$18 million bioinformatics center to become weapon against deadly diseases
...ptococcus pyogenes, which causes illnesses such as scarlet fever, toxic shock syndrome and necrotizing fasciitis (flesh-eating disease); Streptococcus pneumonia, which causes pneumonia, meningitis and osteomyelitis, among other maladies; Vibrio cholerae, the bacterium that causes cholera; Vibrio ...A changing landscape may have dire implications for birds
...man changes to the landscape, but species like the scarlet tanager and some warblers depend on large, contiguous tracts of forest to successfully reproduce. Humans, according to Pidgeon and Lepczyk, can benefit some birds by establishing feeding stations, sources of water and nesting boxes. But the increased...UCSD biologists discover cell's defense mechanism against class of disease-causing bacterial toxins
...people each year, such as pneumonia, strep throat, scarlet fever, rheumatic fever and toxic shock syndrome. ...tococcus pyogenes, which can lead to strep throat, scarlet fever, the skin infection impetigo, pneumonia, acute kidney inflammation, toxic shock syndrome, acut...WCS receives $8M grant from Moore Foundation to protect Amazon-Andes landscapes
... species such as pink river dolphins, jaguars, and scarlet macaws, whose ongoing protection becomes our continued responsibility." The grant will help WCS establish a conservation network throughout the region that will provide support for a variety of conservation activities, as well as fund a student gran...Smallpox in Europe selected for genetic mutation that confers resistance to HIV infection
...including measles, polio, whooping cough, rubella, scarlet fever, chicken pox and influenza, also targeted children, but fatalities were typically only a few percent and could not have exerted strong influence on the frequency of this genetic mutation. The smallpox virus also has more biological similarities...'Bacteria-eating' viruses may spread some infectious diseases
...ts classify certain bacteria such as those causing scarlet fever, diphtheria and E. coli O157 (a source of food poisoning in contaminated meats) as toxigenic, meaning that these microbes produce toxins -- transported by phage -- that cause disease. People can carry colonies of bacteria, such as strep, withou...Viruses help strep bacteria turn deadly
...d infections, toxic shock, "flesh-eating" disease, scarlet fever, rheumatic fever and kidney ailments. James Musser, M.D., Ph.D., of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), seeks to understand why some GAS strains cause severe infections while others lead to milder illnesses. To ...Historic U.S.-Peru debt-for-nature swap
...arth, including rare pink river dolphins, jaguars, scarlet macaws, walking palms and giant water lilies. Under the agreement, Conservation International, The Nature Conservancy and the World Wildlife Fund each committed approximately $370,000 for a total of $1.1 million. The U.S. government allocated $5.5 m...Scientists sequence genome of strep throat, scarlet fever bacterium
...ches long: GAS infection can lead to strep throat, scarlet fever, the skin infection impetigo, pneumonia, acute kidney inflammation, toxic shock syndrome, blood "poisoning," acute rheumatic fever, rheumatic heart disease, and the flesh-eating disease known as necrotizing fasciitis. "This exceptionally vir...Study of poisonous snakes boosts old Batesian principle of mimicry
...ng similarity between deadly U.S. coral snakes and scarlet king snakes. Both species bear bright red, yellow ...nake, the red and yellow rings touch, while in the scarlet king snake, a black band usually separates the lighter colors. The researchers created 1,200 lif...UC Davis science, engineering and technology newstips -- March
...gbirds feed on nectar from the long red flowers of scarlet gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata). The birds play an important role in pollinating the plants. But bumblebees also have a taste for nectar. The bees chew holes in the base of the flower to get at the nectar, and do not help pollinate the plants. Nectar-rob...When is a pollinator not a pollinator? Tales from an insect crime scene...
...or the lovely, red, trumpet-shaped blossoms of the scarlet gilia,a Rocky Mountain plant. Their nectar is in ...ed to know if nectar robbing was detrimentalto the scarlet gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata). To study the bee's effects on the gilia, the researchers first studied ...Birds Sing The 'Story Of Their Lives,' Theorize Duke Biologists
...irds, from themale peacock's tail to the brilliant scarlet of the male cardinal. The intricatewarbling of male song birds is, indeed, a highly exaggerated trait, Nowickisaid. "Bird song is far more complex than it needs to be for the informationit conveys," he said "It can be as complex as human spee...