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Paleontologists learn how not to become a fossil

...rs are giants. They pursue lifestyles ranging from parasitic to predatory, and they live everywhere from deep-s...es that lived out in the open. Perhaps fittingly, parasitic clams fared the worst. "They live inside the burrow of another animal, like a shrimp, or they live p...

Worm hormone discovery may aid fight against parasitic disease

... elegans is very similar to the infective state of parasitic nematodes. According to the World Health Organizat...are school-age children. In the infective state, parasitic nematodes, such as hookworms, remain in a larval, "resting" stage until they enter the human body, w...

A new way of looking at molecular motors

... kidney disease to neurodegenerative disorders and parasitic diseases such as malaria. All complex organisms ...om moving when they are supposed to. The motors in parasitic organisms contribute to disease by enabling the parasites to break through biological barriers withi...

Researchers now able to look deep into heart to view triggers of a heart's beat

... the development of centrosomes in the eggs of two parasitic wasps (Nasonia vitripennis and Muscidifurax uniraptor). Using fluorescently labeled antibodies that recognize and bind to gamma tubulin and other centrosomal proteins, they demonstrated the presence of these proteins in accessory nuclei and showed th...

Insects that produce males from unfertilized eggs reveal a surprising cellular feat

... the development of centrosomes in the eggs of two parasitic wasps (Nasonia vitripennis and Muscidifurax uniraptor). Using fluorescently labeled antibodies that recognize and bind to gamma tubulin and other centrosomal proteins, they demonstrated the presence of these proteins in accessory nuclei and showed th...

Genomics-based vaccine could prevent deadly cattle disease

...unwittingly passes small fragments of the secreted parasitic proteins associated with a certain type if its own proteins along to its cell surface. And this is where a vaccine could come in: A vaccine made of the T. parva proteins found on the surface of host cells should trigger an immune response in cattle...

New possibilities to fight pests with biological means

...ne gene, TPS10, has to be activated to attract the parasitic wasps. This gene carries information for a terpene...doptera littoralis (Egyptian cotton leaf worm) and parasitic wasps of the species Cotesia marginiventris. Deciphering the complex mix of scents that the plants r...

Potential vaccine developed for deadly leishmaniasis disease

...r potential, vaccine for visceral leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease that kills about 60,000 people annually, i...ell," he said. Seeberger cited both infectious and parasitic diseases and vaccines against cancer. WHO assigned a high priority to development of a leishmaniasi...

A New Era of Hope for the World's Most Neglected Diseases

...equate funding for the treatment and prevention of parasitic diseases.?/p> It is therefore encouraging that the Gleneagles Communiqué, arising out of this year's G8 summit, specifically called for increased investment to encourage the development of tools for neglected-disease control. Another sign that do...

The shape of things to come: Morphology database going global

...d taken in their comprehensive study of a group of parasitic wasps. The name of the database refers to the term morphology, which is the study of the shape and structure of plants and animals. Ronquist brought the project to FSU in 2003 when he was hired here. Besides him and Gaitros, the team includes Austin...

US/African project deciphers deadly parasite genome

...ies, was first recognized about a century ago as a parasitic disease. The disease became a major concern after it was introduced into South Africa in the late 1890s when infected cattle from northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) were imported to replace thousands of animals that had been killed during a devastating o...

North & South American researchers find architectural abnormalities in T. cruzi ribosome

...lation." The findings may also advance studies of parasitic relatives Trypanosoma brucei, which causes sleeping sickness in Africa, and Leishmania, a parasite spread by sand flies. Higher resolution models of the ribosome structure will be needed to design targeted drugs, Frank said. ...

Researchers find how some antibiotics kill bacteria

...pylori, which causes stomach ulcers; and even some parasitic worms by eliminating the symbiotic bacteria parasites depend on. "It's the kind of drug the pharmaceutical business wants to produce," Artsimovitch said. "They're looking for the broadest range of antibiotics possible. Rifamycins would be ideal drug...

President Bush's cut to AIDS prevention in Africa would be devastating

...havioral changes and opening the door for multiple parasitic infections. The researchers focused on three prim...ly in logged areas had a much higher prevalence of parasitic infection and more types of parasites affecting them simultaneously." Gillespie and co-authors Coli...

Affymetrix and ParAllele Launch Industry's Most Comprehensive Product Line for Targeted Genotyping

...havioral changes and opening the door for multiple parasitic infections. The researchers focused on three prim...ly in logged areas had a much higher prevalence of parasitic infection and more types of parasites affecting them simultaneously." Gillespie and co-authors Coli...

Logging changed ecological balance for monkeys, damaged health

...havioral changes and opening the door for multiple parasitic infections. The researchers focused on three prim...ly in logged areas had a much higher prevalence of parasitic infection and more types of parasites affecting them simultaneously." Gillespie and co-authors Coli...

Researchers feed tiny pills of RNA to planarians to identify genes essential for regeneration

...her 35 of the silenced genes may shed light on the parasitic platyhelminthes, such as Schitosoma mansoni, which cause disease in millions of people. The genes identified by the U researchers may be required for the survival of the parasites. "Considering such pathogens are estimated to cause disease in nearly...

Malaria killing a million a year

...n people presents challenges as the mosquito-borne parasitic disease makes a comeback, the first joint malaria report from the UN World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) says. The report on the disease that claims three times as many African children's lives as HIV/AIDS was launched to...

FDA approves more generic AIDS drugs

...ts against not only bacteria and viruses, but also parasitic fungi, insects and worms, he said. "This work is important because every year, these organisms cause us to lose some 30 percent of our grain, fruit and vegetable crops after all the human, water and soil energy has already gone into producing them,"...

UNC plant researchers discover proteins interact to form hair-trigger protection against invaders

...ts against not only bacteria and viruses, but also parasitic fungi, insects and worms, he said. "This work is important because every year, these organisms cause us to lose some 30 percent of our grain, fruit and vegetable crops after all the human, water and soil energy has already gone into producing them,"...

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