Rabies (and rabies virus, its causative agent) is usually transmitted through the bite of an infected animal into muscle
tissue of the new host.
Not exact matches
The researchers also found that arteries and veins from the macaques» hearts grew into the
new heart
tissue, the first time it has been shown that blood vessels from a
host animal will grow into and nurture a large stem - cell derived graft
of this type.
Because the cells used to seed the platform can come from anyone, the
new tissues could be genetically identical to the intended
host, reducing the risk
of organ rejection.
One example for such an association has now been reported by an international team
of researchers in the journal
New Phytologist: a fungus
of the genus Trichoderma lives inside the
tissue of tomato plants (endophytically) and helps its
host to defend itself against infestations by parasitic nematodes.
Following introduction into mammalian
hosts (including humans) by the bite
of a sand fly, Leishmania parasites undergo extensive changes to adapt to survival and multiplication inside the
new host cells and
tissues.
«This cloud
of mutations makes it easier for viruses to explore
new tissues and
new hosts,» Domingo said.
After the beak
of the mosquito is pulled out, the heartworm larva swim down the hole into the area under the skin (subcutaneous
tissue) on the
new host.
It's been said over and over again — in the news, in the
New England Journal
of Medicine, in a letter from over 40
of the nation's leading medical institutions — that fetal
tissue samples are unlike any other cell research, helping scientists find cures for a
host of diseases.