled around the globe. At first, it resembled a typical flu epidemic: Most deaths occurred among the elderly, while younger people…
BESC scores a first with isobutanol directly from cellulose
— 8 Mar 2011 13:59 | ChemistryIn the quest for inexpensive biofuels, cellulose proved no match for a bioprocessing strategy and genetically engineered microbe developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's…
Genome sequencing used to assess a novel form of Clostridium botulinum
— 7 Mar 2011 17:28 | HealthScientists on the Norwich Research Park have sequenced the genome of a novel strain of Clostridium botulinum, one of the most dangerous pathogens known to man. The strain produces an…
For first time, scientists show an HIV vaccine impacts the genetic makeup of the virus
— 2 Mar 2011 12:37 | HealthAn AIDS vaccine tested in people, but found to be ineffective, influenced the genetic makeup of the virus that slipped past. The findings suggest new ideas for developing HIV vaccines…
Drug to fight tumours also fights the flu and possibly other viruses
— 28 Feb 2011 16:52 | HealthEver get a flu shot and still get the flu? If so, there's new hope for flu-free winters in the years to come thanks to a new discovery by researchers who found that a drug called DMXAA,…
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…