Parasitic Diseases

Mucosal Immunoglobulin: An Important Tool In The Olfactory Organ Of Teleost Fish To Fight The Protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis    Science Trends Olfaction is a very important chemoreception that forms the sense of smell in animals. Terrestrial animals can detect low concentrations of airborne,

Automated system offers fast, reliable malaria screening    physicsworld.com Malaria — a life-threatening disease and a serious global health problem — is caused by parasites transmitted by female Anopheles mosquitoes. The initial ...

Bose grants for 2018 fund research at the frontier of discovery    MIT News Eight MIT faculty members have been awarded one of the Institute's most respected honors: the Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grant, which supports work ...

Here's the real culprit behind the Dengvaxia scare    FlipScience In the first of a two-part series, a science communicator takes a closer look at the roots of the Dengvaxia controversy in the Philippines.

Arthritis, nerve pain and chronic fatigue: my life with Lyme disease    Spectator.co.uk Some medical experts claim that Lyme disease is worse than cancer. It's not a competition, but I do know one thing: at least if you've got the Big C you…

New diagnostic test for malaria uses spit, not blood    The Conversation - US Blood tests used to diagnose malaria can't detect low levels of the disease causing parasite and are hard to administer. A new portable spit test may provide a ...

This Week in PNAS    GenomeWeb In PNAS this week: blood plasma lipidome analysis of Ebola patients, genome organization of the malaria-causing parasite, and more.

Infectious disease diagnostic tool outperforms standard testing methods, study finds    Becker's Hospital Review Researchers validated a blood test for detecting infectious pathogens and found the test outperforms standard diagnostic methods, according to a study ...

Malaria parasite shows promise as effective treatment for cancers    Chinadaily USA The parasites that cause malaria may be helpful in treating patients with terminal cancers, Chinese researchers speculate, although more work is needed before ...

Charleroi, Monessen areas under boil-water advisory    Tribune-Review Thousands of customers in the Mon Valley towns of Monessen, Charleroi, North Charleroi and Speers are under a boil-water advisory because of the possibility ...

Bird's bald spots can have multiple causes: Pet Connection    GoErie.com Q: My African Grey parrot is losing his feathers, and my veterinarian wants to run lab tests. I thought feather-plucking was a behavioral problem. What can lab ...

Brief news on farming and agribusiness in the country    Daily Nation From around the country, a collection of brief news on developments in farming and agribusiness.

Paper-Based Multi Target Diagnostic Test Enables New Applications    ECNmag.com Diagnosing a disease is a crucial first step in providing care. However, many regions around the world lack the centralized infrastructure and trained personnel ...

Viral communications hacking boosts Leishmania infections: New study sheds light on viral biology, could lead to efficient vaccines against a tropical disease    Science Daily New research has found that a virus infecting the Leishmania parasite spreads by exploiting a mechanism used for cell-to-cell communication, a discovery that ...

Strep A bacteria kill a half-million people a year. Why don't we have a vaccine?    Medical Xpress Looking back, Otto remembers struggling to breathe when he was as young as four. Exertion would make him cough, and the coughing fits would go on and on.

Summit discusses peril of unsafe food    Daily Nation Unsafe food kills more than 400000 each year, according to UN estimates.

Mucosal Immunoglobulin: An Important Tool In The Olfactory Organ Of Teleost Fish To Fight The Protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis    Science Trends Olfaction is a very important chemoreception that forms the sense of smell in animals. Terrestrial animals can detect low concentrations of airborne,

Bird's bald spots can have multiple causes: Pet Connection    GoErie.com Q: My African Grey parrot is losing his feathers, and my veterinarian wants to run lab tests. I thought feather-plucking was a behavioral problem. What can lab ...

Bose grants for 2018 fund research at the frontier of discovery    MIT News Eight MIT faculty members have been awarded one of the Institute's most respected honors: the Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grant, which supports work ...

Automated system offers fast, reliable malaria screening    physicsworld.com Malaria — a life-threatening disease and a serious global health problem — is caused by parasites transmitted by female Anopheles mosquitoes. The initial ...