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Temporary infidelity may contribute to the stability of ancient relationships

Temporary infidelity may contribute to the stability of ancient relationships

Biology / Evolution

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Partner switching between fungus farming ants and their fungal clones during nest establishment may contribute to the stability of this long-term mutualistic relationship.





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New compounds may control deadly fungal infections

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An estimated 25,000 Americans develop severe fungal infections each year, leading to 10,000 deaths despite the use of anti-fungal drugs. The associated cost to the U.S. health care system has been estimated at $1 billion ...


The key to survival and virulence for a fungal pathogen is autophagy

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 08, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Autophagy is a process whereby cells recycle material during stress situations, such as when nutrients are scarce. Some cells also use this process as an immune defense mechanism to eliminate pathogens. However, new data, ...


New study finds resistant organisms at core of soft contact lens corneal infections

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 28, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

In 2006, Bausch & Lomb withdrew its ReNu with MoistureLoc contact lens solution because a high proportion of corneal infections were associated with it. Now in a new study from University Hospitals Case Medical Center, researchers ...


Tomato stands firm in face of fungus

Biology /

created May 09, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists at the University of Amsterdam have discovered how to keep one’s tomatoes from wilting – the answer lies at the molecular level. The story of how the plant beat the pathogen, and what it means for combating other ...


Do 3 meals a day keep fungi away?

Do 3 meals a day keep fungi away?

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The fact that they eat a lot - and often - may explain why most people and other mammals are protected from the majority of fungal pathogens, according to research from Albert Einstein College of Medicine ...


Genetic links to fungal infection risk identified

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two genetic mutations that may put individuals at increased risk of fungal infections have been identified by scientists from UCL and Radboud University, increasing understanding about the genetic basis of ...


Researchers take aim at hard-to-treat fungal infections

Researchers take aim at hard-to-treat fungal infections

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A team of researchers at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center at Gateway Park has developed a new model system to study fungal infections. The system can be a powerful ...


New quorum-sensing pathway in yeast found

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created Apr 17, 2006 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 0

U.S. researchers say they have discovered a novel quorum-sensing pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, also known as baker's yeast.


The benefits of stress ... in plants

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Chronic stress in humans has been implicated in heart disease, weight gain, and diabetes, among a host of other health problems. Extreme environments, a source of chronic stress, present a challenge even for the hardiest ...


MRSA strain linked to high death rates

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 01, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A strain of MRSA that causes bloodstream infections is five times more lethal than other strains and has shown to have some resistance to the potent antibiotic drug vancomycin used to treat MRSA, according to a Henry Ford ...



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