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Probing Question: Is indoor air pollution really a problem?
Apr 30, 2009 |
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A popular television commercial from the 1970s shows a Native American man in buckskin and feathers paddling his canoe through ink-black waters, past refineries billowing smoke. He comes aground on a litter-strewn shoreline ...
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Scientists harvest answers from genome of grain fungus
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Sep 06, 2007 |
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Evil forces thrive in an unstable environment. At least, that’s the picture being painted in the first waves of data being reaped from the genome sequence of the fungal plant pathogen, Fusarium graminearum. The sequencing ...
Fungus genome yielding answers to protect grains, people and animals
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Oct 05, 2007 |
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Why a pathogen is a pathogen may be answered as scientists study the recently mapped genetic makeup of a fungus that spawns the worst cereal grains disease known and also can produce toxins potentially fatal ...
Defining gene's role may lead to prevention of dangerous corn toxin
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Mar 25, 2008 |
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Discovery that a specific gene is integral to both fungal invasion of corn and development of a potentially deadly toxin in the kernels may lead to ways to control the pathogen and the poison.
Fungus fight: Researchers battle against dangerous corn toxin
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Apr 08, 2008 |
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The spiraling use of corn for food and fuel is creating heightened concerns about contamination of this staple crop with deadly aflatoxin. Produced by certain fungi that grow on corn, this contaminant is a ...
Early exposure to indoor fungus molecules may protect infants against future allergies
Apr 30, 2007 |
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Maybe being a fussy housekeeper isn’t such a good thing after all. Environmental health scientists at the University of Cincinnati (UC) say they have confirmed what other scientists have only suspected: early-life exposure ...
Allergy expert has advice for flood victims
Jun 19, 2008 |
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As if the emotional and financial impact of flood damage isn't bad enough, floodwaters can also bring health problems. H. James Wedner, M.D., professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Allergy and Immunology at Washington ...
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