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Borrelia Species

Tiny details in three dimensions

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created Feb 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

They are borne by ticks and can cause acute and chronic symptoms in joints, muscles and the nervous system - the bacteria that cause Lyme borreliosis, which 80,000 people in Germany contract every year. Heidelberg ...





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Species down, disease up: Study shows biodiversity loss drives human infections

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The extinction of plant and animal species can be likened to emptying a museum of its collection, or dumping a cabinet full of potential medicines into the trash, or replacing every local cuisine with McDonald's burgers.


On the trail of a vaccine for Lyme disease: Yale researchers target tick saliva

On the trail of a vaccine for Lyme disease: Researchers target tick saliva

Medicine & Health / Research

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

A protein found in the saliva of ticks helps protect mice from developing Lyme disease, Yale researchers have discovered. The findings, published in the November 19 issue of Cell Host & Microbe, may spur d ...


Watching Lyme disease-causing microbes move in ticks

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lyme disease is caused by the microbe Borrelia burgdorferi, which is transmitted to humans from feeding ticks.


Giant Skull of Pliosaur 'Sea Monster' Unearthed in England

Giant Skull of 12m Pliosaur 'Sea Monster' Unearthed in England

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 0

The fossilised skull of a pliosaur, the largest marine reptile that ever lived, has been discovered along the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site.


Nationwide spread of Lyme disease is focus of new study

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Lyme disease has become a major public health issue in the northeastern United States since it was first identified in Connecticut in the 1970s. But the scientific community is uncertain as to why the risk ...


Inflammatory disease treatments will improve through the use of lipidomics

Inflammatory disease treatments will improve through the use of lipidomics

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

According to the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 46 million Americans have arthritis. Many of these people take over-the-counter anti-inflammatory medications that block ...


Study provides greater understanding of lyme disease-causing bacteria

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lyme disease in the U.S. is caused by the tick-borne bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi and usually begins with a skin lesion, after which the bacteria spread throughout the body to the nervous system, heart or joints. About ...


Lyme disease is spreading in Canada, and physicians are crucial in helping minimize its impact

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lyme disease is emerging in Canada, and is expected to increase with climate change, but effective, enhanced surveillance and clinician awareness will be key to minimizing the impact of the disease, write researchers in a ...


As insects expand, new areas may become prone to Lyme disease

As insects expand, new areas may become prone to Lyme disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last summer, after returning home from a walk in Madison's Dudgeon-Monroe neighborhood, Susan Paskewitz was astonished to find a deer tick crawling up her dog's hind leg. It was the first ...


Scientists discover new chemical reaction for DNA production in bacteria and viruses

DNA biosynthesis discovery could lead to better antibiotics

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Combating several human pathogens, including some biological warfare agents, may one day become a bit easier thanks to research reported by a University of Iowa chemist and his colleagues in the April 16 issue ...



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