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Caltech scientists find emotion-like behaviors, regulated by dopamine, in fruit flies
| 11/25/2009 | PASADENA, Calif.Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have uncovered evidence of a primitive emotion-like behavior in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster . Their findings, which may be relevant to the relationship between the neurotransmitter dopamine and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), are described in the December issue of the journal Neuron... [Comments] |
Hormone ghrelin can boost resistance to Parkinson's disease
| 11/25/2009 | Ghrelin, a hormone produced in the stomach, may be used to boost resistance to, or slow, the development of Parkinson's disease, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in a study published in a recent issue of the Journal of Neuroscience . Parkinson's disease is caused by a degeneration of dopamine neurons in an area of the midbrain known as the substantia nigra, which is responsible... [Comments] |
Researchers discover biological basis of 'bacterial immune system'
| 11/25/2009 | Athens, Ga. Bacteria don't have easy lives. In addition to mammalian immune systems that besiege the bugs, they have natural enemies called bacteriophages, viruses that kill half the bacteria on Earth every two days. Still, bacteria and another class of microorganisms called archaea (first discovered in extreme environments such as deep-sea volcanic vents) manage just fine, thank you, in... [Comments] |
Magic box for mission impossible
| 11/25/2009 | On September 11, firefighters, police officers and ambulance workers faced a terrifying rescue effort in the World Trade Center complex. They battled to save people from the collapsing Twin Towers, searched for survivors, tackled fires and evacuated as many people as they could in an area which contained an estimated 17,000 people. And making their jobs even harder was the problem of poor comm... [Comments] |
Johnson & Johnson award goes to research of the cause of brain cell damage in Parkinson's
| 11/25/2009 | Dr. Sarit Larisch, Head of the Cell Death Research Laboratory in the University of Haifa's Department of Biology, has been awarded the prestigious Johnson & Johnson Focused Funding grant for her research exploring the cause of brain cell damage in Parkinson's disease. The award, which is grant... [Comments] |  |
| 11/25/2009 | MADISON, WI, NOVEMBER 25, 2009 Soil is the linchpin of the environment, where atmosphere, biosphere, and hydrosphere meet. Despite that, many students see soil as "just dirt" a place to grow plants, but nothing more. Soil science educators are challenged with the task of helping students and the public recognize the critical importance of soil in the environment. A collaborative project... [Comments] |
New genetic cause of cardiac failure discovered
| 11/25/2009 | Over the course of a lifetime, the heart pumps some 250 million liters of blood through the body. In the order to do this, the muscle fibers of the heart have to be extremely durable. The research group headed by Dr. Wolfgang Rottbauer, vice chair of the Department of Medicine III at Heidelberg... [Comments] |  |
Kent State University professors focus research on the environment with grants totaling $890,000
| 11/25/2009 | Two Kent State University assistant professors recently received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue research beneficial to understanding the environment. The three grants total $890,000. Christopher Blackwood, assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, was awarded grants to support two separate research projects. His first project, titled... [Comments] |
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Biology Technology
North Carolina-based Cnanoz Unveils NanoPure(TM) to Government Leaders in Hyderabad, India
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Biological H1N1 Vaccines: Too Little, Too Late
| 11/25/2009 | BOSTON,Nov.25/PRNewswire/--BiotechfirmReplikinsLtd.,whichhasanalyzedtheH1N1virus'genomicdatafromthe1918pandemicthroughtheprediction,outbreak,andprogressofthecurrentH1N1pandemic,todayissueditslatestbiochemicalanalysisofthevirus.ThenewdatashowsthatthelethalityoftheH1N1("SwineFlu")virushasdroppedfromitspeakof3.7(s.d.4.5)duringthevirus'scurrentoutbreakinthespringof2009torestingnon-epidemicle... [Comments] |
French Ambassador for International Investment to Visit Toronto December 11
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Cytochroma Announces Appointment of Peter Moldt to Board of Directors
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