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Rensselaer professor uncovers mysterious workings of cholera bacteria
Image via Wikipedia Troy, N.Y. – Researchers have found that an enzyme in the bacteria that causes cholera uses a previously unknown mechanism in providing the bacteria with energy. Because the enzyme is not found in most other organisms, including … Continue reading
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Tagged bacteria, Biology, Cell (biology), Cell membrane, cell respiration, cellular functions, cellular respiration, cholera, cholerae, contaminated drinking water, creating energy, Drinking water, efficient energy, energy conversion, energy from food, high temperatures, joel morgan, Mitochondrion, national academy of sciences, organelles, postdoctoral fellow, proceedings of the national academy, proceedings of the national academy of sciences, professor joel, protein, rensselaer team, respiratory enzymes
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Synergy between 2 types of de-worming drugs found promising in a lab test
A new combination drug treatment for parasitic intestinal roundworms shows promise in a test on a common laboratory species A new combination drug treatment for parasitic intestinal roundworms shows promise in a test on a common laboratory species. Several drugs … Continue reading
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Tagged c elegans, california san diego, classes of drugs, combination drug treatment, combination therapy, drug resistance, health workers, intestinal roundworms, intestinal worms, laboratory animals, laboratory species, levamisole, national academy of sciences, parasitic worms, proceedings of the national academy, proceedings of the national academy of sciences, protein crystal, two different things, uc san diego, university of california san diego
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Dartmouth researchers describe how the cholera bacteria becomes infectious
HANOVER, NH – In a new study, Dartmouth researchers describe the structure of a protein called ToxT that controls the virulent nature of Vibrio cholerae, the bacteria that causes cholera. Buried within ToxT, the researchers were surprised to find a … Continue reading
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Scripps research team reveals how an old drug could have a new use for treating river blindness
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered a potential new use for the drug closantel, currently the standard treatment for sheep and cattle infected with liver fluke. The new research suggests that the drug may be useful in combating … Continue reading
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Tagged black fly, body mass index, chemical biology, eradication efforts, fellow christian, immune system response, infectious cause, journal proceedings, liver fluke, mass treatment, national academy of sciences, nematode worms, postdoctoral fellow, proceedings of the national academy of sciences, river blindness, scripps research institute, skaggs institute, skin lesions, strong immune system, work productivity
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Researchers find 'broad spectrum' antiviral that fights multitude of viruses
Compound could be used against HIV-1, Nipah, Ebola and other deadly viruses Viruses are insidious creatures. They differ from each other in many ways, and they can mutate — at times seemingly at will, as with HIV — to resist … Continue reading
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Tagged antivirals, army medical research, broad spectrum, compound libraries, cornell university, deadliest diseases, deadly viruses, enveloped viruses, filoviruses, harvard university, host cell, medical research institute, national academy of sciences, new viruses, nipah virus encephalitis, paramyxoviruses, proceedings of the national academy of sciences, Rift Valley Fever, united states army medical, university of texas at galveston
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Researchers trace HIV mutations that lead to drug resistance
Chemists at UC San Diego and statisticians at Harvard University have developed a novel way to trace mutations in HIV that lead to drug resistance. Their findings, once expanded to the full range of drugs available to treat the infection, … Continue reading
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Tagged chemists, computations, computer modeling, drug cocktails, drug resistance, harvard university, hiv infection, indinavir, jun liu, mutations, national academy of sciences, proceedings of the national academy, proceedings of the national academy of sciences, protease, statistical method, statisticians, uc san diego, untreated patients, using computer, wei wang
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Gorillas carry malignant malaria parasite, study reports
UCI, French finding could complicate quest to eradicate deadly disease in humans Irvine, Calif., Jan. 19, 2010 – The parasite that causes malignant malaria in humans has been detected in gorillas, along with two new species of malaria parasites, reports … Continue reading
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Tagged blood samples, chimpanzees, chimps, deadly disease, deforestation, equatorial africa, falciparum, fecal samples, francisco ayala, gorb, gorillas, irvine calif, malaria infections, malaria parasites, malignant malaria, national academy of sciences, proceedings of the national academy, proceedings of the national academy of sciences, pyrrhic victory, uc irvine
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Study casts doubt on provocative tuberculosis theory
Researchers fail to find that TB cells form spores and go dormant MAYWOOD, Ill. — The tuberculosis bacterium is an insidious germ that can lie dormant for many years, then suddenly emerge and cause potentially fatal disease. Earlier this year, … Continue reading
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