Gene therapy involves the introduction of a gene into cells in order to reverse a functional defect in the host genome (the set of genes present in an organism). The use of viruses quickly became an attractive possibility once the possibility of gene...

An organism which carries disease from one host to another. Common vectors are anopheles mosquitoes, common house flies, rats, lice, fleas and...

In epidemiology, a vector is an organism that does not cause disease itself but which spreads infection by conveying pathogens from one host to another. A classic example is the anopheles mosquito which acts as a vector for the disease malaria by...

Vector biology (Proceedings of the International Symposium on Vector Biology) Vinod P. Sharma & Jagbir S. Kirti, editors (The National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad) 2006. 256 pages. Price: not quoted. This book comprises 19 presentations from the National Academy of Vectors and Vector-borne...

William C, Marquardt, editor Elsevier Academic Press, Burlington, Massachusetts Second Edition ISBN: 0-12-473276-3 Pages: 785, Price US $99.95 This edition is a massive, 7-section, 57-chapter medical entomology reference text. The chapters are written by 72 experts from around the world and...

The popular online hangout MySpace said Monday it will experiment with a video-filtering system designed to block clips containing copyright materials.MySpace is licensing technology from Audible Magic Corp., which late last year obtained rights to a system for scanning video clips and looking for signature...

The popular online hangout MySpace said Monday it will experiment with a video-filtering system designed to block clips containing copyright materials.MySpace is licensing technology from Audible Magic Corp., which late last year obtained rights to a system for scanning video clips and looking for signature...