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Researchers seek to understand and improve virus that infects lung cancer cells

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 07, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using data collected at Advanced Photon Source at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, researchers at The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, Calif., have for the first time solved ...


Research team solves structure of 'beneficial' virus

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created Oct 08, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

The 3-D structure of the virus, known as Seneca Valley Virus-001, reveals that it is unlike any other known member of the Picornaviridae viral family, and confirms its recent designation as a separate genus "Senecavirus." ...





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Researchers examine role of climate change in disease spread

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

GALVESTON, Texas — Ever since scientists first proposed that our planet might be experiencing widespread climate change, concerns have been raised about its implications for the spread of arboviruses - viruses carried by ...


Virus death toll rises in Kenya

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created Jan 26, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Officials in Kenya are trying to stop the spread of Rift Valley Fever, which has killed at least 148 people.


The  world's top agency for animal health said that climate hange is widening viral disease among farm animals

Climate change amplifying animal disease

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created May 25, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (27) | comments 3

Climate change is widening viral disease among farm animals, expanding the spread of some microbes that are also a known risk to humans, the world's top agency for animal health said on Monday.


Expert to provide update after 'worst tomato virus' hits California

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created Jul 19, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Robert Gilbertson, plant pathology professor at the University of California, Davis, will provide the update on the status of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) after it was found for the first time in California. The ...


Alberta's hidden valleys offer both resources and danger

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Alberta is crisscrossed with hidden glacial valleys that hold both resource treasures and potential danger. University of Alberta researcher Doug Schmitt discovered a 300 metre deep, valley hidden beneath the surface of the ...


New swine flu deaths in Wis., Calif., Ill., Utah

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created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Health officials in Wisconsin, California, Illinois and Utah reported deaths from swine flu on Thursday, and said all four patients had had other health problems.


NASA Study Predicted Outbreak of Deadly Virus

Scientists Predicted 2006-2007 Outbreak of Deadly Virus

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created Feb 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

An early warning system, more than a decade in development, successfully predicted the 2006-2007 outbreak of the deadly Rift Valley fever in northeast Africa, according to a new study led by NASA scientists.


Valley in Jordan inhabited and irrigated for 13,000 years

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

You can make major discoveries by walking across a field and picking up every loose item you find. Dutch researcher Eva Kaptijn succeeded in discovering - based on 100,000 finds - that the Zerqa Valley in Jordan had been ...


Rabies ‘barrier’ to save rare wolf

Rabies 'barrier' to save rare wolf

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created Nov 10, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Oxford University and Ethiopian conservationists are battling to save the world’s rarest wolf from a rabies outbreak by creating a ‘barrier’ of vaccinated wolf packs.


Officials: Swine flu confirmed in Iowa cat

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created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- The swine flu virus has been confirmed in a cat treated at the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine.



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