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Ant farmers use bacteria to make their gardens grow
See also: Ancient Fungus Farmers
via Google News on 20/11/09
 National Science Foundation |
Daily News & Analysis
"This is the first indication of bacterial garden symbionts in the fungus-growing ant system," said University of Wisconsin-Madison bacteriologist Cameron ... Farmer Ants Fertilize Their Gardens With BacteriaWired News Classic view of leaf-cutter ants overlooked nitrogen-fixing partnerScience News How Ants Tend to Their GardensSoftpediaall 14 news articles » |
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Adenovirus vector may have caused 2007 AIDS vaccine trial failure
via Google News on 18/11/09
 Cosmos |
Los Angeles Times
The findings may have implications for other experimental vaccines, such as those against malaria and tuberculosis, that also used the adenovirus, ... Researchers Try to Solve the Mystery of HIV Carriers Who Don't Contract AIDSScientific American Why failed HIV vaccine increased infectionCosmos Fears over 'own goal' HIV vaccine revivedNew Scientistall 5 news articles » |
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Genital Herpes May Never Go Dormant
AJC Says: It's certainly never safe to assume that a partner is herpes-free because there are no symptoms.
via Google News on 18/11/09
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U.S. News & World Report
As a matter of fact, even when it's not causing an outbreak, the virus is shedding tiny bits of itself in the genital tract. ... Herpes Never SleepsScience Magazine (blog)all 5 news articles » |
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Vaccines on horizon
AJC Says: Pharmaceutical firms are rethinking vaccines. Why? Because there's money to be made.
via Google News on 17/11/09
 The Associated Press |
The Associated Press
They are made from viruses, bacteria or parts of them that have been killed or weakened so they generally can't cause an infection. ... Vaccines On Horizon For AIDS, Alzheimer's, HerpesWXIA-TVall 218 news articles » |
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Glowing bacteria detect landmines
AJC Says: With the number of landmines scatted around the World, cheap, low-tech solutions to detecting and destroying them are badly needed.
via Google News on 15/11/09
 stv.tv |
The Press Association
Bacteria that glow green in the presence of explosives could provide a cheap and safe way to find hidden landmines, say British scientists. ... Now, bacteria to detect landminesLittle About (blog) Landmines 'could be found by green-glow bacteria'Scotsman (subscription) Edinburgh scientists develop landmine identifierstv.tvall 18 news articles » |
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Scientists unleash virus on tree-killing fungus
via Google News on 15/11/09
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Detroit Free Press
He saw that the trees did indeed have the fungus, but they had something else: a virus that had attacked the fungus, weakening it. That allowed the Michigan ... American chestnut trees: On their way backTampa Tribuneall 2 news articles » |
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Bacteria in intestines play role in weight gain
via Google News on 12/11/09
 dBTechno |
Los Angeles Times
A high-fat, high-sugar diet alters the composition of bacteria in the gut, making it easier to gain weight and harder to lose it. ... Another Cause of Obesity: The Bacteria in Your Gut?TIME Gut Bacteria Might Be Making People FatU.S. News & World Report Sugar and fat-rich diets cause obesity by altering gut bacteriaTimes Online Medical News Today -News from Washington University in St. Louis -NPR all 25 news articles » |
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Millions die because of high malaria drug prices
via Google News on 02/11/09
 Reuters South Africa |
Reuters India
... people die from malaria each year because they cannot afford the most effective treatment and instead often buy old drugs to which the malaria parasite ... Ineffective monotherapies common in high-burden malarious countriesEurekAlert (press release)all 25 news articles » |
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Human monoclonal antibodies protective against Nipah virus
via Google News on 30/10/09
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The Australian
Article from: Australian AP A treatment that shows great potential to save the lives of people who become infected with the virus has been developed by a ... Antibody protects animals against Nipah virusReuters Hendra-like virus identified as potential threatABC Online Research team reports advances in development of an effective therapy against ...News-Medical.netall 23 news articles » |
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