Public Release: 8-Feb-2016 New approach could lead to fewer deaths, and new treatments University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, Md., Feb. 8, 2015 -A multi-disciplinary group of researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM) have… Read More ›
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Flu tackles Super Bowl fans
Public Release: 2-Feb-2016 Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. – If you’re a fan of the Panthers or Broncos, be sure to wash your hands on Super Bowl Sunday before you give a friend a celebratory fist bump. A Cornell University… Read More ›
ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS BY THE MOSQUITO ( Flavivirus ) – EXPERIMENTAL TRANSMISSION OF RUSSIAN SPRING-SUMMER
Editors Note (Ralph Turchiano ) Yes you will see West Nile Virus, as well as potential use of other Flaviviruses Volume B THE JAPANESE MEDICAL JOURNAL Number 2 EXPERIMENTAL TRANSMISSION OF RUSSIAN SPRING-SUMMER ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS BY THE MOSQUITO BY… Read More ›
Study shows large variability in abundance of viruses that infect ocean microorganisms
Public Release: 25-Jan-2016 “ Estimates suggest that a single liter of seawater typically contain more than ten billion viruses. “ Georgia Institute of Technology Viruses infect more than humans or plants. For microorganisms in the oceans — including those that… Read More ›
Scientists find minor flu strains pack bigger punch
Public Release: 4-Jan-2016 New York University Minor variants of flu strains, which are not typically targeted in vaccines, carry a bigger viral punch than previously realized, a team of scientists has found. Its research, which examined samples from the… Read More ›
How to train your bacterium
Public Release: 4-Jan-2016 Berkeley Lab scientists teach bacterium a new trick for artificial photosynthesis DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory IMAGE: The bacterium Moorella thermoacetica is being used to perform photosynthesis and also to synthesize semiconductor nanoparticles in a hybrid… Read More ›
Second contagious form of cancer found in Tasmanian devils
Public Release: 28-Dec-2015 University of Cambridge Transmissible cancers — cancers which can spread between individuals by the transfer of living cancer cells — are believed to arise extremely rarely in nature. One of the few known transmissible cancers… Read More ›
The world’s smallest terrorist: Virus hijacks protein machine and then kills the host
Public Release: 11-Dec-2015 Aarhus University Bacteriophages are viruses that infect and kill bacteria. The name originates from the Greek ‘phagos’ which means ‘to devour’. Bacteriophages were discovered 100 years ago because of their ability to replicate in a pathogenic… Read More ›
Scientists learn how poxviruses defeat the body’s host defense
Public Release: 10-Dec-2015 University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio SAN ANTONIO (Dec. 10, 2015) — Smallpox virus, which killed millions of humans through the ages, ranks among the world’s most feared bioterrorism agents. Human monkeypox continues… Read More ›
Biologists discover bacteria communicate like neurons in the brain
Public Release: 21-Oct-2015 University of California – San Diego Biologists at UC San Diego have discovered that bacteria–often viewed as lowly, solitary creatures–are actually quite sophisticated in their social interactions and communicate with one another through similar electrical signaling mechanisms… Read More ›
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