MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'bat,'. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:06:06 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2741079&cid=t_274425_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twiv.tv%2Fnoagenda%2520every%2520flu%2520comes%2520out%2520of%2520asia%2520copy.mp3 Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, Alan Dove, and Jennifer Drahos In episode #44 of the podcast “This Week in Virology”, Vincent, Dick, Alan, and Jennifer Drahos consider Marburg virus in Egyptian fruit bats, bacterial citrus pathogen found in shipping facility, canine parvovirus in Michigan, Relenza-resistant influenza virus, new HIV from gorillas, and public engagement on H1N1 immunization program. Download TWiV #44 (54 MB .mp3, 78 minutes) Subscribe to TWiV in iTunes, by the RSS feed, or by email Links for this episode: Isolation of Marburg virus from Egyptian fruit bats Inspectors find bacterial citrus pathogen in California Parvovirus killing hundreds of dogs in Michigan Relenza-resistant H1N1 identified in Australia (press and journal article) New HIV from go... virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2741079 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 14:09:53 +0100 2741079 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2741081&cid=t_274425_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FVirologyBlog%2F%7E3%2FmJ6Piv78Dxk%2F Marburg virus has been isolated from Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) living in Kitaka Cave, Uganda, demonstrating that bats are a natural reservoir of the virus. Marburg virus, the founding member of the Filoviridae, is an enveloped virus with a negative-strand RNA genome. Other members of the filovirus family are the five species of ebolavirus. Filoviruses are indigenous to Africa, but the animal reservoir for the virus has not been definitively identified. The first outbreaks of Marburg hemorrhagic fever took place in laboratories in Marburg, Frankfurt, and Belgrade in 1967. The virus was believed to originate from African green monkeys that were being used for laboratory research. However, these monkeys were trapped in regions of Uganda where fruit bats are common. Other e... virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2741081 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:00:20 +0100 2741081 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2576778&cid=t_274425_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fa-better-analogy-to-describe-an-ms-symptom%2F In the first few months of blogging on Life with MS, I made an analogy between baseball and multiple sclerosis.  I was new to blogging and, well, it probably wasn’t my best work… The other day, however, baseball and multiple sclerosis made their way into my head once again and this time…it makes perfect sense! First, let it be said that baseball is the greatest invention/sport/game/call-it-what-you-will in the history of mankind (ok, save for the printing press).  Now that we have that out of the way, I’ll explain. An early summer’s evening and I’m out in the back garden doing whatever one does on such evenings: flipping chicken on the barbecue, watering the plants, picking peas, brushing the dogs; doesn’t matter.  I’m likely to have the l... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2576778 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:20:00 +0100 2576778 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1926552&cid=t_274425_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2F437755953%2F A Brevia piece in Science today describes efforts to describe the causal agent in white-nose syndrome (WNS) in bats which appears to be contributing to bat decline. According to the authors, previous work had described an uncharacterized fungus associated with bats that showed signs of being sick with WNS. This is an emerging pathogen as the samples described in this paper were from Spring 2008. Phylogenetic analysis of the rDNA (and presumably ITS) sequence of fungal isolates from diseased bats placed it as a Geomyces spp, in the Helotiales order (in the Leotiomycetes if you are wondering what are the closest sequenced fungal genomes for this species). Other Geomyces spp are also psychrophiles and found colonizing the skin of animals in cold climates (it must be hard to make a living). Th... Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1926552 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:01:49 +0100 1926552 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1845878&cid=t_274425_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fintelligencetesting.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fbat-iii-woodcock-munoz-assessment.html I was looking at the searches that led people to this blog and noticed a number of folks looking for information regarding the Batería III Woodcock-Muñoz.  In looking through my past posts I noticed only one post regarding the BAT III---a test review in APA Division 16's School Psychologist.I realized that I did have access to an Assessment Service Bulletin (ASB) published by Riverside Publishing.  Below is the reference and a link to the PDf document.  I hope this helps those looking for additional information regarding the BAT III.Schrank, F., McGrew, K., Ruef, M.,Alvarado, C., Muñoz-Sandoval, A. & Woodcock (2005). Batería III Woodcock-Muñoz Assessment Service BulletinNumber 1:  Overview and Technical Supplement.  Itasca, IL: Riverside Publishing. (click toview) (Source: ... Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1845878 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:21:00 +0100 1845878 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1713976&cid=t_274425_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2F368580845%2F An outbreak of a fungal infection called "white-nose syndrome" is killing bats in the Northeastern US.  This New Scientist article mentions the outbreak briefly and an NPR story and recent Boston Globe story also gives it some coverage.  Sounds like we still don't know much about the causal agent or how it is killing the bats at this time, but some researchers, including Elizabeth Buckles at Cornell University, Vishnu Chaturvedi at NY State Dept of Health, and Jon Reichard at Boston University are working on it. This is of course old news if you read what Hyphoid Logic has been saying. That there is a previously undescribed cold loving fungus sounds very interesting, there have been some recent discoveries of psychrophilic fungi like Cryptococcus laurentii and Rhodotorula himalayensis so... Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1713976 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:09:48 +0100 1713976 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1319392&cid=t_274425_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2F255668896%2F   This isn't fungal, but sounds pretty cool - ability to identify plants by echolocation.      Yovel, Y., Franz, M.O., Stilz, P., Schnitzler, H., Bourne, P.E. (2008). Plant Classification from Bat-Like Echolocation Signals. PLoS Computational Biology, 4(3), e1000032. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000032 © Jason Stajich for Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics, 2008. | Permalink | No comment Add to del.icio.us Search blogs linking this post with Technorati Want more on these topics ? Browse the archive of posts filed under fungi. (Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics) Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1319392 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:39:51 +0100 1319392 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1127389&cid=t_274425_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.com%2F2008%2F01%2F02%2Fjust-your-average-day-at-my-house%2F by UM/TPB File this under “Too Weird To Be True” stories.  If somebody told me this,  I don’t know if I would believe it. But, I swear that this is the honest truth. This actually happened in my house this evening. Time to take down the Christmas tree. Our tree is one of those “umbrella” type trees that comes in 4 sections. The limbs fold out when you set it up. I got the top section off but could not get the other sections apart. So, I waited until my husband came home to lend a hand. We got the 2nd section off without any trouble but the 3rd section was just plain stuck. We tugged and pulled. We turned the tree on it’s side and upside down. It just would not come apart. Finally, I got on the floor pulling in one direction while hubby was standing pulling in another directi... bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1127389 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:15:29 +0100 1127389 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=916151&cid=t_274425_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Funraveled-code-cracker.html I attempt chat of the ‘how was your day?’ variety, as I herd them towards the car. Traffic is everywhere and Mr.Skippy is in ‘dart’ mode. I grab the back of his back pack in a gesture uncannily similar to a dog’s choke collar. Once initial contact is made, I’m able to secure his hand securely. Our palms are clamped together. It is as if I wear one of those joke buzzers in my hand and an electric current jerks through his system as jumping jacks, leaps and spins charge his body. His mouth empties a continuous commentary on the subject of tyres and Pokemon powers. I remind myself that I should be trying harder to park the car in the same spot, to make this exercise smoother. I should park the car in an empty space at about 1 p.m., an hour and 40 minutes before school is out, the ... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=916151 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:38:00 +0100 916151 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=478747&cid=t_274425_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F03%2F09%2Fa-specific-fat-type-can-protect-against-weight-gain-and-diabetes%2F This study compared the difference in fat metabolism between the B6 mouse and the 129 mouse. The B6 mouse is one of the most commonly used strains in metabolic research and an established model for diet-induced obesity. When placed on a high-fat diet, the B6 mouse develops severe obesity, high blood glucose and insulin resistance with extremely high insulin levels. By contrast, the 129 mouse gains 30% to 50% less weight than the B6 mouse and is resistant to dietary induced obesity and glucose intolerance. The only difference between the B6 and 129 mice is the type of body fat. The B6 mice had a majority of white fat cells, whereas the 129 mice had over 100 times the number of brown fat cells than the B6 mice. The mice with more white fat cells had a tendency to gain weight and develop dia... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=478747 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 05:00:00 +0100 478747