Posts Tagged ‘parasite’
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…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 13, 2010 10:53 - 2 Comments
Dogs may help collar deadly Chagas disease
EMORY (US)—Mongrel dogs that live amongst the rural poor may hold the key to controlling Chagas disease, a condition affecting 10 to 12 million people in Latin America, killing more than 15,000 a year. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 1, 2010 11:42 - 0 Comments
Parasites may threaten biofuel crops
U. ILLINOIS—Researchers have discovered widespread occurrence of plant-parasitic nematodes in Miscanthus and switchgrass, two plants used for biofuels. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 10, 2010 12:02 - 0 Comments
Enzyme method may immobilize malaria
MCGILL (CAN)—A multinational team may have identified a target for a new malaria treatment by disabling digestive enzymes in malaria parasites, which are transmitted by mosquito bites. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 9, 2010 12:31 - 0 Comments
Eyeing an enzyme to stop deadly infections
VANDERBILT (US)—Knowing the structure of an enzyme essential to the protozoan parasite that causes African sleeping sickness may lead to new drugs to combat the often fatal disease and several other related disorders that afflict millions of people around the world. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 14, 2010 16:28 - 0 Comments
Genomes of ‘smart bomb’ wasps sequenced
U. ROCHESTER—By sequencing the genomes of three wasp species that kill pest insects, a team of scientists is hopeful they will discover features that could be useful to pest control and medicine—that will enhance our understanding of genetics and evolution. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 6, 2009 18:33 - 0 Comments
Researchers zero in on malaria’s lethal skill
PRINCETON (US)—The parasite that causes malaria has a very deadly talent. By switching off an important amino acid in its quest to invade the human body, the parasite may trigger a more critical and lethal phase of the disease. The findings could pave the way to more effective Malaria treatments. (more…)
