News tagged with tsetse flies

Genital stimulation opens door for cryptic female choice in tsetse flies

Manipulation of male and/or female genitalia results in a suite of changes in female reproductive behavior in tsetse flies, carriers of African sleeping sickness.

Biology / Plants & Animals

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An eye for the tsetse fly

(PhysOrg.com) -- Geoffrey M. Attardo was one of those little boys who made pets of the spiders outside his bedroom window, feeding them and watching as they spun intricate webs. Age has not diminished his ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Genetic technique brings new hope for better treatments for sleeping sickness

Research led by scientists at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine has exploited a revolutionary genetic technique to discover how human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) drugs target the parasite which causes the ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

African sleeping sickness: a tale of two parasites

(Medical Xpress) -- The savannahs and rainforests of Africa bring to mind romantic notions of wildlife, adventure and exploration. But beneath this natural beauty lies a deadly, long-neglected disease: trypanosomiasis, ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Quack medicines, insect immigrants, and what eats what among secrets revealed by DNA barcodes

The newfound scientific power to quickly "fingerprint" species via DNA is being deployed to unmask quack herbal medicines, reveal types of ancient Arctic life frozen in permafrost, expose what eats what in ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Climate to widen sleeping sickness risk to southern Africa

Sleeping sickness could threaten tens of millions more people as the tsetse fly which transmits the disease spreads to southern Africa as a result of global warming, a study published on Wednesday says.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

First field-based molecular diagnostic test for African sleeping sickness in sight

The Geneva-based not-for-profit foundation FIND and Japanese diagnostics company Eiken announced today that a next-generation molecular test designed specifically for sleeping sickness – a deadly parasitic disease also ...

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created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Major advance in sleeping sickness drug made by Glasgow scientists

A new study published in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases on September 6th presents a key advance in developing a safer cure for sleeping sickness. Led by Professor Peter Kennedy, researchers at the ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists identify livestock genes to unlock protection against one of Africa's oldest animal plagues

An international research team using a new combination of approaches has found two genes that may prove of vital importance to the lives and livelihoods of millions of farmers in a tsetse fly-plagued swathe of Africa the ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Parasite sheds light on sleeping sickness

Fresh insight into the survival strategy of the sleeping sickness parasite could help inform treatments for the disease.

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created Apr 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Shining a light on trypanosome reproduction

(PhysOrg.com) -- Compelling visual evidence of sexual reproduction in African trypanosomes, single-celled parasites that cause major human and animal diseases, has been found by researchers from the University ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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