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Center takes aim at infectious diseases that plague developing nations

berkeley.edu     yesterday          

Artemisinin is the most effective-and expensive-antimalarial drug on the market. Berkeley professor of chemical engineering and CEND faculty affiliate Jay Keasling is bioengineering bacteria to synthesize the drug and make it...                

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The Black Plague

thestar.com.my     Jul 19, 2008          

The story of Mary King’s Close is closely related to the terrible plague that swept through Edinburgh in 1645, being the hardest hit area of the city. Believed to be the Bubonic plague, the pandemic killed more than half the...                

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Ouch! Taking a Shot at Plague: Vaccine Offers Hope for Endangered Ferrets in Plague Outbreak

brightsurf.com     Jul 17, 2008   4 related          

Endangered black-footed ferrets, like children, aren't exactly lining up to be stuck with a vaccine, but in an effort to help control an extensive outbreak of plague in South Dakota, some of the ferrets are getting dosed with a...                

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physorg.com: Chips on the left are from potatoes infected with the zebra chip disease which alters the sugar levels and causes the sugar to carmelize and give a burned appearance according to Dr. Don Henne Texas AgriLife Research assistant research scientist. (Te ... physorg.com

People only eat 1 when the chips are brown

brightsurf.com     Jul 17, 2008   5 related          

AMARILLO - Henne, an assistant research scientist in the Texas AgriLife Research plant pathology program in Amarillo, is one of many who are trying to find answers about zebra chip. Dr. Charlie Rush, AgriLife Research plant...                

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Ouch! Taking a shot at plague

eurekalert.org     Jul 16, 2008   10 related          

Endangered black-footed ferrets aren't exactly lining up to be stuck with a vaccine, but in an effort to help control an extensive outbreak of plague in South Dakota, some of the ferrets are getting dosed with a vaccine given...                

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Scientists mimic molecules to protect against plague

news-medical.net     Jul 13, 2008          

Bacteria that cause pneumonic plague can evade our first-line defences, making it difficult for the body to fight infection. In fact, a signature of the plague is the lack of an inflammatory response. Now, scientists have...                

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New Mexica DoH Confirms Plague, West Nile In Animals, Mosquitoes

emaxhealth.com     Jul 10, 2008   52 related          

The New Mexico Department of Health recommends people protect themselves against mosquito bites and from exposure to rodents while enjoying the outdoors this summer. The Department of Health’s Scientific Laboratory confirmed...                

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1943 happy-zombie novel: I Am Thinking of My Darling

boingboing.net     Jul 10, 2008          

William Smith, proprietor of Hang Fire Books, reviewed "A really fascinating novel" from 1943 called I Am Thinking of My Darling by Vincent McHugh. I just bought a copy on Amazon for 12 cents. Originally published in 1943, the...                

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CBR Weapons and WMD Terrorism News- July 7, 2008

policecommand.com     Jul 8, 2008          

Still an anthrax mystery [2001 ‘Amerithrax’ attacks] “It took the Justice Department six years, endless bad publicity and $4.6 million to concede that it had no case against Steven Hatfill, the most famous ‘person of interest’...                

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Rodent plague threatens ferrets

argusleader.com     Jul 7, 2008          

The area of plague-infected black-tailed prairie dogs has more than doubled in western South Dakota since mid-May, and the disease could begin to seriously hurt the state's population of endangered black-footed ferrets. Plague...                

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