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Clinically obsolete antibiotics could be used to treat head and body lice

New simple and effective treatments for body and head lice infestations could be developed using clinically 'obsolete' antibiotics. This news follows the completion of genetic sequencing of our oldest and closest hum ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 23, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Of lice and man: Researchers sequence human body louse genome

Like an unwelcome houseguest or itinerant squatter, the human body louse shows up when times are bad and always makes them worse. Now a multi-institutional team reports that it has sequenced the body louse ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Isopod Replaces Fish's Tongue

(PhysOrg.com) -- An isopod that replaces a fish's tongue has been discovered for the first time in the Channel Islands in Europe. The marine isopod, described by its finder as hideous and vicious, is a rare ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (13) | comments 3 weblog

Lice can be nice to us

(PhysOrg.com) -- Parasite infestations might have a good side. Wild mice from a Nottinghamshire forest have given experts at The University of Nottingham clues as to the importance of some parasites, such as lice, for the ...

Biology / Evolution

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Study Reveals Genetic Secrets Of Pacific Sea Louse

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sea lice found in the Pacific Ocean are very different genetically from sea lice in the Atlantic Ocean, a study team co-led by a University of Victoria researcher has found.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Lice genomes: Pieces of a new puzzle

Parents and school nurses take note. Lice are a familiar nuisance around the world and vectors of serious diseases, such as epidemic typhus, in developing regions. New research indicates that lice may actually ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0