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Researchers Discover Immunity Mechanism: Platelets Patrolling the Bloodstream

Scientists have discovered a mechanism that is used to protect the body from harmful bacteria. Platelets, a component of blood ...  > full story

New Way to Improve Antibiotic Production

New research findings could reduce production times and therefore costs for antibiotic producers. ...  > full story

Medical Researchers Design Variant of Main Painkiller Receptor

Scientists have developed a variant of the mu opioid receptor that has several advantages when it comes to experimentation. This variant can be grown in ...  > full story

Bioenergy Potential Unearthed in Leaf-Cutter Ant Communities

As spring warms up Wisconsin, humans aren't the only ones tending their gardens. Colonies of leaf-cutter ants cultivate ...  > full story

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  Discovery of How a Gene That Regulates Factors Involved in Bacteria Pathogenicity Acts

  June 14, 2013 — A discovery has been made of the way in which the glgS gene (now renamed as the “surface composition regulator”, scoR) acts in bacteria and how the mechanisms involved in bacterial ... > full story
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  Medieval Leprosy Genomes Shed Light on Disease's History

  June 13, 2013 — Scientists have reconstructed a dozen medieval and modern leprosy genomes -- suggesting a European origin for the North American leprosy strains found in armadillos and humans, and a common ancestor ... > full story
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  Dangerous Strains of E. Coli May Linger Longer in Water Than Benign Counterparts, Study Finds

  June 13, 2013 — A toxin dangerous to humans may help E. coli fend off aquatic predators, enabling strains of E. coli that produce the toxin to survive longer in lake water than benign counterparts, a new study ... > full story
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  Cutting Post-Surgical Infection Rate

  June 13, 2013 — Medical researchers are recommending clinical guidelines that will cut the post-surgical infection rate for staph bacteria (including MRSA) by 71 percent and 59 percent for a broader class of ... > full story
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  Breakthrough Allows Fast, Reliable Pathogen Identification

  June 12, 2013 — Researchers may have developed a way to quickly and reliably diagnose life-threatening bacterial infections and pinpoint the right antibiotics to clear the ... > full story
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  Researchers Sequence the Genome of Global Deep Ocean

  June 12, 2013 — Biologists have started to sequence the genome of the global deep ocean. They are using more than 2,000 samples of microorganisms collected in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans during the ... > full story
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  Luminous Bacterial Proteins Detect Chemicals in Water

  June 12, 2013 — Scientists have developed a simple color sensor principle which facilitates the detection of residual medications, trace metals from industrial process waters, and many other substances. This is the ... > full story
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  Females Fend Off Gut Diseases -- At Least Among Mice

  June 11, 2013 — At least among mice, females have innate protection from certain digestive conditions, according to a new study. While it's tricky to draw conclusions for human health, the findings could eventually ... > full story
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  Blood-Sucking Deer Keds Are Spreading in Norway

  June 11, 2013 — A high moose population density and mild autumn weather result in a higher prevalence of deer keds (louse fly parasite). A great deal of pine forest in the habitat of the moose has the same effect. ... > full story
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  Fractal Patterns Spontaneously Emerge During Bacterial Cell Growth

  June 11, 2013 — Despite bacterial colonies always forming circular shapes as they grow, their cells form internal divisions which are highly asymmetrical and branched. These fractal (self-similar) patterns are due ... > full story

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