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The new medicine comes from the University of Liverpool and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. With the new breakthrough the scientists have...
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The new test looks for the presence (or absence) of the malaria parasite in the blood. The test comes from a research project called...
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Sushi, from nigiri to temaki, is growing in popularity with restaurants popping up in most major cities. Sushi is the name given to a...
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Some studies have suggested that cat ownership is some way connected to mental disorders. This was cited by biologists due to the connection between...
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Onchocerciasis (river blindness) is an eye and skin disease caused by a worm (filaria) called Onchocerca volvulus. The disease is transmitted to humans through...
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To achieve this, a research group have developed a vaccine that directly boosts immunity in the liver. The reason for focusing on this organ...
Life
The disease onchocerciasis (river blindness) has been declared ‘eliminated’ from Guatemala by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Guatemala’s minister of health, Dr. Lucrecia...
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The study has looked at Trypanosome parasites, which cause sleeping sickness. The infection is common to parts of Africa. Sleeping sickness refers to a...
Life
The disease babesiosis is transmitted by the same ticks that cause Lyme disease. Although cases are at a relatively low level, there is concern,...
Life
The data relates to children in Bangladesh, although the parasite is a common one to water round the world (and is every so often...