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Late Blight -- Irish Potato Famine Fungus -- Attacks U.S. Northeast Gardens And Farms Hard
Home gardeners beware: This
year, late blight -- a
destructive infectious
disease that caused the
Irish potato famine in the
... > full story
Virus-resistant Grapevines
Viruses can cost winegrowers
an entire harvest. If they
infest the grapevines, even
pesticides are often no use.
What’s more, these
chemicals are harmful to the
environment. Researchers are
... > full story
Anti-Malarial Drug: Tryptophan Deficiency May Underlie Quinine Side Effects
Researchers have found that
the anti-malarial drug
quinine can block a cell's
ability to take up the
essential amino acid
... > full story
Crab Apple Trees: Long-term Apple Scab Resistance Remains Elusive, Purdue Expert Says
There are hundreds of
choices when picking a
crabapple tree from the
nursery, but an expert says
only a handful are resistant
... > full story
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Gene Map Aims To Combat Blood Flukes
July 5, 2009 — The first microsatellite-based genetic linkage map has been published for Schistosoma mansoni, a blood fluke that is known to infect over 90 million people in Africa, the Middle East and the New ... > full story -
New Insight On Therapy For Devastating Parasitic Disease
July 2, 2009 — Researchers have discovered an important new insight into how a commonly prescribed drug may work to treat those infected by a parasitic ... > full story -
Mad Cow And Related Diseases: Copper Linked To Normal Functioning Of Prions
June 28, 2009 — Researchers have discovered a link between copper and the normal functioning of prion proteins, which are associated with transmissible spongiform encephalopathy diseases such as Cruetzfeldt-Jakob in ... > full story -
Plant Protein 'Doorkeepers' Block Invading Microbes, Study Finds
June 28, 2009 — A group of plant proteins that "shut the door" on bacteria that would otherwise infect the plant's leaves has been identified for the first ... > full story -
Basis For Potato Blight Control Becomes Visible
June 25, 2009 — Potato blight, false mildew, sudden oak death and a disease in salmon are all caused by a group of miniscule, yet destructive, organisms called Oomycetes. Because of their changeability and huge ... > full story -
On Malaria Struggle, Baboons And Humans Have Similar Stories To Tell
June 24, 2009 — Evolutionarily speaking, baboons may be our more distant cousins among primates. But when it comes to our experiences with malaria over the course of time, it seems the stories of our two species ... > full story -
Insects' Sex Scents Can Save Lives
June 21, 2009 — By identifying and also finding methods to prepare the substances, pheromones, that certain insects secret either to attract to them other individuals of the same species, potential sex partners, or ... > full story -
Deadly Parasite Could Endanger Salmon And Trout Populations In U.K.
June 20, 2009 — Stocks of the UK’s Atlantic salmon along with varieties of domestic brown trout could be under threat from a deadly parasite according to new research. The agent - Sphaerothecum destruens ... > full story -
'Ballooning' Spiders Grounded By Infection
June 18, 2009 — Money spiders infected with Rickettsia bacteria are less likely to 'balloon' -- that is, to use their silk as sails to catch gusts of wind and travel long distances. Researchers suggest that it may ... > full story -
Protein That Triggers Plant Cell Division Revealed
June 12, 2009 — Biologists have found a plant protein that appears to play a key role in asymmetric cell division. The presence of the protein, called BASL, is vital to such division. In plant cells where it was ... > full story
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