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Why is ebola deadlier than other viruses?

(iO9) Ebola is the nightmare virus. It kills ninety percent of people infected, and was for some time feared as the second coming of the plagues of the 1400s. Why is this one virus so much more deadly than other viruses? Ask people to pick a virus that might, under the right circumstances, end the Read More »

August 30, 2013
| Filed under Africa, North America, South America, Agents & Toxins, and Research
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UT Medical Branch Researchers Develop New Treatment For Tularemia Based On Cystatin-9 Protein

(BioNewsTexas) Researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have been successful in developing a new treatment plan that that may prove useful against the potential bioterrorism agent and causative pathogen of pulmonary tularemia. This drug agent cystatin-9 exists in the human body as one of the important proteins that is responsible for Read More »

August 29, 2013
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, and Research
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Life as We Grow It: The Promises and Perils of Synthetic Biology

(Discover) What if you could turn a bread machine into your personal pharmacy? Or fill your gas tank with fuel made from grass clippings? Or light your home with glowing houseplants? While radical in concept, these ideas are startlingly practical and already in the works. Researchers are reimagining biology to turn the inherent productivity of Read More »

August 29, 2013
| Filed under Europe, North America, and Research
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Poultry chain potentially linked to increased H5N1 transmission

(Healio) There are four key stages within the poultry chain that may increase risk for transmission of the influenza A(H5N1) virus, according to findings published online. Diana Bell, PhD, of the University of East Anglia in Norfolk, United Kingdom, and colleagues adopted a system widely used in the food production industry, known as Hazard Analysis Read More »

August 28, 2013
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Europe, North America, Agriculture, and Research
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Poultry chain potentially linked to increased H5N1 transmission | Infectious Disease

August 28, 2013
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