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Brits Experiencing Moth Trouble With Their Cashmeres

... are ten ways to keep your clothes from becoming a moth meal. Moth Balls: Soaked with a noxious cocktail of chemical insecticide and deodorant, mothballs are the traditional way of dealing with the household moth. Soaked in naphalene they emit a gas poisonous to moths and their larvae. Freeze your Cas...

Vaccine Promising Against Hepatitis E

...n visitors to the region. The vaccine, made from moth cells infected with an engineered virus, was 96 percent effective for Nepalese Army soldiers who took all three doses. However, the disease wasn't widespread even in a group without the vaccine: only 7 percent got sick. The two-year test on 1,794 s...

Human Pheromones: Fact and Fiction

...as a pheromone, is secreted by the female silkworm moth to entice males as potential mates. 'The general term pheromone is often linked to images of specific, rapid response and sexual attraction,' notes Preti, an organic chemist. 'Actually, pheromones are divided into classes that are defined by chara...

Genital Herpes Rate Down In US

...n infection with type 1 herpes virus, which causes moth sores was down. This was due to improvement in living and hygiene, the researchers said. 'Our findings are consistent with previous reports that genital herpes caused by HSV-1 may be increasing in the United States, as in other developed countries,' ...

Brain Regulation Present Even In Spineless Creatures

... "We have identified a set of nerve cells in the moth whose properties are completely altered during metamorphosis," he said. "The biochemistry is altered. The translators that they use are altered. The shapes of the cells are altered, and their physiology is altered. The dogma is that most cells don't ...

Teens High on Mothballs

...ichlorobenzene found in mothballs, used to prevent moth larva from getting into clothing, is also found in air fresheners and insect repellents causing liver and kidney failure, and also severe anemia. This discovery came at a time when teenagers were know to be experimenting with legal drugs like OxyCo...

Deodorising Products may be Harmful to the Lungs

... bowl cleaners, and as an insecticide fumigant for moth control. Because people spend so much time indoors where these products are used, it's important that we understand the effects that even low levels might have on the respiratory system, said researcher Leslie Elliott. (Source: IANS)...

Hormone Transforming Caterpillars to Moths Identified

...n what the caterpillar needs to survive and what a moth needs. ‘All of this is leading us to a better understanding of how hormones control growth in animals, including humans. This is also related to stem cell research and regenerative medicine — how to coax cells to change their fates,’ Champlin said....

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