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Global health experts release new guidance on malaria elimination
Apr 24, 2009 |
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Countries and policy leaders gain new guidance today on how and when to eliminate malaria, paving the way for the potential global eradication of the deadly disease. The announcement is being made on behalf of the Malaria ...
Evolution-proof insecticides may stall malaria forever (w/Video)
Apr 07, 2009 |
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Killing just the older mosquitoes would be a more sustainable way of controlling malaria, according to entomologists who add that the approach may lead to evolution-proof insecticides that never become obsolete.
Surviving lung cancer: New technique boasts high cure rates, offers hope in place of surgery
Mar 04, 2009 |
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Countless people have heard the phrase, "You have lung cancer," but only 50 can say they've completed a new treatment at Temple University that doubles their chances of surviving the deadly disease — and without ...
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Device targets mosquitoes with deadly nectar
May 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The ProVector Bt may not look too much like a real flower, but the artificial device sports bright, finely tuned colors and sweet nectar that can lure and kill mosquitoes that potentially carry diseases.
Scientists identify gene for deadly inherited lung disease
Jun 04, 2009 |
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A rare, deadly developmental disorder of the lungs called alveolar capillary dysplasia with misalignment of pulmonary veins (ACD/MPV) that usually kills the infants born with it within the first month of life results from ...
China lifts blockade around plague-stricken town
Aug 09, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A blockade around a remote northwest Chinese town where deadly pneumonic plague killed three people and sickened nine was lifted after no new infections were reported, an official said Sunday.
Minimizing the spread of deadly Hendra virus
Apr 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Groundbreaking CSIRO research into how the deadly Hendra virus spreads promises to save the lives of both horses and humans in the future.
Plague patient 'near death' in remote Chinese town
Aug 05, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Public buses were ordered off the roads of a remote Chinese town to control the possible spread of deadly pneumonic plague that has killed three people and seemed poised to claim a fourth victim Wednesday, ...
Mango seeds may protect against deadly food bacteria
Aug 13, 2009 |
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Life in the fruit bowl is no longer the pits, thanks to a University of Alberta researcher.
New research confirms potential deadly nature of emerging new monkey malaria species in humans
Sep 09, 2009 |
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Researchers in Malaysia have identified key laboratory and clinical features of an emerging new form of malaria infection. The research, funded by the Wellcome Trust, confirms the potentially deadly nature of the disease.
Prostate cancer may be caused by virus, study indicates
Sep 18, 2009 |
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Mounting evidence indicates that prostate cancer is an infectious disease caused by a recently identified virus.
Prion protein identified as a novel early pancreatic cancer biomarker
Aug 17, 2009 |
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Mad cow disease is caused by the accumulation of an abnormal protein, the prion, in the brain of an affected patient. Outside of the brain, very little is known about prions. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, ...
Deadly Parasite Could Endanger Salmon and Trout Populations
Jun 17, 2009 |
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Stocks of the UK’s Atlantic salmon along with varieties of domestic Brown trout could be under threat from a deadly parasite according to research led Bournemouth University (BU) published in the International Jou ...
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