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Research team receives $7.5 million to study cassava

... and its resistance to geminivirus, a particularly devastating plant virus that can destroy up to 60 percent of a cassava crop. A cassava plant usually reaches 3 to 4 feet in height, though some plants can grow up to 13 feet tall. The researchers will work on developing new types of cassava plants that have in...

US/African project deciphers deadly parasite genome

...attle a year in East and Central Africa, has had a devastating impact on rural areas ?such as Maasai tribal commu...thousands of animals that had been killed during a devastating outbreak of rinderpest. Nobel Prize winning German microbiologist Robert Koch, who had been sent to...

Number Of Babies Born Prematurely Nears Historic Half Million Mark In U.S.

...ying and those who survive are too often left with devastating consequences -- such as cerebral palsy, mental retardation, learning problems and blindness." The March of Dimes began its multi-year campaign to address the growing rate of premature birth in 2003. The campaign educates women on the signs and sympt...

Mosquitoes are more attracted to individuals infected with malaria

Malaria remains a devastating problem in Africa and understanding the factors affecting its transmission remains a crucial part of the effort to combat the disease. A new study published in the premier open access journal PLoS Biology conducted in Western Kenya by Jacob Koella an...

UCLA scientists reveal how Nipah virus infects cells

... used as a potential bioterrorism agent capable of devastating an entire country's public health and economy," said Dr. Benhur Lee, principal investigator and UCLA assistant professor of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics. "Now that we understand how the virus operates, we can develop vaccines and d...

How HIV disables the cells' call for help

...cations: this molecular fragment, which has such a devastating effect in one disease, might turn out to be an effective treatment for other disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis. In the initial stages of HIV infection, the protein coatings of the viruses fuse with the outer membranes of T cells ?immune system ...

Stem cells bring fast direct improvement, without differentiation, in acute renal failure

...ons that are urgently needed to treat this common, devastating and costly human disease," Westenfelder said. Challenging the accepted theory of stem cell operation In a new study, Westenfelder's team reported that injecting stem cells similar to the type used in bone marrow transplants is "highly renoprotectiv...

How cell suicide protects plants from infection

...n of defective cells. Failure of PCD can result in devastating diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer's and AIDS. "This work gives us a better understanding of how plants fend off microbial attacks through carefully controlled destruction of infected cells," said James Anderson, of the Division of Genetics and Deve...

Discovery of T-cell 'traffic control' boosts new drug promise

...ess with drugs offers "enormous potential" against devastating immune reactions, Goetzl says. "Transplanting organs or even cells, such as insulin-producing Beta cells, into a patient triggers immune reactions that reject the transplant, but a drug such as FTY720 controls S1P function and slows the rush of T ce...

Beauty queens urge girls not to sacrifice their bones

...agile and break easily, is one of the world's most devastating and common chronic diseases. It strikes one in three women over 50 worldwide (more than breast cancer) and one in five men (more than prostate cancer). At a related media seminar, IOF released a new publication "Move it or Lose it" which looks at t...

Compound might defeat African sleeping sickness, clinical trial beginning this month

One of the most devastating diseases in sub-Saharan Africa almost disappeared ...consortium for African sleeping sickness and other devastating diseases such as TB, which together affect millions of people annually," Tidwell said. "Besides DB28...

Comparison of Cocaine, Methamphetamine ‘Highs?Finds Differences

.... In addition, the study provides insight into the devastating effects of metal pollution on those bacterial populations. Why is this important, you ask? It turns out that in our technology-driven world, with biosensors in development for homeland security, emerging diseases surprising our medical communities a...

Using computers and DNA to count bacteria

.... In addition, the study provides insight into the devastating effects of metal pollution on those bacterial populations. Why is this important, you ask? It turns out that in our technology-driven world, with biosensors in development for homeland security, emerging diseases surprising our medical communities a...

Poaching, logging, and outbreaks of Ebola threaten central African gorillas and chimpanzees

...city to recover from decimated populations. "This devastating mix of threats leaves us on the brink of losing so...us through the region is a particular threat, with devastating effects on ape populations. Ebola spreads through contact with blood and other body fluids, putting ...

Leprosy genome tells story of human migrations, French researchers report in Science

...002/global02.htm) "Leprosy is still very real and devastating to patients who aren't treated appropriately. The better we can understand this pathogen's genome and the subtle differences among its various strains worldwide, the better position we'll be in to ultimately eliminate the disease," said Caroline Ash,...

Research shows smoking adds a decade to reproductive age of IVF patients

...ffect the live birth rate after IVF. Smoking has a devastating impact. It is comparable to adding a decade to the reproductive age of a 20-year-old. This means it makes her the equivalent of a 30-year-old non-smoker in reproductive terms. "However, it also indicates that subfertile couples may help their chance...

Researchers find gene that may be at root of potato blight

...from the plant pathogen that causes late blight, a devastating disease that can destroy fields of potato and toma...ybean plants as well as sudden oak death, which is devastating stands of oak trees along California 's coast and is present in at least three other states. Kamoun...

Sugar beet virus mutation requires Texas touch

... are closely related, Rush said. But rhizomania is devastating and found worldwide, while the mosaic virus is not as destructive and is limited to the United States. Growers, breeders and industry officials from Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Minnesota, Michigan and North Dakota began looking to Texas and ...

Agilent Technologies new genome analysis technology set to accelerate Australia fight against mesothelioma

...h clearer understanding and interpretation of this devastating disease." "Agilent's new CGH microarray platform provides very high sensitivity, enabling researchers to detect small changes in chromosomes, including single copy deletions, which have previously been the most difficult to find," said Agilent Integ...

Cellular Defects in Premature Aging Disease are Reversible

...s scientists one step closer to understanding this devastating childhood disease and might provide insights into the normal aging process. HGPS is a rare inherited disease affecting about one in eight million children. While appearing normal at birth, infants with HGPS age rapidly after their first 18 months, a...

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