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Evolution in action: Our antibodies take 'evolutionary leaps' to fight microbes
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Jan 05, 2009 |
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With cold and flu season in full swing, the fact that viruses and bacteria rapidly evolve is apparent with every sneeze, sniffle, and cough. A new report in the January 2009 issue of The FASEB Journal, explains for the fi ...
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Study Links Photosynthesis Genes to Marine Virus Fitness
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Feb 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A recent Northeastern University study has shown, for the first time, the effect of individual genes on the fitness of a marine species at the ecosystem level. Using his innovative computer simulation model, ...
Antarctic lake home to diverse community of viruses
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of the genetic structure of viruses in an Antarctic lake has revealed an astonishing genetic richness in the large number of viral families discovered.
Team combats antibiotic resistance with engineered viruses
Mar 02, 2009 |
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A new approach to fighting bacterial infections, developed at MIT and Boston University, could help prevent bacteria from developing antibiotic resistance and help kill those that have already become resistant.
Viruses can turn harmless E. coli dangerous
Apr 16, 2009 |
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For her doctorate, Camilla Sekse studied how viral DNA can be transmitted from pathogenic to non-pathogenic E. coli. Viruses that infect bacteria in this way are called bacteriophages. Her findings reveal ...
Good Bacteria Can Be 'EZ Pass' for Oral Vaccine Against Anthrax
Feb 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at North Carolina State University have discovered that the good bacteria found in dairy products and linked to positive health benefits in the human body might also be an effective ...
Taking the sting out of insect disease
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Oct 31, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Queensland researchers have made a discovery that could open up a new front in the fight against insect-transmitted diseases.
'Genetic arms race' between bacteria, viruses subject of stimulus grant
Jul 02, 2009 |
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The oceans teem with microscopic bacteria that produce much of Earth's oxygen as they absorb carbon dioxide greenhouse gas. But fast-mutating viruses also populate the seas, attacking marine bacteria in an ...
Researchers Engineer Self-Destructing Virus
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Jul 10, 2008 |
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University of Arizona researchers have sown the seeds of a virus' destruction in its own genetic code – or rather, in the genetic code of the organisms it seeks to infect. Their work could improve both the ...
Gene exchange common among sex-manipulating bacteria
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Certain bacteria have learned to manipulate the proportion of females and males in insect populations. Now Uppsala University researchers have mapped the entire genome of a bacterium that infects a close relative of the fruit ...
Immune genes adapt to parasites
May 25, 2009 |
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Thank parasites for making some of our immune proteins into the inflammatory defenders they are today, according to a population genetics study that will appear in the June 8 issue of the Journal of Experimental Medicine (onlin ...
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