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River Watcher: A look at the invisible world of viruses
(OrovilleMR) Carolus Linnaeus, “the father of classification,” may not have been thinking of viruses when he said, “Nature is most wonderful in the smallest things.” Super microscopic virus cells have caused havoc from strep throat, smallpox, polio, measles, influenza, HIV, to swollen plant deformities … to havoc on the computer. The computer virus, called a Read More »
- October 30, 2012
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Study suggests new way to prevent recurrent ear infections
(Nationwide Children’s Hospital) Eliminating bacteria’s DNA and boosting antimicrobial proteins that already exist may help prevent middle ear infections from reoccurring. These are the findings from a Nationwide Children’s Hospital study that examined how an immune defense protein common in the middle ear interacts with a structure meant to protect a colony of bacteria.
- October 30, 2012
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Biosafety Act will help address GMO technology gaps – The Standard Digital News
Biosafety Act will help address GMO technology gapsThe Standard Digital NewsSo close yet so far best sums up the Genetically Modified Organisms or (GMOs) scene in Kenya since the introduction of the technology in the early 1990s. Viewed scientifically as the panacea for bridging the drought and food deficit gaps in many parts …
- October 27, 2012
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Biosafety Act will help address GMO technology gaps – The Standard Digital News
Biosafety Act will help address GMO technology gapsThe Standard Digital NewsSo close yet so far best sums up the Genetically Modified Organisms or (GMOs) scene in Kenya since the introduction of the technology in the early 1990s. Viewed scientifically as the panacea for bridging the drought and food deficit gaps in many parts …
- October 27, 2012
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Scientists target bacterial transfer of resistance genes
(EurekAlert) The bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae – which can cause pneumonia, meningitis, bacteremia and sepsis – likes to share its antibiotic-defeating weaponry with its neighbors. Individual cells can pass resistance genes to one another through a process called horizontal gene transfer, or by “transformation,” the uptake of DNA from the environment. Now researchers report that they Read More »
- October 26, 2012
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