Why Viruses Don't Infect the Same Cell Twice
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Immune-manipulating parasites, bacterial genomes married to disease processes and viruses that bounce off already-infected cells make for an infectious episode of the Naked Scientists this week. Also up for analysis, why the eyes vote no to long space journeys; the problem with prostate cancer prediction; why nanoparticles trigger bacteria to breed superbugs and the contagious question of which cancers you can catch...
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Ed Farnell discusses how the parasitic Schistosoma worm cleverly coats itself with your blood to hide from your immune system. But their evading tactics may also help us to understand more about allergies.....
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Scientists reveal how the intestine distinguishes harmless food items from potentially harmful bacteria or parasites...
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Interacting drugs, mopping up nuclear waste, treating manic depression by strengthening the body clock and depriving flies of sex
Native white-clawed British crayfish are in trouble. Weakened by a parasite, this endangered species is being driven out of waterways by the North American signal crayfish. Richard Hollingham discovers more about this American invasion...
Geoff Smith explains how some viruses are able to spread faster than they should to cover more ground, and infect more cells, than their competitors...
How many strains of MRSA are there?
How do you know you're getting the sequence of just one strain of bacterium rather than a mixture?
How does HSV1 virus, the Herpes simplex virus that causes cold sores, hide between times when its active?
What are the most common illnesses and infection caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites?
In regard of STDs sexually transmitted infections is it possible that virus strains, or types can combine in a host, say a human, and create a more destructive dangerous or communicable super virus?
Could you get cancer from someone else?
I have heard that sometimes cancer can spread to multiple individuals. In particular, tasmanian devils seem to be suffering from a form of cancer that is transmitted through biting.
Are there instances of cancers being transmitted th...
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