Researchers discover genes that control regulatory functions in malaria mosquitoes
...of Notre Dame. Malaria is one of the planet's deadliest diseases and one of the leading causes of sickness and death in the developing world. According World Health Organization statistics from the late 1990s, there are 300 to 500 million clinical cases of malaria each year resulting in 1.5 to 2.7 million...Scientists decipher genetic code of malaria parasite
...plex genetic code of the parasite that causes the deadliest form of the disease. Malaria is one of the world's most devastating infectious diseases, killing more than a million people a year in developing nations. The scientific paper analyzing the genome of that parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, is being publ...Promising multi-strain HIV vaccine candidate emerges
... the 14th century to become the worst epidemic and deadliest disease in medical history," comments Dr. George Lewis, director of the IHV's Division of Vaccine Development. "Twenty-five million persons have died worldwide, another 40 million are infected and the numbers are rapidly escalating second to second, ...Promising new therapies for deadly form of leukemia
...t a specific enzyme that drives development of the deadliest form of AML. It is hoped that the two drugs -- and others now in clinical trials -- will pack the same potent punch that has made Gleevec (STI571) so effective against chronic myelogenous leukemia. The scientists reported on studies of the new drugs,...Anthrax spores use failsafe protection system, say U-M scientists
...nst the same genes in Bacillus anthracis Ames, the deadliest strain of anthrax, and found them to be a close match. B.anthracis gene sequences were provided by Tim Read, senior scientist at the Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) in Rockville, Maryland. Major findings of the study include: Host signals from ...Study links El Nio to deadly South American disease
...own in the more southern Cusco until recently. The deadliest recent outbreak was during the South American summer and fall months of December 1997 to May 1998. Since the 1997-98 season was also the strongest El Nio event of the 20th century, the scientists compared sand fly breeding observations with weather d...Scientists milk animals for malaria vaccine
... a form of the gene for a surface protein from the deadliest malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. The researchers designed the transgenes to be switched on by the cells that line the mammary glands, such that the resulting proteins would be secreted into the animals milk. Both mouse strains produced lar...Tracking path of virulent bacteria via the web
...h a rare strain of Listeria monocytogenes -- the deadliest of all food-borne bacteria. Wiedmann's work allowed the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta to determine the cause of the outbreak. Consequently, the contaminated hot dogs were immediately recalled in what was to become one of history's l...NIAID awards grant to rapidly sequence the malaria mosquito genome
...e and the soon-to-be-completed DNA sequence of the deadliest malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. The three genome sequences will provide scientists with a unique opportunity to study the natural history of malaria. For the first time, researchers will have the complete genetic information on an infectio...Hopkins researchers develop method to predict response to chemotherapy
...disease. Though rare, brain cancers are among the deadliest and most debilitating types of malignancies. Patients frequently die within months of diagnosis....Scientists decipher structure of toxin responsible for botulism
...ed by Clostridium botulinum bacteria are among the deadliest known to humankind. A drop ingested can paralyze the body, including the muscles responsible for breathing, leading to death by asphyxiation. Now, in what could be a first step toward effectively disabling these deadly poisons, scientists at the U.S....Extra oxygen improves survival odds for climbers on Mount Everest, K2
...re using bottled oxygen. That incident, one of the deadliest days in the mountain's history, became the subject of several books. "The deaths of so many climbers during that storm raised the average death rate for climbers using supplemental oxygen," Huey said. "Even so, their death rate is still only one thir...Can a deadly spider replace chemical pesticides?
...S given a gene for a toxin from one of the world's deadliest spiders could replace chemical pesticides, say researchers in the US. They plan to carry out field trials, although there are fears about the wisdom of releasing such viruses. Glenn King of the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington a...Magnetic fields may hold key to malaria treatment, UW researchers find
...esearchers have exposed Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest of the four malaria parasite species, to a weak alternating, or oscillating, magnetic field. Data sets showed that exposed samples ended up with 33 to 70 percent fewer parasites than unexposed samples. Measurements of hypoxanthine, a precursor for ...A molecular chink in the armor of tuberculosis
November 4, 1999 —One of the world's deadliest microbes, Mycobacterium tuberculosis , the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB), has inadvertently tipped off researchers to a potential chink in its armor. Researchers from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) have identified a lipid molec...Gene Therapy Showing Promise In Fighting Melanoma
...ted inAmerica each year, and it remains one of the deadliest forms of cancer becauseof its ability to spread rapidly, MacEwen said. - Brian Mattmiller, (608) 262-9772...Scientists Develop New Computer Program To Speed Determination Of Gene Function
... DNA to studysmall-cell lung carcinoma, one of the deadliest forms of cancer. "We ran the code on this region, identified about 40 markers and testedthem," said Garner, co-director of the Biomedical Inventions Center. "Then Dr.Minna used the markers that the computer predicted in his research. Itaccel...Gene Therapy Trial Takes Aim At Deadly Brain Cancer
...n the United States, and is the most common and deadliest type of brain tumor. Most patients who receive standard treatment--surgery and radiation, and sometimes chemotherapy--live for only about a year. This is the first time researchers are studying a new treatment for newly diagnosed gliobl......sion of botulinum toxin, which is nature’s deadliest poison. The toxin, which is the cause of the disease botulism, is ordinarily encountered as a form of food poisoning. When someone ingests the toxin, it survives the harsh conditions of the gastrointestinal (GI) system and moves into the ...