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  • iRNA's Antiviral Path in Mammals Not Abandoned, Just Less Traveled
    the Flock house virus, which infects insects, and the Nodamura virus, which infects mice. ... effective antiviral defense in plants, insects, and nematodes after their independent ...
    10-11-2013
  • DEET-Beating Compounds in Reach with ID of Repellency Receptors
    Repellents that might have succeeded DEET were never developed, mainly because the receptor in insects for DEET remained unknown. According to Anandasankar Ray, who led the ...
    10-3-2013
  • The Best Science Apps: October Picks
    The microscopic slides to be viewed are divided into six categories: featured, humans/mammals, insects/spiders, other animals, plants/fungi, and single-celled organisms. The ...
    9-30-2013
  • Five Websites You Need to Bookmark: September Picks
    ... The database of predicted targets is not just limited to mouse or human but rather, it contains information for 22 species ranging from worms, to insects, to chickens, to humans. ...
    9-17-2013
  • MicroCosm
    The database of predicted targets is not just limited to mouse or human but rather, it contains information for 22 species ranging from worms, to insects, to chickens, to humans. ...
    9-15-2013
  • Three Biotech Scientists Win World Food Prize
    ... "Their research is making it possible for farmers to grow crops with improved yields, resistance to insects and disease, and the ability to tolerate extreme variations in climate." ...
    6-20-2013
  • Tracking the Evolution of Pest Resistance to Transgenic Crops
    and with the data accumulated over that period, we have a better scientific understanding of how fast the insects evolve resistance and why," Dr. Tabashnik said in a statement. ...
    6-11-2013
  • Genetic Bug Spray? Scientists Alter Mosquitoes' Sense of Smell
    plus point to reasons why the insects are so attracted to humans-and ... to DEET. That the genetically engineered insects were attracted equally to human arms with ...
    5-30-2013
  • Mini-Monsters
    The "monsters" included in this visually stunning app mainly consist of insects that have been imaged with a scanning electron microscope (SEM). This high-magnification and ...
    5-1-2013
  • Building a Self-Destructive Mosquito
    chain of transmission between humans and insects, and by the end of the war, dengue had ... its RIDL® (Release of Insects carrying a Dominant Lethal) male mosquitoes in the Keys. ...
    1-7-2013
  • Nucleic Acid Sample-Prep Tools Break New Ground
    ... Input can be a wide variety of samples: blood, tissue, insects, soil, or air filters. "The fluidic cartridges and the devices that we've developed allow us to do a lot of the basic ...
    10-1-2012
  • Technophobia = Poisoned Fruit
    so they must be cross-pollinated by insects (primarily bees) in order to develop fruit. ... for apple cultivars that are more resistant to predation by insects, viruses, or fungi? ...
    10-1-2012
  • FlyMine
    In recent years, Anopheles has also flown onto the scene (you probably know these little blood-suckers better as the annoying insects that leave itchy bumps on your skin). ...
    9-15-2012
  • Agbiotech Is Working to Help Plants Cope with Global Warming
    tolerance, gene discovery, and prebreeding in cereals for broad resistance against insects adaptable to variable environments, molecular and genomics-assisted breeding of ...
    8-22-2012
  • It's The Process, Stupid
    ... shown, it is not possible to prevent undesired organisms in open ponds over an extended period (e.g. "wild" algae, bacteria, protozoa, water fleas and insects, such as mosquitoes). ...
    8-21-2012
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    Journal Articles

  • The Biology of Blood-Sucking in Insects, 2 nd Edition by Michael...
    Nikolaos Vasilakis
    Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
    The Biology of Blood-Sucking in Insects, 2 nd Edition by Michael Lehane Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
  • Tick-Borne Diseases of Humans , J.L. Goodman, D.T. Dennis, and...
    Stephen Higgs
    Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
    Dennis, and D.E. Sonenshine, eds.; The Insects: An Outline of Entomology , 3rd ed., P.J. ... ASM Press, Washington, DC, ISBN 1-55581-238-4, $119.95. The Insects: An Outline of ...
  • Potential for Aerosol Dissemination of Biological Weapons: Lessons...
    David B. Levin, Giovana Valadares de Amorim
    Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science
    Potential for Aerosol Dissemination of Biological Weapons: Lessons from Biological Control of Insects Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science
  • Resident Microbiota of the Gypsy Moth Midgut Harbors Antibiotic...
    Heather K. Allen, Karen A. Cloud-Hansen, Joseph M. Wolinski, Changhui Guan, Serena Greene, Shyue Lu, Mallory Boeyink, Nichole A. Broderick, Kenneth F. Raffa, Jo Handelsman
    DNA and Cell Biology
    Resident Microbiota of the Gypsy Moth Midgut Harbors Antibiotic Resistance Determinants DNA and Cell Biology Little is known about the significance of insects as environmental ...

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