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- Cellular stress can induce yeast to promote prion formation
- World's largest sheep is an international traveler
- How to combat hospital-acquired infections and life-threatening toxins
| Cellular stress can induce yeast to promote prion formation Posted: 22 Jul 2011 06:34 PM PDT Biochemists have identified a yeast protein called Lsb2 that can promote spontaneous prion formation. Prions can cause neurodegenerative disorders, such as mad cow/Creutzfeld-Jakob disease, in humans and animals.  |
| World's largest sheep is an international traveler Posted: 22 Jul 2011 08:21 AM PDT A genetic study of the world's largest sheep species has revealed that the big-horned animals travel extensively across the moutainous borders of Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and China, according to wildlife researchers.  |
| How to combat hospital-acquired infections and life-threatening toxins Posted: 22 Jul 2011 08:20 AM PDT A team of scientists from Singapore has discovered the secret recipe for 'antidotes' that could neutralize the deadly plant toxin Ricin, widely feared for its bioterrorism potential, as well as the Pseudomonas exotoxin responsible for the tens of thousands of hospital-acquired infections in immune-compromised patients all over the world.  |
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