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• Fungus
  Immune System
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  Fungus Uses Copper Detoxification as Crafty Defense Mechanism

  March 14, 2013 — A potentially lethal fungal infection appears to gain virulence by being able to anticipate and disarm a hostile immune attack in the lungs, according to a new ... > full story
• Autism
  Mice
  Child Development
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Birth Defects
  Developmental Biology
   
  

  Drug Treatment Corrects Autism Symptoms in Mouse Model

  March 13, 2013 — Autism results from abnormal cell communication. Testing a new theory, researchers have used a newly discovered function of an old drug to restore cell communications in a mouse model of autism, ... > full story
• Pharmacology
  Personalized Medicine
  Biotechnology
  Diseases and Conditions
  Human Biology
  Biology
   
  

  Tapeworm DNA Contains Drug Weak Spots: Existing Drugs Could Be Effective in Treating This Damaging Parasite, the First Full Tapeworm Genomes Reveal

  March 13, 2013 — Tapeworms cause devastating disease around the world and new treatments are urgently needed. A new study describes possible targets on which currently licensed drugs could act, identified by genome ... > full story
• Pests and Parasites
  Environmental Policy
  Health Policy
  Today's Healthcare
  Environmental Issues
  Infant's Health
   

  New Approaches for Controlling Pesticide Exposure in Children

  March 13, 2013 — New research on household pesticide contamination emphasizes the need for less reliance on pesticides and more emphasis on neatness, blocking cracks where insects can enter and other so-called ... > full story
• Endangered Plants
  Agriculture and Food
  Genetically Modified
  Pests and Parasites
  Biotechnology
  Grassland
   
  

  Indirect Side-Effects of the Cultivation of Genetically Modified Plants

  March 13, 2013 — Genetically modified Bt cotton plants contain a poison that protects them from their most significant enemies. As a result, these plants rely less on their own defence system. This benefits other ... > full story
• Evolutionary Biology
  Nature
  Evolution
  Human Evolution
  Biology
  Fossils
   
  

  Genetic Study of House Dust Mites Demonstrates Reversible Evolution

  March 8, 2013 — In evolutionary biology, Dollo's law states that evolution is unidirectional and irreversible. But this "law" is not universally accepted and is the topic of heated debate among biologists. Now a ... > full story
• Bird Flu Research
  Influenza
  Bird Flu
  Cold and Flu
  Infectious Diseases
  HIV and AIDS
   

  Fatty Acids Could Lead to Flu Drug

  March 7, 2013 — Flu viruses are a major cause of death and sickness around the world, and antiviral drugs currently do not protect the most seriously ill patients. A new study reveals that a compound derived from ... > full story
• Nervous System
  Brain Tumor
  HIV and AIDS
  Neuroscience
  Immune System
  Genetics
   
  

  Some Brain Cells Are Better Virus Fighters

  March 7, 2013 — Natural immune defenses that resist viral infection are turned on in some brain cells but switched off in others, scientists have ... > full story
• Virology
  Infectious Diseases
  Viruses
  HIV and AIDS
  Insects (including Butterflies)
  Herpes
   

  West Nile Virus Passes from Female to Eggs, but Less So from Larvae to Adults

  March 5, 2013 — California researchers monitored WNV in mosquitoes in the field and in the lab, and observed how the virus is transmitted between generations and between insect ... > full story
• Children's Health
  Educational Policy
  Public Health
  Healthy Aging
  Teen Health
  Infant's Health
   

  Deworming Important for Children's Health, Has Limited Impact on Infection in Wider Communities

  February 28, 2013 — Although they have an important impact on children's health and education, school-based deworming programs have a limited impact on the level of infection in the wider community, according to a ... > full story

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