Fifty years ago, Dr. Michael Alpers went to Papua... ...p devoting his life to solving the mystery of the disease . Today, the decades of research by many scientist... ...ouple of years later, field surveys confirmed the disease had died out in children younger than 10 —... ...ything fitted. Why did wom...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/11/24/The-Last-Laughing-Death/
Bees have an impressive sense of smell and New... ...erculosis by the faint floral odor victims of the disease develop.
“When we tested them with the tubercu... ...are training bees to associate the smell of the disease with a sweet treat and to stick out their tongues...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/11/23/honeybees-trained-to-smell-tb/
In 1983, more than 10,000 transfusion recipients w... ...O report looked at data regarding HIV and related diseases and "additional infectious agents" in the donor p... ...verall population. What SaBTO found is that these diseases can be reliably screened for at the time of donat... ...between nine days and 1...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/10/19/banning-blood-donations-from-gay-men/
Smallpox was the first disease to be declared completely eradicated. Last year,... ...nd other cloven-hoofed animals, became the second disease completely wiped from the earth by human interven... ...of “big animal” veterinarians, who fought the disease in remote and somet...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/03/how-to-wipe-out-a-disease/
Every day, scientists are striving to make our liv... ...made the mistaken conclusion that this meant the disease was not contagious. The fact that he never caught... ...not contagious. The fact that he never caught the disease after constant exposure to patients with the mala... ...alady further inspired him...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/03/23/5-science-experiments-gone-wrong/