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 'honeybee'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:49:27 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4394514&cid=t_118253_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Feven-more-science-news-2.html Science news snippets from the net meanderings of David Bradley Fighting malaria without DDT = FAIL – Review suggests DDT essential in fight against malaria, despite claims for green approaches. A new research paper exposes allegedly false claims and misrepresentations of science by United Nations environmental organizations to stop successful uses of DDT and other public health insecticides in malaria programs. Adverse drug reactions are not an argument against modern medicine – The number of preventable adverse events from medical treatments is far too high. And even the idiosyncratic events — freak accidents, basically — mean we must always consider the rare but possible harms of the therapies we use. But as Harriet Hall has pointed out, we cannot look at d... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4394514 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:00:05 +0100 4394514 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4377228&cid=t_118253_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.rawvoice.com%2Fpmn_twiv%2Ftraffic.libsyn.com%2Ftwiv%2FTWiV116.mp3 Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit On episode #116 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Dickson, Alan, and Rich review an adenovirus-based vaccine strategy against drug addiction, a field trial of RNAi to prevent Israeli acute paralysis virus infection in honeybees, and suppression of avian influenza transmission in transgenic chickens. Right click to download TWiV #116 (64 MB .mp3, 89 minutes). Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS feed, or by email, or listen on your mobile device with Stitcher Radio. Links for this episode: Cocaine analog coupled to disrupted adenovirus Field application of RNAi in honeybees Suppression of avian influenza transmission in GM chickens (EurekAlert) Phage tailspike protein therapy Use... virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4377228 Sun, 16 Jan 2011 20:02:43 +0100 4377228 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4105208&cid=t_118253_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.rawvoice.com%2Fpmn_twiv%2Ftraffic.libsyn.com%2Ftwiv%2FTWiV104.mp3 Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit On episode #104 of the podcast This Week in Virology, the entire TWiV family reviews the latest ideas about colony collapse disorder of honeybees, and resurgence of monkeypox in Africa. Download TWiV #104 (70 MB .mp3, 97 minutes) Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS feed, or by email, or listen on your mobile device with Stitcher Radio. Links for this episode: The Harvey Lectures Iridovirus and microsporidian linked to colony collapse disorder CCD discussed previously on TWiV 64, 49, and 46 Why are they called iridoviruses? Iridoviruses at ViralZone Scientists and soldiers solve a bee mystery (NY Times, pdf) Edgewood research center involvement in CCD Resurgence of monkeypox in ... virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4105208 Mon, 25 Oct 2010 01:21:13 +0100 4105208 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3138856&cid=t_118253_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.rawvoice.com%2Fpmn_twiv%2Fwww.twiv.tv%2FTWiV064.mp3 Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit Vincent, Alan, and Rich discuss ten compelling virology stories of 2009. Download TWiV #64 (68 MB .mp3, 94 minutes) Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS feed, or by email. Ten virology stories of 2009: Pandemic influenza: Swine-origin H1N1 virus (TWiV 36) XMRV, prostate cancer, and chronic fatigue syndrome (TWiV 50, 55) AIDS vaccine ’success’ (TWiV 51) Colony collapse disorder (TWiV 46, 49) AIDS-like disease in wild chimps (TWiV 45) Diverse viral community in Antarctic lake (TWiV 58) Polyomavirus seroepidemiology in humans (TWiV 26) Poxvirus threatens UK red squirrels (TWiV 63) Polio spreads from Nigeria (TWiV 29) How mosquitoes survive Dengue virus infection (TWiV 21) Picture book on ... virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3138856 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:03:44 +0100 3138856 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3084560&cid=t_118253_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FVirologyBlog%2F%7E3%2FHQxnyAUW-lY%2F There is some evidence that viruses are involved in colony collapse disorder, a phenomenon in which worker bees disappear. This condition is receiving a great deal of attention ranging from basic scientific research (summarized on TWiV 46) to a PBS episode to a documentary entitled Colony which says that “The unexplainable phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder has left landscapes of empty beehives all across America, threatening not only the beekeeping industry but our food supply.” From my view as a virologist, there is no compelling evidence for a single viral etiology in colony collapse disorder. I asked Tom, a honeybee breeder in California, whether he thinks that there is a pandemic that will wipe out the world’s honeybees. Here is his answer: “I can on... virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3084560 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:56:39 +0100 3084560 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=847332&cid=t_118253_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2F153130275%2F An early access to article in Science A Metagenomic Survey of Microbes in Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder (direct link since DOI is not updated yet) using the current favorite buzzword, metagenomics, of course, describes some early work to try and discover what is killing the honeybees. It is early access and non-free and ScienceExpress is not part of our subscription here so I've not actually had a chance to read it yet, but the gist of the reporting about it suggest that a virus is to blame. This is in line with what Joe DeRisi and collaborators found using their Virus chip based on some news reports earlier this year, but no scientific article yet to follow this up. Some links to today's SFChronicle article and an article "Stung" from the New Yorker in August that alluded to this Sci... Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=847332 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:51:43 +0100 847332 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=604107&cid=t_118253_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffungalgenomes.org%2Fblog%2F2007%2F05%2Fwould-a-beetle-by-another-name-smell-as-sweet%2F I read this blurb in the New Scientist about a PNAS paper (subscription required for next 6 months) on how hive beetles (Aethina tumida) are able to infest bee hives by throwing off the bees because they are producing isopentyl acetate which is thought to be produced and used by bees to signal an alarm. So the increased levels of the pheromone disorients the bees allowing beetles to continue infecting. European bees appear to be susceptible to this attack while the African bees have apparently evolved to better handle the beetle infestation. I’m not clear if the African bees have a different behavior or if they have different biochemical pathways/receptors to not be fooled by the cheap perfume of the invaders. The fungus part here is that the beetles are carrying a hemiascomycete ye... Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=604107 Sun, 13 May 2007 21:25:39 +0100 604107