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Rapid Diagnostic Test For Plague
An important step towards controlling bubonic and pneumonic plague may soon be possible with the use of a straightforward and accurate diagnostic test, according to authors of a study in this week's issue of THE LANCET. Plague is a flea-borne rodent disease that is occasionally transmitted to man,... view more (2003-01-16)

Typhoid fever led to the fall of Athens
Scientists have for many years debated the cause of the Plague of Athens. Analysis carried out by Manolis Papagrigorakis and colleagues using DNA collected from teeth from an ancient Greek burial pit points to typhoid fever as the disease responsible for this devastating epidemic.   view more (2006-01-24)

Ume'å scientist publishes new findings about origin of plague bacterium
A team including researchers at the Total Defense Research Institute, NBC Defense, in Ume'å, Sweden, and the Department of Molecular Biology, Ume'å University, are publishing in this week's issue of Science new findings that show that the protein Ymt is of crucial importance for the... view more (2002-04-29)

Scientists discover why plague is so lethal
Bacteria that cause the bubonic plague may be more virulent than their close relatives because of a single genetic mutation, according to research published in the May issue of the journal Microbiology.   view more (2008-05-05)

Will the plague pathogen become resistant to antibiotics?
A small piece of DNA that helps bacteria commonly found in US meat and poultry resist several antibiotics has also been found in the plague bacillus Yersinia pestis, gene sequence researchers report.   view more (2007-03-21)

Biologists Discover Why 10% Of Europeans Are Safe From HIV Infection
Biologists at the University of Liverpool have discovered how the plagues of the Middle Ages have made around 10% of Europeans resistant to HIV.   view more (2005-03-09)

Structure of key enzyme in plague bacterium found
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have solved the structure of a key enzyme from the bacterium responsible for plague, finding that it has a highly unusual configuration. The results may shed light both on how the bacterium kills and on fundamental cell... view more (2006-08-21)

Ouch! Taking a Shot at Plague: Vaccine Offers Hope for Endangered Ferrets in Plague Outbreak
Endangered black-footed ferrets, like children, aren't exactly lining up to be stuck with a vaccine, but in an effort to help control an extensive outbreak of plague in South Dakota, some of the ferrets are getting dosed with a vaccine given by biologists.   view more (2008-07-17)

Program may improve physicians' knowledge about diseases caused by bioterrorism agents
An online education program improved physicians' knowledge about the diagnosis and management of diseases caused by bioterrorism agents, such as anthrax, smallpox and plague.   view more (2005-09-27)

The black rat's role in spreading human plague in Madagascar
Human plague first hit the Madagascan coasts in 1898, then became established permanently in the Hautes Terres, the high central region of the island, during the 1920s. Over the following decade, there were thousands of victims. Subsequently it has become less prevalent, first thanks to mass... view more (2001-04-26)

Plague proteome reveals proteins linked to infection
Recreating growth conditions in flea carriers and mammal hosts, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists have uncovered 176 proteins and likely proteins in the plague-bacterium Yersinia pestis whose numbers rise and fall according to the disease's virulence.   view more (2006-11-27)

Could the Black Death re-emerge?
For the whole of the 20th Century it was universally believed that bubonic plague (a disease of rodents) was responsible for the plagues that ravaged Europe for over 300 years after the Black Death appeared in 1347. This is completely contrary to the experience of people of that time who recognised... view more (2001-07-19)

Plant-derived vaccines safeguard against deadly plague
Through an innovative feat of plant biotechnology and vaccine design, researchers in the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University have successfully turned tobacco plants into vaccine production factories to combat the deadliest form of plague.   view more (2006-01-10)

How new diseases from insects hit people like the plague
Scientists have traced the first steps in the way some new diseases emerge, and how harmless bacteria living in insects become dangerous disease-causing bugs which can affect humans, like the plague or anthrax. Researchers from the University of Bath are presenting their results today (Wednesday,... view more (2004-08-23)

Plague agent helps UT Southwestern researchers find novel signaling system in cells
The bacterium that causes bubonic plague would seem unlikely to help medical scientists, but researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have harnessed it to uncover a new regulatory mechanism that inhibits the immune system.   view more (2006-05-26)

Novel plague virulence factor identified
Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have identified a previously unknown family of virulence factors that make the bacterium responsible for the plague especially efficient at killing its host.   view more (2005-08-29)

Return of human plague in rural Madagascar : influence of the environment and living standards
Accounts of the great bubonic plague epidemics which hit humanity from ancient times up to the XVIIIth century suggest that all categories of the population, rich and poor alike, were at risk. Nowadays, although the current re-emergence of the plague is affecting almost all continents, it is... view more (2001-04-26)

Institute for Animal Health at the BA Festival: Rinderpest on the ropes
New vaccines could aid efforts to rid the world of cattle plague, according to research presented today (Tuesday 09 September 2003) at the BA festival of Science. Professor Tom Barrett and colleagues at the Institute for Animal Health (IAH) have produced several candidate vaccines, using the latest... view more (2003-09-02)

Institute for Animal Health at the BA: the changing world of animal disease
Where do new diseases come from and how do they spread? The Institute for Animal Health will address these questions at the BA Festival of Science on Tuesday 09 September. A press conference will be held at 1100 hrs in the Newton Building, University of Salford.   view more (2003-09-01)

NASA technology helps predict and prevent future pandemic outbreaks
With the help of 14 satellites currently in orbit and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Applied Sciences Program, scientists have been able to observe the Earth's environment to help predict and prevent infectious disease outbreaks around the world.   view more (2007-11-07)

A wolf in sheep's clothing: plague bacteria reveal one of their virulence tricks
The bacterium that causes the plague belongs to a virulent family of bacteria called Yersinia, a group that also includes a pathogen responsible for food poisoning.   view more (2006-09-21)

Insects implicated in the evolution of new human infectious diseases
Insects and other invertebrates are the arena for the evolution of new infectious diseases in humans, new research shows.   view more (2004-10-25)

Black-footed ferrets sired by males that died 8 years ago
Two black-footed ferrets at the Smithsonian's National Zoo have each given birth to a kit that was sired by males who died in 1999 and 2000   view more (2008-09-03)

Telling stories of relationship break-ups
Telling the story of 'what went wrong' in a relationship allows the individual to reduce feelings of helplessness and maintain self-esteem. A study by Dr Carla Willig of City University and Kris Dew Valour of the University of Leeds, presented today, Thursday 7 September, at The British... view more (2000-08-25)

Bacteria, beware: New finding about E coli could block infections, lead to better treatments
A newly discovered receptor in a strain of Escherichia coli can be blocked to avert infection, a finding that might aid in developing better therapies to treat bacterial infections resulting in food poisoning, diarrhea or plague.   view more (2006-06-27)
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