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Secret of smallpox's success may lead to bioterror cure

...weapons. By manipulating what is perhaps the most devastating trick in cellular weaponry of pox viruses like sma... time to grow and multiply to the point of causing devastating disease before the immune system detects it and attempts to mount a counter-attack. Jacobs notes th...

Oceans more vulnerable to agricultural runoff than previously thought, study finds

...poxia could occur at a local scale, which could be devastating to the shrimp and shellfish industries," Matson said. "Shrimp fisheries are very important economically, and they're already under a lot of stress from overfishing and aquaculture. It is possible that agricultural runoff could cause additional stress...

First technology to remove prions that cause vCJD from blood launched

...n whose daughter died from vCJD says, "Knowing the devastating effect that vCJD can have, the Human BSE Foundation fully supports any innovations that could potentially save anyone from the suffering we had to endure." She also notes that although we should hope for the best, we must prepare for the worst and ta...

Scientists journey to southern Africa to unravel the secret world of elephant communication

...come agitated and fled to higher ground before the devastating wave struck, thus saving their own lives and those of the tourists riding on their backs. Because earthquakes and tsunamis generate low-frequency waves, O'Connell-Rodwell and other elephant experts have begun to explore the possibility that the Thai ...

Strongest proof yet found for prion hypothesis

...ed the strongest proof yet that the mysterious and devastating brain diseases known as "transmissible spongiform encephalopathies" (TSEs) are transmitted by an infectious agent composed only of a malformed protein, and not a virus. TSEs, which can afflict both human beings and animals, include mad cow disease, n...

Gray wolves maintain the food chain in winter

...models show that wolf kills temper the potentially devastating effects of climate-related carrion shortages on scavengers. Unlike mountain lions and grizzly bears, wolves abandon their prey (usually elk or moose) once sated, leaving much-coveted leftovers for ravens, eagles, coyotes, bears, and other scavengers....

Protein offers way to stop microscopic parasites in their tracks

...ase in the world. "These other parasites are more devastating in terms of the number of people they affect, but they're somewhat harder to work on," Sibley explains. "Because it's so much easier to study, we use Toxoplasma as a way to ask about very basic things that occur in all of these parasites." One area ...

Gene therapy for Parkinson's disease moves forward in animals

...ase at its onset and another strategy to treat the devastating side effects that occur when treating the disease in its later stages. By inserting corrective genes into the brain, scientists studying small monkeys called marmosets prevented brain damage by producing therapeutic levels of a protein that helps no...

Scientists identify molecular events that drive cell senescence

...ceto fight against amyloid proteins that cause the devastating plaquesthat are characteristic of Alzheimer's disease.For years scientists have examined the possibility of using aprotein-based vaccine to slow the progression of the disease in itsearly stages. UT Southwestern researchers have created a gene-basedv...

Gene vaccine for Alzheimer's disease shows promising results

...ceto fight against amyloid proteins that cause the devastating plaquesthat are characteristic of Alzheimer's disease.For years scientists have examined the possibility of using aprotein-based vaccine to slow the progression of the disease in itsearly stages. UT Southwestern researchers have created a gene-basedv...

Gene Therapy For Parkinson's Disease Moves Forward In Animals

...ase at its onset and another strategy to treat the devastating side effects that occur when treating the disease in its later stages. By inserting corrective genes into the brain, scientists studying small monkeys called marmosets prevented brain damage by producing therapeutic levels of a protein that helps no...

Finding Cures For Tropical Diseases: Is Open Source An Answer?

...pay patented pricesfor drugs. The solution to this devastating problem, say StephenMaurer, Arti Rai, and Andrej Sali in the premier open-access medicaljournal PLoS Medicine, is to adopt an "open source" approach todiscovering new drugs for neglected diseases.They call their approach the Tropical Diseases Initiat...

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