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Computers to be used to find blueprint for new influenza drug

... of the protective coating around the cells in our throats that the flu virus first attacks when a person becomes infected. The flu virus would be deceived into attacking the drug, called an inhibitor, instead of the cells. The three-year project will be largely carried out by examining the behaviour of ato...

Looks matter to female barn swallows

...s have a wash of reddish-chestnut color from their throats to their bellies, and this color varies among birds from very pale red-brown to a dark rusty-red. Like many songbirds, half of all male barn swallows typically care for at least one young chick that was actually fathered by another bird. The research...

Penicillin, amoxicillin: Step aside for strep throat treatment

...e strep germ, the bug that causes millions of sore throats in U.S. children every year, simply aren't doing t.... "The treatment paradigm for treating strep sore throats has been changing slowly, and endorsing the use of cephalosporins as a first-line treatment is somet...

Chemical warfare agent detection technology used to treat lung disease

...molecules produced by common ailments such as sore throats or chesty coughs which may interfere with the accuracy of data. "What is unique about this sensor, and the use of the microDMx technology, is the fact that it can be configured to not just analyse one disease or condition, but it has the potential t...

Nice guys do finish first in lizards' evolutionary race

...e on things. Research has focused on why the blue throats are willing to cast aside their own opportunities ...ners ?why not go it alone?" McAdam said. "The blue throats can set up new territories and be successful. That's the evolutionary puzzle that we needed to solve...