The cholera Vibrio lives in zooplankton and can be found in bays, estuaries and rivers in temperate and tropical regions. “Scientists have established a…
David Callans, MD, a professor of cardiovascular medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, will be available to comment on the New England…
Joseph Vinetz, M.D., professor of medicine in UC San Diego’s Division of Infectious Diseases – working in collaboration with colleagues from Universidad…
The bacterium that causes TB, mycobacteria tuberculosis, comes from a larger family of mycobacteria, certain strains of which can cause lung disease. The most…
“Our goal is to treat patients on a more individualized basis, matching the right drugs with the right patients,” said Anil Potti, M.D., an oncologist and…
He underwent long-term steroid treatment to prevent transplant rejection, which left him with an excruciating knee disorder called osteonecrosis. Now 23 and…
The invention described below consists of a process for the tailored production of nanoparticles in an inverted polymer-modified microemulsion, and for the…
The rapid growth of China’s industrial and transportation infrastructure is helping to establish non-native species throughout that country and “setting the…
In an article published online today in Genome Research (www.genome.org), scientists have utilized recently described genetic variations on the part of the Y…
The study, conducted by Jules Angst, MD, of Zurich University Psychiatric Hospital in Switzerland, focused on 591 young adults, whose psychiatric, physical,…
As few as 50 particles per cubic metre of air are sufficient to trigger an allergic reaction.The biochemical processes in the human organism are well known,…
The report, Implications of Climate Change for the National Reserve System, was prepared for the Federal Government, and released today by Environment Minister…
The scientists caution that the discovery does not suggest the presence of chronic disease, nor does it support extended use of antibiotics to treat Lyme…
However, it has not been known what happens between the pathogen attacks and the defense activation, until now. A new MU study revealed a very complex process…
In a paper published in a recent issue of the Astrophysical Journal Letters, Ohio State University astronomers and their colleagues suggest that these star…
Deep in the bowels of the earth –100 metres below ground in Geneva, Switzerland – lies a supermachine of 27 km circumference called the Large Hadron Collider…