Antibodies Help Protect Monkeys from HIV-Like
Virus
Using a monkey model
of AIDS, scientists have identified a vaccine-generated
immune-system response that correlates with protection
against infection by the monkey version of HIV, called
simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV). The researchers found
that neutralizing antibodies generated by immunization were
associated with protection against SIV infection...
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Bugs Might Convert Biodiesel Waste Into New Fuel
A strain of bacteria
found in soil is being studied for its ability to convert
waste from a promising alternative fuel into several useful
materials, including another alternative fuel. A graduate
student at The University of Alabama in Huntsville is
developing biological tools to make products from crude
glycerol -- a waste material from the production of
biodiesel. The research is being funded by the National
Science Foundation...
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Protein Helps Parasite, Toxoplasma Gondii, Survive in Host
Cells
Researchers at
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have
learned why changes in a single gene, ROP18,
contribute substantially to dangerous forms of the parasite
Toxoplasma gondii. The answer has likely moved
science a step closer to new ways to beat Toxoplasma
and many other parasites...
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