AAAS Annual Meeting And Science Innovation Exposition
..., gene shuffling, comparative genetics, virulence, cholera and global change, Lyme disease, cell to cell communication, genome engineering, microorganisms in biogeochemical cycling, new antibiotic development, microbial pathogenesis and pathogen discovery, and national policy. For the complete online program...Congress briefs: International congress on ecosystem health
...-related deaths,hantavirus, malaria, dengue fever, cholera and cryptosporidiosis. Patz alsowill present a 50-year historical study correlating water-borne diseaseoutbreaks in the United States with local rainfall levels. Session: T31 -- Salmon Habitat Indicators Paper: "Development of Regional Indicat...Biologists predict more marine disease
... inAtlantic coast fish and the connection between cholera and plankton blooms, from1931 to 1997. The report makes three key points: -- Reports of diseases in the ocean are on the rise, and actual incidentsprobably are, too. -- Most "new" diseases occur by host shifts -- from dogs to seals, for example-- a...Study indicates Indian Ocean monsoon similar to El Niño phenomenon in Pacific
... of mosquito-borne Rift Valley Fever andassociated cholera and malaria in livestock and people. "This event occurredcompletely independent of El Niño activity," said Webster. "I think people have become a bit 'El Niñocentric,'" he said. "Certainly ElNiño plays a major role in climate ...Dartmouth research offers clues to new anti-microbial treatments
...es for use in conjunction with the primary form of cholera treatment that relies heavily on rehydrating the p...ors that are both needed to cause disease. One is cholera toxin (CT), which enters intestinal cells of an infected individual, causing them to lose copious am...Science's Top 10: genome sequencing named top scientific advance of 2000
...been sequenced as well, including those that cause cholera and meningitis. Close on the heels of these successes, the genomes of the mouse, rat, zebrafish, and two species of puffer fish are also nearing completion. Researchers are already reaping new knowledge from these sequencing efforts, including insi...Biological warfare: an emerging threat in the 21st century
... journal published the entire genetic code for the cholera pathogen. And legitimate researchers are now in the process of mapping the genomes of more than 100 other microbes - including the bacteria that cause anthrax, the plague and typhoid. Any scientist bent on destruction could use this information to a...Coping with natural disasters along the Pacific Rim
...n occur in the aftermath of a disaster - including cholera and typhoid, which are caused by contaminated water supplies. Other speakers will discuss the role of homeowners and insurance companies in managing earthquake risk, as well as community efforts to assess the risk of hazards before they occur. ``This...Virus found to carry antibiotic against E. coli
...taph infection, ear infections, Lyme's disease and cholera in humans, as well as bacterial diseases in pets, livestock and crops, according to Tom Bernhardt, biochemistry doctoral student, and Dr. Ing-Nang Wang, a lead investigator on the project. New types of antibiotics are increasingly important because m...Across the countryside: How ecology predicts the movement of parasites and disease
...les, and the role of an environmental reservoir in cholera dynamics, will examine past outbreaks of cholera in an attempt to predict its spread through the waterways. Presenting the paper will be Mercedes Pa...Researchers narrow search for structure of cholera toxins extracellular transport signal
...hat ultimately will help scientists understand how cholera toxin and virulent proteins of other pathogenic ba...e secreted by V. cholerae by the same mechanism as cholera toxin, the researchers engineered a series of insertions, deletions and mutations in its amino-acid ...New metabolic 'switches' discovered
... to symptoms associated with diabetes, alcoholism, cholera and whooping cough. To date, scientists have reported approximately 450 genes for G proteins. Metabolic pathways involving the receptors for such G proteins are the targets of hundreds of drugs, including antihistamines, neuroleptics, antidepressants...Climate and cholera: An increasingly important link
...ether the coupling between climate variability and cholera cycles has become stronger in recent decades. Thei... the link is strongest following ENSO events, with cholera increasing after warm events and decreasing after cold events. In the years between events, the clim...Ion channels allow bacteria to resist stomach acid
... that pathogenic bacteria such as those that cause cholera or salmonellosis also have genes for ClC channels, and these bacteria might use the same mechanism to survive stomach acid and invade the intestine. The discovery of the chloride channel's role in bacteria could offer insights into the function of so...Arsenic in Bangladesh drinking wells may be linked to crop irrigation, MIT study finds
...drinking water for Bangladeshis, who suffered from cholera and other diseases caused by bacteria in water taken from surface reservoirs. To remedy that problem, the Bangladesh government, with the help of international aid organizations, drilled between 6 and 10 million wells at depths ranging from 50 to 300...An unlikely new weapon against a deadly bacteria in oysters: A virus
... alternative." Vibrio vulnificus is related to the cholera bacterium and occurs naturally in the presence of microscopic algae in seawater. When oysters eat the algae, Vibrio becomes concentrated. People can come into contact with the bacterium by eating raw oysters (cooking the bivalves kills the bacterium)...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...cosal immunization with Helicobacter, CpG DNA, and cholera toxin is protective. Infection and Immunity, 71: 40-46.) Sourdough compound delays mold growth Bacteria isolated from sourdough bread produce a compound that inhibits the growth of molds. Researchers from the Institute of Sciences of Food ...AVANT to develop an oral anthrax and plague vaccine for U.S. Department of Defense
... attributes of AVANT's travelers' vaccines against cholera and typhoid fever--require a single oral dose, con... administered bacterial vaccine candidates against cholera (Vibrio cholerae, Peru-15) and typhoid fever (Salmonella typhi, Ty800). Peru-15 and Ty800 were crea...Ecological effects of climate change include human epidemics
...ether the coupling between climate variability and cholera cycles has become stronger in recent decades. Thei...re, the link is strongest during ENSO events, with cholera increasing after warm events and decreasing after cold events. In the years between events, the clim...Cincinnati engineering study finds clue to Bangladesh's poisoned water
...prevent the spread of water-borne diseases such as cholera and other life-threatening diseases, Bangladesh and international aid agencies installed 6-10 million wells throughout the nation. Unfortunately, many of these new wells contain unsafe levels of arsenic. While the allowable standard for arsenic in t...