The potentially deadly yellow-fever-transmitting Aedes aegypti mosquito detects the specific chemical structure of a compound called octenol as one way to find a mammalian host for a blood meal, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists reportScientists have long known that mosquitoes can det

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What began as research into how diabetics could possibly preserve their eyesight has led to findings that could prolong the vision of children afflicted with retinoblastomaDolores Takemoto, a Kansas State University professor of biochemistry who was researching protein kinase C gamma in the lens o

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Ann Arbor, Mich. -- Patients with irritable bowel syndrome are at no greater risk of having polyps, colon cancer or inflammatory bowel diseases than healthy people undergoing colonoscopies, according to new research published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology“Patients and doctors g

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The humble papaya is gaining credibility in Western medicine for anticancer powers that folk cultures have recognized for generationsUniversity of Florida researcher Nam Dang, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues in Japan have documented papaya's dramatic anticancer effect against a broad range of lab-grow

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ITHACA, N.Y. -- Another weapon in the arsenal against cancer: Nanoparticles that identify, target and kill specific cancer cells while leaving healthy cells aloneLed by Carl Batt, the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Food Science, the researchers synthesized nanoparticles – shaped something

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Zurich researchers have found a new treatment approach which they hope will help young leukaemia patients who don’t respond to conventional therapiesLeukaemia is a malignant disease of the blood and bone marrow, which accounts for a third of childhood cancersDespite great progress in leukae

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New breakthrough treatments for the most common cancers could soon come from cutting-edge research into some of the world's rarest tumorsAt the ESMO Conference on Sarcoma and GIST, to be held in Milan, Italy, on 9 and 10 March 2010, researchers and some of the world's leading experts will discuss

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New World hemorrhagic fevers are emerging infectious diseases found in South America that can cause terrible, Ebola-like symptomsCurrent treatments are expensive and only partially effectiveNow, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers have discovered exactly how one type of New World h

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INDIANAPOLIS -- The gene for a newly recognized disease has been identified thanks to the determination of an Amish father and the clinical skills and persistence of Indiana University and Riley Hospital for Children physicians in collaboration with physicians and researchers at the Clinic for The

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A study into why some people are more resistant than others to diseases such as tuberculosis (TB) and leprosy has identified a new genetic variant which affects susceptibility to these diseasesThe findings, published today in the journal Cell, may have implications for future treatments for the tw

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