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Microscopes are not exactly devices you would like to carry around in your pocket all day. They are generally bulky, require proper light sources, are fragile and last but not least, they are expensive. Their place is in the laboratory, not on the road. A new invention could make microscopes not only extremely small ... |
29 July 2008
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The same genetic variation that offered African people better protection against malaria seems to be responsible for an increase of nearly 40 percent in the chances of contracting the HIV virus, while in infected individuals the respective genes appear to increase their lifespan by almost two years, according to a st... |
17 July 2008
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It is generally believed that mosquitoes basically lay their eggs in just about any body of water that they can find. A team of researchers from Tulane University in collaboration with colleagues from several North Carolina State universities however, revealed that yellow fever mosquitoes require precise concentratio... |
9 July 2008
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Indeed, DDT has been banned in some countries for more than three decades now, but that doesn't mean that several million tons of toxic chemicals just disappeared into thin air during this time. Instead DDT insecticide has been frozen and stored in the Antarctic glaciers, which by the way are now slowly melting ... |
7 May 2008
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This is a breakthrough in explaining egg fecundation and a research that could help us fight against many deadly bugs. A team made of researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center and Imperial College London has described the basic gene mechanism of reproduction, in a research published online in the journal "Genes... |
31 March 2008
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Chimps gave as the HIV virus, but now they could compensate with another one that may cure malaria. This virus triggers cold and stomach trouble in chimps, but it is harmless for humans. Trials made at the Oxford University found an antimalaria boost of the human immune system caused by this virus in 100% of the case... |
1 February 2008
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Chimps are not quite gentle when eating. And besides being messy during the dinner time, they even engulf dirt while doing this. It may seem fulsome, but our closest living relatives are not stupid: eating soil appears to improve their health and their ability to fight infections. This is the result of a new research... |
14 January 2008
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500 million people in the tropics are infected by malaria, a disease caused by a protozoa spread by the female of the Anopheles mosquito. The parasite triggers fever, shivering, articulation pains, severe headache and vomit. Each year, 1.5 million people die of malaria, a child every 30 seconds. It is endemic in 101 ... |
9 November 2007
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This parasite kills 1 to 3 million people annually, 90 % African children in south Sahara, while 650 million suffer the consequences of this disastrous disease. Malaria is caused by a protozoa (single-celled) parasite, Plasmodium, and is transmitted from individual to individual through the bite of the Anopheles mosq... |
13 August 2007
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Did you know that scientists consider that the animal that kills most people is... the mosquito!? That's because mosquito-transmitted malaria kills annually 1.5 million people, mainly African children, not to mention the victims of yellow and dengue fevers. Now an international team has mapped the genes that con... |
22 June 2007
06:32 GMT |
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You may have a healthy sexual life, but a simple mosquito bite could trigger something similar to AIDS. Especially if you're in Africa and have never had malaria before. A new study points to the fact that a protein released by the malaria parasite can trigger an aggressive and horrendous type of cancer called ... |
12 June 2007
14:26 GMT |
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Just a small inaudible buzz and that's all, you can get rid of mosquitoes. It sounds good, isn't it? No smelling chemicals, no itchy ointments... That's what electronic mosquito repellents are for: emitting ultrasounds mimicking the beating of male mosquito wings. The devices are employed indoors and o... |
18 April 2007
04:02 GMT |
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Females can turn your life into a living hell.That's literally in the case of the mosquitoes. Mosquitoes are insects of the Order Diptera (thus related with the flies), suborder Nematocera ("with thin antennae"), and Culicidae family. Mosquitoes are thought to have appeared during the Jurassic Epoch (the middle ... |
2 April 2007
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Malaria is a vector-borne disease provoked by the single-celled parasite Plasmodium, endemic in parts of Asia, New Guinea, Africa, and central and South America. The vector of the parasite is the Anopheles mosquito. Annually, the parasite causes disease in 400 million people and inflicts 1-3 million deaths worldwide.... |
20 March 2007
04:46 GMT |
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