Posts Tagged ‘infectious disease’
After 3 days, lung bacteria are unstoppable
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — A deadly plague bacterium is able to transform the lungs into a breeding ground for other microbes—often escaping detection until it is too late for medical treatment. Continue…
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 11:44 - 0 Comments
Science & Technology - Jan 30, 2012 10:51 - 1 Comment
After four mutations, new virus attacks
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Scientists have shown for the first time how a new virus evolves, clarifying how easy it is for diseases to quickly gain dangerous mutations. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 25, 2012 11:28 - 0 Comments
Blood parasite’s genetic code cracked
U. MELBOURNE (AUS) — Scientists have sequenced the genome of a parasite responsible for one of the most socioeconomically devastating diseases in the world. (more…)
Top Stories - Jan 13, 2012 16:49 - 0 Comments
Google alerts hospitals before flu hits
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Google’s Flu Trends tool can warn a hospital emergency room much faster than traditional reports that a flood of flu patients is coming, research shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 5, 2012 11:36 - 0 Comments
Bone DNA dates disease to Middle Ages
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — A study of skeletal remains suggests the infectious disease brucellosis has been endemic to Albania since at least the Middle Ages. (more…)
Top Stories - Dec 22, 2011 11:39 - 0 Comments
Mosquito genes modified to zap malaria
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Mosquito immune systems can be engineered to more effectively kill malaria-carrying parasites, blocking transmission to humans. (more…)
Top Stories - Dec 21, 2011 13:03 - 11 Comments
Toxic fungus thrives in bathroom sinks
PENN STATE (US) — Plumbing systems may be a common source of human infections, say researchers studying the prevalence of the fungus Fusarium in bathroom sink drains. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 13, 2011 12:37 - 0 Comments
Night lights pinpoint disease outbreaks
PRINCETON (US) — Researchers are using satellite images of nighttime lights to keep tabs on disease hotspots in developing nations. (more…)
Top Stories - Jul 11, 2011 11:57 - 4 Comments
Forage to farm: But are we healthier?
EMORY (US) — Human height and health declined soon after the shift to agriculture around 10,000 years ago, research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 27, 2011 17:09 - 0 Comments
Kids with HIV living well longer
TULANE (US) — Children born with HIV are living well into adolescence and adulthood, according to a new study that also finds advances in treatment have all but eradicated mother-to-baby transmission of the disease. (more…)
