Susceptibility of mice to mousepox offers promise of smallpox protection
...dwide have been generally wary of working with the pathogen for fear it might spread to other mouse colonies. ...immune system has adapted to the pathogen, and the pathogen has likewise adapted to new adaptive responses generated by the host. Scientists do not have the opp...DCI donor services begins distribution of tissue implants
...ceutical standards using Clearant's groundbreaking pathogen inactivation technology, known as the Clearant Process. The Clearant Process can dramatically reduce the risk of infection in biological therapeutic products by inactivating all known types of human pathogens while preserving the structure and...Computer model shows increased US threat from soybean rust
... work shows that the U.S. is at high risk once the pathogen that causes the disease expands its range into the northern part of South America," said aerobiologist Scott Isard of the geography department at Illinois. "We have received credible reports that this has already happened, although the Brazilian gove...New research supports theory that indirect transmission of chronic wasting disease
...carcasses or excrement of animals infectedwith the pathogen that causes CWD. The research confirms long-held theories that CWD can beindirectly spread through environmental sources, in addition todirect interactions between infected and healthy mule deer. Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and ...Crop rotation may help wait out soil pathogen deadly to pumpkins
...tant vegetable varieties may serve to wait out the pathogen until it is safe to once again plant pumpkins or o...question remains to be answered: How long does the pathogen stay alive in the soil? "Unfortunately, we don't know how long," Babadoost said. "Currently, I have ...UNC study finds protein in male reproductive tract kills bacteria, may improve fertility
...ntibodies for protection may not be present when a pathogen comes in, so we need an innate defense system, som...tive system, lungs and reproductive tract. "When a pathogen tries to enter our bodies, defensins are ready and waiting there to kill them," Hall said. "And if t...Kiratisin wins 2004 Dade MicroScan Young Investigator Award
...east Asia and northern Australia. His work on this pathogen and the application of his gene sequence analysis technique will be of prime importance to clinical microbiology laboratories seeking to identify the disease quickly and accurately. Kiratisin received his M.D. degree with honors at Mahidol Univ...Govindarajan Dhanasekaran wins 2004 Sarber Award from American Society for Microbiology
... contained in avian pneumovirus (APV), an emerging pathogen that causes severe respiratory tract illness in turkeys and chickens. No vaccine against the APV virus currently exists, and the virus has had devastating economic effects on the U.S. poultry industry. He is now at work on recovering infectious virus...Technique plucks rapidly evolving genes from a pathogen's genome
...ns, that is, proteins that coat the surface of the pathogen and incite an immune response. By constantly changing its antigen coat, a pathogen can elude the immune system, evolving eventually into a new strain to challenge the human immune sys...Institute for Systems Biology, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory announce collaboration
...brings strong expertise in technologies needed for pathogen detection and knowledge of how the immune system recognizes disease and illness-causing microbes," Wiley said. "It will help PNNL improve its biodetection capabilities in our work with the Department of Homeland Security." Wiley predicted the partne...Disease threatens cucumbers, pumpkins, and other vine crops
...s. This devastating disease, caused by a soilborne pathogen called Phytophthora capsici, often results in near...e soil remains wet for longer periods of time. The pathogen infects seedlings, vines, leaves, and fruit. The disease is usually associated with heavy rainfall, ...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...aminated irrigation water or compost can result in pathogen contamination of radishes and carrots well beyond their growing cycle," say the researches. "Our results indicate that contaminated irrigation water or manure compost may play an important role in contaminating vegetables and the soil in which they ...Researchers identify unifying code among diverse classes of natural antibiotics
...reflects fundamental interactions between host and pathogen that have been taking place over profound spans of time. In addition to its potential for use in developing novel anti-infective strategies, this structural signature will facilitate the discovery of antimicrobial molecules as yet unknown, and offers...Researchers make major gain in understanding how prions jump species
...ped form of the prion protein. This highly unusual pathogen is believed to propagate by acting as a template that binds to normal prion protein and forces it to change shape into an abnormal, pathogenic form. "While abnormally shaped proteins can readily act as templates to convert normal prion proteins from ...JCI table of contents, 2 April 2004
...it is a safe and effective strategy for developing pathogen protection. TITLE: Transcutaneous immunization induces mucosal CTLs and protective immunity by migration of primed skin dendritic cells AUTHOR CONTACT: Igor Belyakov National Cancer Institute NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. Phone: 301-435-8341 Fax: 30...Researchers say US military accidentally introduced tree pathogen to Italian estate
...tery of how the destructive Heterobasidion annosum pathogen could have spread to the Presidential Estate of Ca...uries. They were able to trace the origins of the pathogen back to eastern North America, where U.S. troops departed for Europe during World War II. The resear...K-State uses geographic tools to track plant pathogens
... age, scientists have to consider that a new plant pathogen like this could be a deliberate introduction. He sees the aphid invasion as a training exercise for scientists to prepare for an agroterrorist strike that pits a foreign insect pest against U.S. crops. "There are interesting commonalities b......crobiologist first observed the spiral-shaped oral pathogen Treponema denticola, scientists have deciphered the bacterium's entire DNA sequence and used comparative genomics to cast new light on other spirochete microbes. The study by scientists at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) and collaborators a...Researchers identify the pattern of gene-expression changes for tuberculosis in a living host
...oughput analysis of genes that were expressed in a pathogen that was extracted from an infected animal, rather...dicates that these genes are activated to help the pathogen survive within the host. "We found that some genes are turned down so they stay below the immune......n the then-prevailing theories about the strain of pathogen and its place of origin that caused the Irish po...e: the Ib haplotype, or strain, of the late-blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans, which was presumed to have originated in Mexico. Now, in a new study, Ristai...