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Researchers Knock Out HIV

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:59:35 +0000

"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

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

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:50:01 +0000

""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

365 tomorrows » Red String

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:15:28 +0000

"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

Science News Article | Reuters.com

Thu, 01 Sep 2005 18:30:02 +0000

"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

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

Thu, 11 Aug 2005 20:07:21 +0000

"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