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Tick-Related Disease Thrives On Cholesterol, Study Suggests
July 3, 2007 — People who have high cholesterol levels may be much more susceptible to a particular disease transmitted by the bites of ticks, a new study in mice suggests. Scientists infected mice with the ... > full story -
Lyme Disease Cases More Than Double Since 1991
June 28, 2007 — Reported cases of Lyme disease have more than doubled since 1991, when Lyme became a nationally notifiable disease, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The ... > full story -
New Guideline For Treating Lyme Disease
May 23, 2007 — A guideline developed by the American Academy of Neurology finds conventionally recommended courses of antibiotics are highly effective for treating nervous system Lyme disease. However, there is no ... > full story -
Spiders and Ticks
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Old-Time Mosquito Remedy May Work Against Ticks, Too
May 10, 2007 — A granddad's wisdom, already helpful in the fight against mosquitoes, may also prove useful in battling disease-spreading ... > full story -
Treating Ticks With Antibiotics Inhibits Their Reproduction
May 2, 2007 — Bacteria that may provide ticks with essential nutrients they can't get from their meals of blood could be a key to controlling ticks and the diseases they carry, such as Lyme ... > full story -
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Agriculture and Food
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Female Ticks Have Market On Gluttony
April 27, 2007 — Sex makes you fat. If you're a female tick, that is. The "truly gluttonous" female ixodid tick increases her weight an astounding 100 times her original size after she mates, so scientists ... > full story -
Quantum Collisions Of Individual Atoms Directly Probed With New Method
April 18, 2007 — A new method has been developed to directly and precisely measure a quantum property of individual atoms -- the phase shifts that result when they collide at ultracold temperatures -- in a way that ... > full story -
Lyme Disease Vaccine Proteins Patented
April 9, 2007 — Scientists have received a US Patent for developing chimeric, or "combination," proteins that may advance the development of vaccines and diagnostic tests for Lyme ... > full story -
Wolves, Moose Struggling On Isle Royale National Park, USA
March 10, 2007 — A plague of ticks, stifling hot summers and relentless pressure from wolves have driven the moose population on Isle Royale National Park to its lowest ebb in at least 50 years. Their numbers have ... > full story -
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Researchers Publish First Working Model That Explains How Biological Clocks Work
February 12, 2007 — Despite the importance of biological clocks, their mechanisms have remained unclear. Now, a team of researchers from the University of Georgia has produced the first working model that explains how ... > full story
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