MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – For the first time, tomato growers using high tunnels (low-cost greenhouses, http://mtvernon.wsu.edu/hightunnels/) in western Washington can manage one of the most serious plant diseases organically, said plant pathologist Debra Inglis.
By Lorraine Nelson, College of Pharmacy PULLMAN, Wash. – A class of drugs used to treat parasitic infections such as malaria may also be useful in treating cancers and immune-related diseases, a new WSU-led study has found.
E. Kirsten Peters, College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – Normally, when a bacterium invades your body, it is surrounded and engulfed by a white blood cell. At least that’s what we were taught in high school biology. If all goes well, the white blood cell kills the bacterium and the […]
By Charlie Powell, WSU College of Veterinary Medicine PULLMAN, Wash. – At seven weeks of age, he’s already 8 feet tall. Misawa (me-SAW-wah), the newest baby giraffe at Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo, received his name Thursday from the results of a poll taken among Washington State University veterinary students.
WSU microbiologist Jean Celli probes the secrets of how brucella bacteria spread inside the body. (Photo by Shelly Hanks, WSU Photo Services) PULLMAN – Brucellosis, Malta fever, Bang’s disease, undulant fever – all names for one infectious disease that stalks animals and humans worldwide, and yet it’s been understudied. But that may be about to […]
By Terri Reddout, WSU Extension Prosser PROSSER, Wash. — To determine if a fruit tree has a virus currently takes a minimum of nine separate laboratory tests in combination with several biological assays, and these can identify only known viruses. Scientists dream of running a single test to detect all viruses in a plant. That idea is […]
A (H1N1) Cases as of 8 a.m. May 7 896 confirmed cases in 41 states General safety measures * Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze and throw the used tissue in the trash. * Wash your hands often with soap and hot water […]
Photo: Nancy Potter and a grad student work with a child. (Photo by Robert Hubner, WSU Photo Services) Five weeks, 19 stops in 12 states — lugging 140 pounds of equipment. No, it’s not the life of a pop musician. It’s how Nancy Potter, assistant professor of speech and hearing sciences, spent last summer. […]
(Photo: Using DDDI system to identify diseased tree. Photo by Norm Dart, Puyallup Research and Extension Station.) Last spring, a small, nondescript moth alighted on a family apple tree in western Washington. Before it had time to make itself at home, however, it was whisked away by a vigilant crop consultant and identified as the Cherry […]
“It has been suggested by many researchers that these chronic illnesses — with overlapping signs and symptoms — may share a common causal mechanism.” — Martin Pall The dragging feeling had come on slowly. For weeks he brushed it away with easy rationalizations, but now he had to admit something was definitely wrong. An insidious […]