Posts Tagged ‘parasite’

With obstacles, worms wiggle faster

NYU (US) — Obstacles in an organism’s path can help it to move faster, not slower, according to a series of experiments and computer simulations. Continue…

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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…)

Worm genome: ‘Major step’ to stop killer

U. MELBOURNE (AUS) — Scientists have identified the genetic blueprint of the giant intestinal roundworm, Ascaris suum, revealing potential targets to control a devastating parasitic disease. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Sep 29, 2011 10:21 - 0 Comments

Vaccine has potential to prevent malaria

MICHIGAN STATE (US) — A new vaccine that combines the use of a disabled cold virus along with a gene that stimulates the immune system may offer protection against the parasite that causes malaria. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Sep 26, 2011 8:02 - 1 Comment

Common parasite controls immune system

CORNELL (US) — A forced partnership between parasite and host allows Toxoplasma gondii to invade the bloodstream, break into the brain, and prompt behavioral changes from recklessness to neuroticism. (more…)

Science & Technology - Sep 13, 2011 9:52 - 1 Comment

Gypsy moths work (and die) on day shift

PENN STATE (US) — A virus tricks nocturnal gypsy moth caterpillars to stay in treetops during the day, where they die and infect other caterpillars in the process. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Aug 31, 2011 11:10 - 0 Comments

Infect mosquitoes to control dengue fever

UC DAVIS (US) — The spread of dengue fever in northern Australia may be controlled by a bacterium that infects mosquitoes harboring the virus. (more…)

Science & Technology - Aug 22, 2011 11:57 - 1 Comment

Cat urine is a ‘turn-on’ for some rats

STANFORD (US) —The same brain region that triggers a mating response in male rats also lights up when rats smell cat urine—if those rats are infected with the parasite Toxoplasma. (more…)

Science & Technology - Jul 22, 2011 12:15 - 0 Comments

The ‘new’ rules all parasites follow

UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — By studying parasites within an ecosystem, scientists have uncovered simple ecological rules that apply to all animals and predict how common they are. (more…)

Science & Technology - Jul 11, 2011 12:24 - 2 Comments

Parasites to blame for rampant sex

INDIANA U. (US) — It seems we may have parasites to thank for the existence of sex—as we know it. (more…)

Health & Medicine - May 31, 2011 10:27 - 0 Comments

From worms, clues to how iron moves

U. MARYLAND (US) — To understand more about how humans and other organisms internally transport iron, scientists turned to an unlikely partner: a bloodless worm. (more…)

Science & Technology - May 23, 2011 15:44 - 0 Comments

Mummies solve parasite plague mystery

EMORY (US) — Life on the Nile 1,500 years ago may have contributed to the spread of a plague that is one of the most prevalent parasitic diseases today, infecting 200 million people. (more…)

Health & Medicine - May 10, 2011 16:02 - 4 Comments

HIV drugs home in on deadly parasites

CARDIFF U. (UK) — Drugs used to treat HIV have the potential to be a significant game changer in the treatment of parasitic disease, a monumental threat to global health. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Nov 12, 2010 13:14 - 0 Comments

Drug kills parasitic worm at its source

MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Scientists have unlocked how an anti-parasitic drug kills worms brought on by diseases like river blindness and elephantitis. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Oct 21, 2010 15:17 - 0 Comments

Putting the brakes on malaria

U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — More than a third of the 72 molecular switches that control key stages in the life cycle of the malaria parasite can be disrupted in some way. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Sep 21, 2010 10:54 - 0 Comments

Stress helps homeless parasite survive

INDIANA U. (US)— The parasite responsible for toxoplasmosis requires a stress response system that helps it survive the move to infect new cells. (more…)

Science & Technology - Sep 16, 2010 11:52 - 0 Comments

Clone ‘warrior worms’ found in snails

UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — Scientists have discovered a caste of genetically identical “warrior worms”—members of a parasitic fluke species that invade the California horn snail. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jul 20, 2010 11:20 - 0 Comments

The first malaria-proof mosquito

U. ARIZONA (US)—Entomologists have succeeded in genetically altering mosquitoes in a way that renders them completely immune to the malaria-causing parasite called Plasmodium. (more…)

Science & Technology - Jul 15, 2010 7:42 - 26 Comments

Evolution on the fly: Look, Ma! No genes!

U. ROCHESTER (US)—Researchers have identified a new mechanism for evolution that bypasses genes altogether. (more…)

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