News tagged with tick saliva
On the trail of a vaccine for Lyme disease: Researchers target tick saliva
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 ...
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Tick saliva could hold cancer cure: Brazilian scientists
It may be one of nature's repulsive little blood-sucking parasites, but the humble tick could yield a future cure for cancers of the skin, liver and pancreas, Brazilian researchers have discovered.
Aug 28, 2009 |
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Protein from tick saliva studied for potential myasthenia gravis treatment
Looking for a better treatment for the autoimmune disease myasthenia gravis, researchers have found that a protein in tick saliva shows promise in limiting the severity of the disease in an animal model in a study published ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 26, 2009 |
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URI cancer researcher now aiming sights on Lyme disease
As part of her research into breast cancer, University of Rhode Island scientist Roberta King has for years been studying the role of an enzyme in regulating estrogen activity.
Feb 02, 2011 |
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Hemorrhagic fever claims 3 lives in western India
(AP) -- An Ebola-like hemorrhagic fever has killed three people in western India and dozens of doctors will screen a community of about 16,000 people in efforts to contain the disease, a state health minister said Wednesday.
Jan 19, 2011 |
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Tracking Ticks via Satellite
Finding a tick usually involves a squeamish self-examination - carefully rubbing fingertips through the scalp, meticulously scanning the body, and groaning "eyeww" if a little bloodsucker is discovered.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 31, 2010 |
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'Flying vaccinator': Can genetically engineered mosquitoes provide a new strategy against malaria?
Mosquitoes transmit infectious diseases to millions of people every year, including malaria for which there is no effective vaccine. New research published in Insect Molecular Biology reveals that mosquito genetic engine ...
Mar 18, 2010 |
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Testing curbs some genetic diseases
(AP) -- Some of mankind's most devastating inherited diseases appear to be declining, and a few have nearly disappeared, because more people are using genetic testing to decide whether to have children.
Feb 17, 2010 |
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