Protozoa in Medical News

Discovery in amber reveals ancient biology of termites

... from the dead wood they chew, but they depend on protozoa in their gut to provide the enzymes that can digest the wood," Poinar said. "These protozoa would die outside of the termite, and the termite would starve if it didn't have the protozoa to aid in digestion. In this case they depend on ...

Union Springs Pharmaceuticals Introduces New, More Effective Respirator

... droplet viruses. Utilizing patented Triosyn(R) Antimicrobial Protection, the ViralClyns P95 filter is able to stop and inactivate viruses, bacteria, protozoa and fungi. The respirator filters many potentially dangerous microbial threats including the Bird Flu and SARS, known for being composed of ...

Violent sex acts boost insect's immunity system

... were identified, including the detailed innate immune mechanisms underlying defence against different classes of pathogen, especially viruses and protozoa (the agent of malaria). Much also remains to be discovered about the underlying population genetics of immunity. The research conference, The ...

Leukocyte reduction seen as significant advance in transfusion medicine

... Barr; retroviruses, such as HTLV-1 and HIV; and other emerging threats. These emerging pathogens include bacteria, such as Yersinia enterocolitica; protozoa such as Leishmania species and Trypanosoma cruzi; and infectious prions, believed to be the cause of several fatal neurodegenerative diseases, ...

Olive-pomace Oil Compound Inhibits HIV Spread

... activity, allowing researchers from Granada to register two patents on behalf of the UGR to produce drugs for treatment of diseases caused by protozoa Cryptosporidium - a parasite causing small intestine infection and diarrhoea - and by HIV. The University of Granada has already registered almost ...

Gene Study Throws Up New Targets for Leishmaniasis

... leishmaniasis, a disfiguring and sometimes fatal disease that afflicts some 12 million people around the world . Their comparison of three species of protozoa that cause most cases of leishmaniasis could be a boon for drug engineers, whose budgets for tackling this neglected disease are already slender. ...

Micro-world of Prehistoric Bacteria Found in Amber

... The most abundant microbes found in the drops were bacteria. Also discovered were fungi, algae and single-celled animals including ciliate protozoa and amoebas. The scientists, led by Alexander Schmidt, from the Museum fur Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin, in Germany, wrote in ...

Toxoplasma Linked to a Protein

... common parasite Toxoplasma,// does not cause harm to most people, but could make many others seriously ill. Toxoplasma is a genus of parasitic protozoa which is carried by cats, but can also be passed on by many other warm-blooded animals, even humans. Toxoplasma causes the disease called ...

‘No Epidemic Risk in Mumbai’ Assures Health Ministe

... with it Raw sewage, Silt, Oil or Chemical wastes and cause diarrhea and dysentery. Infectious diseases caused by pathogenic bacteria, viruses, and protozoa are the most common and wide spread health risk associated with drinking water. http://www.medindia.net/patients/ waterborne/home.asp ...