News tagged with deadly
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.
West Nile virus studies show how star-shaped brain cells cope with infection
Mar 31, 2009 |
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A new study published as the cover article for the April 2009 issue of The FASEB Journal promises to give physicians new ways to reduce deadly responses to viral infections of the brain and spinal cord. In the report, scient ...
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 ...
Scientists discover how deadly fungus protects itself
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Feb 03, 2009 |
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Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered how a deadly microbe evades the human immune system and causes disease.
Tech advancements improving accuracy in predicting weather
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Study weather reports online, and you might want to give up on meteorology. "Deadly" storms fizzle, while weaker-looking fronts devastate. Temperatures often soar above predicted highs or plummet below predicted lows.
Pathogenic soil bacterium is influenced by land management practices
Jan 21, 2009 |
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Researchers from Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin, Australia have found that the soil bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, which causes the emerging infectious disease melioidosis in humans and animals, is ass ...
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