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Car fuel Bioethanol is made by the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae from sugars obtained from plant biomass.

The researchers from James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia and Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee report their findings in the November 2009 issue of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology .

A , B , F , Linda A. Dunn A , B , Tilda Wal C , Sepehr Tabrizi D , Maria G. Delgadillo-Correa E , Patricia J. Johnson E , Suzanne Garland D , Peter Siba C and Peter Upcroft A , B A Queensland Institute of Medical Research, The Bancroft Centre, 300 Herston Road, Brisbane, Qld 4006, Australia.

New Brunswickers' awareness of the H1N1 flu virus has been acute as a result of worldwide media coverage and an aggressive immunization program.

Researchers say they are closer than ever to finding a vaccine against HIV/AIDS thanks to people who have had contact with the virus but haven't become infected.

A West Sussex-based life sciences firm, whose products are used to fight MRSA, opened a new A 5 million microbiology research, development and manufacturing centre in the UK.

Health researchers are gathering in Winnipeg today for a first-of-its-kind conference on an unusual topic -- people who DON'T get sick with AIDS.

Steve Rennie Ottawa - The Canadian Press Published on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009 3:14PM EST Last updated on Sunday, Nov.

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In a novel approach at disseminating scientific research, the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute will hold a web summit to release the latest breakthroughs in malaria research, including new approaches to boosting mosquito immunity to malaria, mapping mosquito migrations, and the promise of a rapid sputum test that could revolutionize the way ...

Main Category: IT / Internet / E-mail Also Included In: Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 12 Nov 2009 Small Things Considered, a microbiology blog published by the American Society for Microbiology , has been honored with a non-profit public relations award from PR News for best blog.

Then-Attorney General Marc Dann's office was representing a man Gov. Ted Strickland's administration later hired, then fired for alleged sexual harassment, at the same time the governor was pressuring Dann's office on similar allegations.

Fears of contracting the H1N1 virus this flu season have people steering clear of strangers with coughs and scolding friends who don't sneeze into their crooked elbows.

Ponder for a moment this exquisite glass sculpture by the glassblower/artist Luke Jerram.

Canada has had a pandemic plan of some kind since the late 1980s. After SARS killed 44 Canadians in 2003, more action followed: A federal chief public health officer was appointed, the Public Health Agency of Canada was created, and federal and provincial governments agreed on an up-to-date pandemic influenza plan.

Investigators discover cellular mechanisms that may impact the decline of both innate and adaptive immune functions that increase the susceptibility to various infectious agents, cancer and diseases in the elderly say experts at the annual meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology in Miami Beach, Fla.

E-mail: tiborv@uic.edu Received 1 March 2009; Revised 1 June 2009; Accepted 11 July 2009; Published online 6 November 2009.

Washing your hands and using sanitizers is a good way to prevent infection by the H1N1 virus, but using chemicals is a double-edged sword because we are killing both the bad bacteria and the good bacteria, says a Fredericton microbiologist.

US vets say a household cat has tested positive for swine flu - the first known case in the world of the new pandemic strain spreading to the feline population.

Lack of Immunotoxicity After Regional Intravenous Delivery of rAAV to Nonhuman Primate Skeletal Muscle 1INSERM UMR 649, CHU de Nantes, Universit de Nantes, Facult de Mdecine, Nantes, France 3INSERM UMR 643, CHU de Nantes, Institut de Transplantation et de Recherche en Transplantation, Facult de Mdecine, Universit de Nantes, Nantes, France 4Service ...