Parasitic Worm May Increase Women’s Fertility, Study Suggests
Women who are infected with a certain parasitic worm may be more likely to become pregnant, according to a new study.
The study, published in Science on Friday, studied 986 Tsimane women in Bolivia for nine years, and found that women infected with the roundworm species scaris lumbricoides had about two more children than women without the worm (Tsimane women have an average of 10 children in general). The researchers noted that the infection is associated with shortened intervals between births, and with earlier first pregnancies.
“We think the effects we see are probably due to these infections altering women’...
Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories - November 20, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Julia Zorthian Tags: Uncategorized Research Source Type: news
Parasitic worm increases women's fertility
Type of roundworm appears to boost fertility in Bolivian women Related items from OnMedicaExperts warn of high sugar level dangers in pregnancyReport sets out recommendations for halving smoking in pregnancyNo impact of antidepressants taken during pregnancy on child’s developmentIodine supplements in pregnancy ‘would save NHS cash’Pregnancy key opportunity to identify FGM (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
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Observatory: Parasites Found to Influence Fertility in Women
Among indigenous people in Bolivia, women were likely to have more children if they were infected with roundworms (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - November 19, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: SINDYA N. BHANOO Tags: Hookworm (Parasite) Bolivia Parasites Indigenous People Fertility Science (Journal) Source Type: news
Neuroscientists decode the brain activity of the worm
New findings on the brain activity of the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans have been released by researchers. The scientists were able to show that brain cells (neurons), organized in a brain-wide network, albeit exerting different functions, coordinate with each other in a collective manner. They could also directly link these coordinated activities in the worm’s brain to the processes that generate behavior. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
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Nigeria: As Polio Becomes History
[This Day] Discovering drugs to fight the parasites causing malaria and roundworms was the basis for awarding this year's Nobel Prize in medicine. The great scientists who would share the $960,000 globally acclaimed prize are a Chinese, Youyou Tu (for discovering a malaria drug) and a Japanese, Satoshi Omura, and an Irish American, William C. Campell, (for coming up with a roundworms drug). According to the Nobel Prize Committee, the scientists recorded the breakthroughs way back in the 1970s and 1980s and the "conse (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
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William C Campbell, Satoshi Ōmura and Youyou Tu win Nobel prize in medicine
Campbell and Ōmura win for their work on a therapy against roundworm, sharing the prize with Tu for her work on a therapy against malariaThree scientists from Ireland, Japan and China have won the Nobel prize in medicine for discoveries that helped doctors fight malaria and infections caused by roundworm parasites.Youyou Tu discovered one of the most effective treatments for malaria while working on a secret military project during China’s Cultural Revolution. Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 6, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Science editor Tags: Nobel prizes People in science Science prizes World news Malaria Society Infectious diseases Medical research Microbiology Source Type: news
Advances in Parasitic Diseases Win Nobel Prize in Medicine (FREE)
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Three researchers who discovered treatments against parasitic roundworms and malaria share this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.William … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
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Nobel Prizes in Medicine Awarded for Infectious-Disease Drugs
Scientists from Ireland, Japan and China won this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries relating to therapies against infections caused by roundworm parasites and malaria. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
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William C Campbell, Satoshi Ōmura and Tu Youyou win Nobel prize in medicine
Campbell and Ōmura win for their work on a therapy against roundworm, sharing the prize with Tu for her work on a therapy against malariaThree scientists from Ireland, Japan and China have won the Nobel prize in medicine for discoveries that helped doctors fight malaria and infections caused by roundworm parasites.Tu Youyou discovered one of the most effective treatments for malaria while working on a secret military project during China’s Cultural Revolution. Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 5, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Science editor Tags: Nobel prizes People in science Infectious diseases Science prizes World news Malaria Society Medical research Microbiology Source Type: news
2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has decided to award the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with one half jointly to William C. Campbell and Satoshi ?mura for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites and the other half to Youyou Tu for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against malaria. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
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Who are the Nobel Prize for medicine winners?
The Nobel prize for medicine award is announced on Monday at the Nobel Assembly, Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. The award has gone to William C Campbell, Satoshi Ōmura and Youyou Tu for their work on developing medicines that fight malaria and infections caused by roundworm parasites. Campbell and Ōmura share an award while Youyou Tu received his own Follow the Guardian’s liveblog on the prize Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 5, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Guardian Staff Tags: Nobel prizes Medical research Science prizes People in science Neuroscience World news Source Type: news
Nobel prize in medicine goes to pioneers in parasitic diseases – as it happened
The first of three prestigious science prizes on the first day of Nobel week are revealed: William Campbell and Satoshi Omura for their work on a therapy against roundworm, shared with Youyou Tu, for a therapy against malaria 12.02pm BST We’re now bringing down the curtain on this blog. Read the latest story on today’s winners here. Tomorrow it’s the Nobel Prize for Physics – join us again. 12.00pm BST Sarah Bosely has some details on avermectins, the drugs combating some parasites developed by Campbell and Ōmura.The avermectins are a group of naturally occurring compounds, which have strong insecticidal and anti...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 5, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample and Peter Walker Tags: Nobel prizes Medical research Science Science prizes People in science Neuroscience Source Type: news
Updated: Nobel Prize honors drugs that fight roundworms, malaria
Award goes to three scientists who developed key antiparasitic drugs (Source: ScienceNOW)
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Work On Parasite Diseases Earns Nobel Prize For Medicine
The medicines they helped develop are credited with improving the lives of millions. Among the three winners: William C. Campbell of Drew University, for his work on the roundworm parasite.» E-Mail This (Source: NPR Health and Science)
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3 Researchers Awarded The 2015 Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine
The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded on Monday to William C. Campbell, Satoshi Omura and YouYou Tu. Campbell, an Irishman and research fellow emeritus at Drew University in Madison, N.J., and Japanese scientist Satoshi Omura, professor emeritus at Kitasato University, will receive half of the prize for their novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites. They will share the prize with YouYou Tu, chief professor at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, for her work in significantly reducing the mortality rates of patients suffering f...
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