Der Maikäfer macht der Landwirtschaft oft schwer zu schaffen. Hermann Strasser vom Institut für Mikrobiologie bekämpft den Schädling mit einem ganz speziellen Pilz, der Melocont-Pilzgerste, die in den Boden ausgebracht werden kann. Die nachhaltige Bekämpfung des Schädlings wird vom Land Tirol gefördert. *Source: Universität Innsbruck
A three-nation clinical trial found that a vaccine can safely help the vast majority of HIV-positive women produce antibodies against the cancer-causing human papillomavirus, even if their immune system is weak and even if they’ve had some prior HPV exposure.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — HIV-positive women respond well to a vaccine against the human papillomavirus (HPV), even when their immune system is struggling, according to newly published results of an international clinical trial. The study’s findings counter doubts about whether the vaccine would be helpful, said the Brown University medical professor who led the study. Instead, the data support the World Health Organization’s recommendation to vaccinate women with HIV. (more…)
