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From Bench to Bedside: Insect Research Yields Promising New Drug for Diabetes, Hypertension and Inflammatory Disorders
Mar 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new drug developed at the University of California, Davis, to treat diabetes, hypertension and inflammatory diseases has entered Phase IIa of human clinical trials to evaluate its efficacy.
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Taking the sting out of insect disease
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Oct 31, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Queensland researchers have made a discovery that could open up a new front in the fight against insect-transmitted diseases.
Popular insect repellent deet affects nervous system: study
Aug 05, 2009 |
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The active ingredient in many insect repellents, deet, has been found to be toxic to the central nervous system. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Biology say that more investigations are urgently needed ...
Biologists sequenced red flour beetle genome
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Mar 23, 2008 |
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Most of us hate to find the red flour beetle living happily in the flour sack in our pantries. But for several scientists at Kansas State University, and many others throughout the world, this pest of stored grain and grain ...
Ants on the brain
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Feb 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Colonies of social insects such as ants and bees could collectively make decisions using mechanisms similar to those used in primate brains, according to new research from the University of ...
Roaring bats
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Apr 30, 2008 |
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Annemarie Surlykke from the Institute of Biology, SDU, Denmark, and her colleague, Elisabeth Kalko, from the University of Ulm, Germany, studied the echolocation behavior in 11 species of insect-eating tropical bats from ...
Gene-engineered flies are pest solution
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Jan 27, 2009 |
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For the first time, male flies of a serious agricultural pest, the medfly, have been bred to generate offspring that die whilst they are still embryos. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Biology describe the ...
DNA from old insects -- no need to destroy the specimen
Apr 01, 2009 |
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In a new study published April 1 in the online, open-access, peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE, ancient DNA (aDNA) is retrieved from various insect remains without destruction of the specimens.
Ground beetles produce lemon/orange-scented aromas as predator repellents
Aug 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a paper to appear in the journal “Naturwissenschaften,” Stevens Institute of Technology Professor Athula Attygalle and his research student, Xiaogang Wu, report for the first time that some ground beetles ...
Biological invasions can begin with just 1 insect
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Sep 12, 2007 |
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A new study by York University biologists Amro Zayed and Laurence Packer has shown that a lone insect can initiate a biological invasion.
'Jekyll and Hyde' bacteria offer pest control clue
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Dec 19, 2007 |
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New research at York has revealed so-called ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ bacteria, suggesting a novel way to control insect pests without using insecticides.
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