Throats in Biological News

Nice guys do finish first in lizards' evolutionary race

... to home to keep an eye on things. Research has focused on why the blue throats are willing to cast aside their own opportunities to procreate for the ... them and become loners ?why not go it alone?" McAdam said. "The blue throats can set up new territories and be successful. That's the evolutionary ...

Penicillin, amoxicillin: Step aside for strep throat treatment

... used to treat the strep germ, the bug that causes millions of sore throats in U.S. children every year, simply aren't doing the job and aren't as ... and Immunology. "The treatment paradigm for treating strep sore throats has been changing slowly, and endorsing the use of cephalosporins as a ...

Chemical warfare agent detection technology used to treat lung disease

... with different conditions with extreme sensitivity. It can also be configured to block out 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 ...

Looks matter to female barn swallows

... we have established stable relationships." Barn swallow ( Hirundo rustica erythrogaster ) males 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 ...

Computers to be used to find blueprint for new influenza drug

... flu to stop the disease developing. The drug would work by being chemically very similar to part 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, ...