Frog killer fungus 'breakthrough'
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Scientists find what appears to be a cure for the disease that is wiping out many of the world's frog species.
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Scientists in Britain said they have produced the world's first colonies of embryonic stem cells containing the genetic defect behind cystic fibrosis, in an apparent breakthrough in the fight against the disease.
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A new treatment for the age-old scourge of cholera and perhaps a whole new type of antibiotic medicine may emerge from chemicals discovered in an Australian seaweed, new research results suggest.
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Bacteria, algae and fungi that manage to survive in toxic Montana lake left behind by a century of copper mining produce unique compounds to survive in the poisoned, acid environment. Some may inhibit cancer growth. And toxic dumps elsewhere may be incubating biomarvels of their own.
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US soybean farmers bringing in a record harvest face a new risk: an aggressive form of fungus that could severely damage their crops next year and beyond.
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SEATTLE -- A toxic algae bloom almost 50 km wide has been detected off the northwest coast of Washington state, the largest and most potentially lethal yet found by scientists in the region.
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Scientists have discovered a promising new method to fight a range of diseases by boosting the body's natural defenses against viruses.
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A bacterium closely related to bugs that cause gangrene, tetanus and food poisoning could help to beat cancer.
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A sticky substance from the skin of frogs could be used to repair human knee joints, scientists believe.
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Now that the US Department of Agriculture has confirmed that Asian soybean rust has been found in Louisiana, the first known incidence of the fungus in North America, the next step is forming a response to its arrival.
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With doctors increasingly worried about "superbugs," deadly infections that can defeat most known drugs, a small Cambridge biotechnology firm has won $70 million in venture capital money to develop a powerful antibiotic from a microbe discovered in Haitian dirt.
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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDayNews) -- A new drug is effective against potentially fatal fungal infections in cancer patients, researchers report.
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(National-NBC) Oct. 11, 2004 - Spores from fungus in a house damaged by water or outdoors in decaying plants certainly might cause a sneeze or two, but a study at the Mayo Clinic is leading researchers down a different fungal path.
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Scientists say initial studies show promising results for a vaccine which could combat a common type of bacteria.
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First, researchers grew enough fungus to give dandruff to 10 million people. Next, they sequenced its genes. Then they found out that not only does an icky fungus live on your head and cause dandruff-- but it could be having sex. On your head. Right now.
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More than 900 inmates have contracted a fungal infection that can be lethal, and experts are asking why.
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Milwaukee County Zoo workers are trying to help scientists slow the spread of a fungus that has killed millions of frogs and expunged species.