Research group suggests using guppies to control mosquitoes be abandoned
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with members from the U.S., the West Indies, Canada and Brazil has conducted a survey of research efforts looking into the effectiveness and safety of releasing guppies...
View ArticleHow a decline in infectious diseases may have boosted gender equality
With the recent election of Donald Trump as president-elect of the US it may not seem like it, but gender equality has steadily increased in the country over the last few decades. Common explanations...
View ArticleInsufficient evidence to support use of homeopathy in livestock
There is insufficient evidence to support the use of homeopathy in food producing animals as a way to prevent or treat infectious diseases, reveal findings from a comprehensive review published online...
View ArticleBiophysics plays key role in immune system signaling and response
How big you are may be as important as what you look like, at least to immune system cells watching for dangerous bacteria and viruses.
View ArticleIt's time to reduce, replace and re-think the use of antimicrobials in animals
Reducing the use of antimicrobials in food-producing animals, replacing them where possible and re-thinking the livestock production system is essential for the future of animal and public health....
View ArticleBacteria sleep, then rapidly evolve, to survive antibiotic treatments
Antibiotic resistance is a major and growing problem worldwide. According to the World Health Organization, antibiotic resistance is rising to dangerously high levels in all parts of the world, and new...
View ArticleLipid nanoparticles for gene therapy
Lipid nanoparticles (SLNs and NLCs) are regarded as highly promising systems for delivering nucleic acids in gene therapy. Until now, viral systems have been the most effective method for delivering...
View Article'Smart' bacteria remodel their genes to infect our intestines
Infectious diarrhea, a common disease of children, is responsible for over 2 million infant deaths annually in developing counties alone. A primary cause of this and other devastating conditions is...
View ArticleNovel amyloid structure could lead to new types of antibiotics
The highly pathogenic Staphylococcus aureus bacteria is one of the five most common causes of hospital-acquired infections. In the US alone, approximately 500,000 patients at hospitals contract a staph...
View ArticleSpecies on the move having a big impact
Changes in the distribution of land, marine and freshwater species as a result of climate change are affecting human wellbeing around the world, posing new health risks, economics threats and conflicts...
View ArticleInfectious disease transmission in fish, mammals, other animals has...
Scientists once thought that being part of a community would protect animal populations from infectious disease outbreaks, but now they've learned otherwise, according to a study published this week in...
View ArticleProgrammed proteins might help prevent malaria
Despite decades of malaria research, the disease still afflicts hundreds of millions and kills around half a million people each year - most of them children in tropical regions. Part of the problem is...
View ArticleConservation not an effective tool for reducing infectious disease in people,...
Conservation projects that protect forests and encourage a diversity of plants and animals can provide many benefits to humans.
View ArticleManaging disease spread through accessible modeling
A new computer modeling study from Los Alamos National Laboratory is aimed at making epidemiological models more accessible and useful for public-health collaborators and improving disease-related...
View ArticleScientists identify novel technique to build better vaccine adjuvants
A study published this week in mBio demonstrates that a novel technique can be used to build better vaccines for infectious diseases. The study shows that a practical method, bacterial enzymatic...
View ArticleSoft shelled turtles, food in China, likely spread cholera
The pathogen, Vibrio cholerae can colonize the surfaces, as well as the intestines of soft shelled turtles. This finding is strong evidence that soft shelled turtles in China, where they are grown for...
View ArticleBacteria free themselves with molecular 'speargun'
Many bacteria are armed with nano-spearguns, which they use to combat unwelcome competitors or knockout host cells. The pathogen responsible for tularemia, a highly virulent infectious disease, uses...
View ArticleNew system makes fast, customized antibiotic treatments possible
A diagnostic system developed at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology enables rapid and accurate customization of the antibiotic to the patient. The system makes for faster diagnostics, earlier...
View ArticleScholars examine ecological underpinnings of rural poverty
Deep in landlocked Africa, a miracle is unfolding. Less than a generation after a genocidal civil war left it in ruins, Rwanda is defying poverty traps that ensnare many other natural...
View ArticleTeam discovers new paradigm for describing trophic cascades caused by...
When gray wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park, they sparked a resurgence of aspen trees.
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