Posts Tagged ‘ticks’
Lyme disease vaccine trials show promise
STONY BROOK (US) — Clinical trials of a new vaccine for Lyme disease reveal strong immune response in 300 individuals with little adverse reaction. Continue…
Monday, May 13, 2013 15:58 - 2 Comments
Health & Medicine - Jan 18, 2013 13:54 - 1 Comment
New infection from deer ticks shows up in US
YALE (US) — A new tick-borne infection that shares many similarities with Lyme disease has been discovered in 18 patients in southern New England and neighboring New York. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 29, 2012 14:18 - 0 Comments
Like tiny predators, ticks hunt wary prey
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — Ticks hunt potential hosts like predators after prey, and those host animals are more wary of parasites than previously thought. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 22, 2011 11:38 - 4 Comments
New tick-borne disease discovered
YALE U. (US) — Scientists have discovered a new tick-borne disease that may be infecting humans in the U.S. and elsewhere. (more…)
Top Stories - Feb 28, 2011 12:47 - 0 Comments
Fungus tooled to fight malaria
U. MARYLAND (US) — Spraying mosquitoes with a genetically engineered fungus shows promise for dramatically reducing malaria infections. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Feb 16, 2011 16:27 - 0 Comments
Ticks stay loyal to lizard hosts
UC BERKELEY (US) — Take a tick’s favorite host—the Western fence lizard—out of the equation and you would think the tick population and the threat of Lyme disease would rise. A new study finds the opposite is true. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 18, 2009 14:07 - 1 Comment
Stopping Lyme disease with tick saliva
YALE (US)—A protein found in the saliva of ticks helps protect mice from developing Lyme disease, researchers have discovered. The findings may spur development of a new vaccine against infection from Lyme disease, which is spread through tick bites. (more…)
Earth & Environment, Health & Medicine - Apr 23, 2009 14:13 - 2 Comments
Toxic ticks spread illness as planet warms
YALE (US)—A new study suggests fighting infectious disease could prove more challenging on a warming planet. Scientists have made a link between climate and the severity of Lyme disease in certain regions of the United States. Rising temperatures may lead to stronger, more persistent strains of the tick-borne illness, according to the findings. (more…)
