New heat method kills pathogens with minimal damage to plants
Credit: William W. Turechek, Ole Myhrene, Janet Slovin, and Natalia A. Peres In the strawberry nursery industry, a nursery's reputation ...
Tag: Parasitology
CCNY’s David Lohman finds Asian butterfly mimics different species as defense mechanism
Credit: Photo credit: Gan Cheong Weei. Many animal and insect species use Batesian mimicry - mimicking a poisonous species - ...
Wits University scientists artificially infect mosquitoes with human malaria to advance treatment
Wits University scientists, with local and global partners have artificially infected mosquitoes with human malaria and identified a new chemical ...
Micro-climate moulds and reshapes northern insect communities, herbivory and predation
Credit: Tuomas Kankaanpaa Climate and changes in it have direct impacts on species of plant and animals - but climate ...
Compound from medicinal herb kills brain-eating amoebae in lab studies
Credit: Adapted from ACS Chemical Neuroscience 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.0c00685 Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a deadly disease caused by the "brain-eating ...
Bacteria carried by mosquitos may protect them against pesticides
Common bacteria naturally transmitted between insects found to make them less susceptible to insecticides used to control their numbersCredit: University ...
Bats with white-nose syndrome prefer suboptimal habitats despite the consequences
Credit: Joseph Hoyt of Virginia Tech Since 2006, a fungal disease called white-nose syndrome has caused sharp declines in bat ...
Study reveals structure of protein and permits search for drugs against neglected diseases
Discovery by Brazilian scientists paves the way for the study of more potent molecules capable of directly destroying parasites underlying ...
Improving tests for tropical worm diseases aim of $2.95 million grant
Gates Foundation grant targets global elimination of onchocerciasis, lymphatic filariasisCredit: Peter Fischer Global campaigns to eliminate two tropical parasitic worm ...
Asian tiger mosquito poses low risk for Zika virus outbreaks
Credit: Albin Fontaine and Céline Jourdan, 2020 (CCBY 2.0) The Asian tiger mosquito does not pose a major risk for ...
CCNY scientists provide new insights into cholera microbe and chances of pandemic strain
Credit: Image credit: Francis J. Santoriello Researchers at The City College of New York have uncovered a novel way in ...
Researchers use artificial intelligence to ID mosquitos
Credit: Couret, J. et al. 2020 (CC-BY 2.0) Rapid and accurate identification of mosquitoes that transmit human pathogens such as ...
Fan mussel larval dispersal for the future of an endangered species
Science to protect an emblematic species in the MediterraneanCredit: Diego Kersting (UB-IRBio) Fan mussel populations -the biggest bivalve mussel in ...
Parasite infection discovery could assist mental health treatments
Credit: plos.org New research into how a common parasite infection alters human behaviour could help development of treatments for schizophrenia ...