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Researchers Knock Out HIV

14 month ago

deusx : Researchers Knock Out HIV - "The so-called ‘combination therapy’ prevents HIV from mutating and spreading, allowing patients to rebuild their immune system to the same levels as the rest of the population."

Tags : aids disease hiv medicine

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Brain-Eating Amoeba Kills Arizona Boy - Local News Story - KPHO Phoenix

14 month ago

deusx : Brain-Eating Amoeba Kills Arizona Boy - Local News Story - KPHO Phoenix - ""This is a heat-loving amoeba. As water temperatures go up, it does better," Beach said. "In future decades, as temperatures rise, we'd expect to see more cases.""

Tags : amoeba brains disease globalwarming health

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World Clock

15 month ago

philgyford : World Clock - Statistics (based on estimates) updating in real time about deaths, diseases, disasters, etc globally.

fastclemmy : worldclock.swf - worldclock.swf by fastclemmy & 5 other(s) The world, in realtime hotlinks clock world stats Copy | React (0)

Tags : clock disasters disease statistics top world hotlinks, clock, world, stats

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365 tomorrows » Red String

22 month ago

deusx : 365 tomorrows » Red String - "The same tricks I used to make mice more readily eaten by cats make you reach out and explore, try new things."

Tags : disease fiction scifi

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Science News Article | Reuters.com

40 month ago

deusx : Science News Article | Reuters.com - "The crocodile has an immune system which attaches to bacteria and tears it apart and it explodes. It's like putting a gun to the head of the bacteria and pulling the trigger"

Tags : antibiotics disease future health medicine

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New Scientist Breaking News - Mosquitoes are drawn to people with malaria

40 month ago

deusx : New Scientist Breaking News - Mosquitoes are drawn to people with malaria - "Mosquitoes are more attracted to people already infected with malaria. And this appears to be because the malarial parasite orchestrates its own onward transmission from within the human body, a new study suggests."

Tags : biology disease evolution health insects medicine

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Attack of the Clones: How Britain came to be full of millions of identical trees

50 month ago

plasticbag : Attack of the Clones: How Britain came to be full of millions of identical trees - 25 million English elms died from Dutch elm disease in the 1970s, and the reason? Turns out that every single tree was a clone of a single elm introduced by the Romans...

Tags : biodiversity biology britain clone disease dutchelmdisease england nature romans rome tree uk

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