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Black-Legged Ticks Linked to Encephalitis in New York State
The number of tick-borne
illnesses reported to the
U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention is on
the rise. Lyme disease leads
the pack, with some 35,000
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Gone, but Not Forgotten: Scientists Recall EP, Perhaps the World’s Second-Most Famous Amnesiac
Neuroscientists have
described for the first
time, in exhaustive detail,
the underlying neurobiology
of an amnesiac who suffered
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Discovery Points to New Approach to Fight Dengue Virus
Researchers have discovered
that rising temperature
induces key changes in the
dengue virus when it enters
its human host, and the
findings represent a new
... > full story
Map of 'Shortcuts' Between All Human Genes
Researchers have generated
the full set of distances,
routes and degrees of
separation between any two
human genes, creating a map
of gene "shortcuts" that
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Isolated Psychiatric Episodes Rare, but Possible, in Common Form of Autoimmune Encephalitis
July 26, 2013 — A small percentage of people diagnosed with a mysterious neurological condition may only experience psychiatric changes - such as delusional thinking, hallucinations, and aggressive behavior - ... > full story -
Organ Transplantation as Source of Fatal Rabies Virus Case
July 23, 2013 — An investigation into the source of a fatal case of raccoon rabies virus exposure indicates the individual received the virus via a kidney transplant 18 months earlier, findings suggesting that ... > full story -
Global Warming Trends Contribute to Spread of West Nile Virus to New Regions in Europe
May 13, 2013 — Global warming trends have a significant influence on the spread of West Nile Virus to new regions in Europe and neighboring countries, where the disease wasn’t present before, according to a ... > full story -
How Antibodies Neutralize Mosquito-Borne Virus
April 2, 2013 — Researchers have learned the precise structure of the mosquito-transmitted chikungunya virus pathogen while it is bound to antibodies, showing how the infection is likely ... > full story -
How Herpesvirus Invades Nervous System
March 28, 2013 — Scientists have identified a component of the herpesvirus that "hijacks" machinery inside human cells, allowing the virus to rapidly and successfully invade the nervous system upon initial ... > full story -
Findings to Help in Design of Drugs Against Virus Causing Childhood Illnesses
March 21, 2013 — New research findings may help scientists design drugs to treat a virus infection that causes potentially fatal brain swelling and paralysis in children. The virus, called enterovirus 71, causes ... > full story -
Surveillance System Can Identify and Track Emerging Infectious Diseases
February 8, 2013 — A team of researchers developed a method to identify the cause of infectious disease outbreaks based on online reports about the symptoms, the season, and the ratio of cases to fatalities. Using data ... > full story -
Cats and Humans Suffer from Similar Forms of Epilepsy
February 1, 2013 — Epilepsy affects the very core of our being, our brain. Epileptic attacks can lead to seizures throughout the body or in parts of it. Clouding of consciousness or memory lapses are also ... > full story -
Multiple Sclerosis Study Reveals How Killer T Cells Learn to Recognize Nerve Fiber Insulators
January 11, 2013 — Misguided killer T cells may be the missing link in sustained tissue damage in the brains and spines of people with multiple sclerosis. Mouse studies showed that killer T cells were activated and ... > full story -
Brain Displays an Intrinsic Mechanism for Fighting Infection
December 10, 2012 — White blood cells have long reigned as the heroes of the immune system. When an infection strikes, the cells, produced in bone marrow, race through the blood to fight off the pathogen. But new ... > full story
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