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Chinese Eco-tourism Causing Infanticide Among Tibetan Monkeys

...uspended. Infant mortality was low prior to the advent of eco-tourism and was primarily caused by disease, the team found. Although they didn't witness all the attacks, many of the infant corpses Berman's team found had bite wounds indicative of adult macaques. The conflicts typically began with in...

Research in the Origin of Microtubules

...ively demonstrating this was impossible before the advent of live-cell imaging techniques that could reveal the true origins of these structures. "The Golgi apparatus is very close to the centrosome," said Kaverina. "So if you're not looking at it precisely, it is hard to distinguish between the centrosome ...

Number of Syphilis Cases Rising Among MSM in U.S.

...of prevention, citing "safe-sex fatigue" after the advent of antiretroviral drugs. "Once these wonder drugs came along, [HIV-positive people] no longer saw HIV as a death sentence, and clinicians, unfortunately, became more lackadaisical about conveying prevention messages," Ghanem said. He added that use o...

Sylvester Stallone Admits He Tried to Smuggle Banned Growth Hormone to Australia

...n important role in adult metabolism. Before the advent of genetic engineering, the only source of HGH was from dead bodies. The pituitary glands were removed from corpses, processed and the hormones injected into people who were growth hormone deficient. In 1959, stunted children were given HGH to help...

New Pill to Suppress Menstrual Bleeding Indefinitely

...te women have been tinkering with nature since the advent of birth control pills and now endure as many as 450 periods, compared with 50 or so in the days when women spent most of their fertile years pregnant or breast-feeding. Dr. Mindy Wiser-Estin, an obstetrician-gynecologist in Little Silver, N.J., ha...

Tower of London Facing Pollution Threat

...mospheric pollution like a stone sponge. Since the advent of coal-burning industry in the late 13th century, the crusts turned black with soot and sulfur from coal smoke. Brimblecombe explained that too much washing could damage the towers stonework. Our aim is to be aware of coming changes, prepare fo...

Research Throws Light on Adaptation of E.coli to Changing Conditions

... fundamental mechanisms of evolution. Prior to the advent of contemporary laboratory techniques, inferences about evolution were based on observation. Now, we can study evolutionary change as it is happening, by selecting organisms that change rapidly, such as the fruit fly or E. coli. This advantage allows...

New Drug, Other Trends To Double Smoking Cessation and Addiction Treatments

With the advent of a possible new blockbuster drug and greater reimbursement levels for the treatment of nicotine, alcohol, and drug addictions, global sales of smoking cessation and addiction treatments are expected to rise from revenues of little over $1.1 billio...

American Who Set Off TB Scare Apologizes, Lung Surgery an Option for Him

...move pieces of the lung was more common before the advent of sophisticated drugs in the 1960s. But it is coming back as a treatment because of the development of strains resistant to those drugs. Doctors hope to determine where Speaker contracted the disease, which has been found around the world and exis...

Cognitive Problems Occur More Rapidly in Female Alcoholics Than in Males

...been more challenging to assess. However, with the advent of increasingly powerful neuroimaging techniques, changes in brain structure and function can be detected in patients early in the course of alcoholism. Furthermore, neuropsychological measures can be utilized in an attempt to correlate decrements in...

A Collaboration to Find New Tools to Fight Leukemia

... but continues to be made more manageable with the advent of powerful new chemoimmunotherapy tools,” says Dr. Kay. “We and our collaborators at Ohio State University, in particular Dr. Michael Grever, have done previous research on pentostatin that led us to believe there would be success with this regimen,...

Fear of Possible Harm Hinder Nanotech Development

...e have set, then we can surely look forward to the advent of safe nanotechnologies.' Source-Eurekalert NLA...

TB Returns , Sharp Rise In Cases In UK

...ached alarming levels, further complicated by the advent of drug resistant strains which accounted for over 600 cases in London. The issue is also delicate on the political level , as the disease has attacked mostly immigrants of Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi backgrounds. Dr John Watson, head of the ...

NOTE surgery – to combat obesit

...cedures have undergone a transformation due to the advent of laparoscopic surgery, also known as “keyhole” surgery. The demand for bariatric surgery went up particularly in 1990s. Only a few small cuts are needed for this surgery. “I believe we are perhaps on the verge of another revolution,” said Schauer...

Most Suicide Rates Decline, but Findings Are Puzzling

...wn said. 'But the possible correlation between the advent of new antidepressants and the decline in suicide rates needs to be better explored.' Perhaps there is no association at all, he said. 'It could be that as antidepressants help a patient’s depression improve, that person becomes more energetic, le...

Genetic susceptibility in viral encephalitis

... University of Maryland Medical Center. Before the advent of anti-viral drugs vidarabine in 1973 and acyclovir in 1981, mortality rates reached up to 70 percent. While the introduction of anti-viral treatment has been a boon to patients, brain damage still poses a substantial risk. "In contrast to most cu...

Cooling Temperatures Help Crucian Carp

...he goldfish, was the pet fish of choice before the advent of equipment to aerate tanks. But the crucian carp is a standout even within the carp family at surviving without oxygen. When crucian carp live in larger bodies of water such as lakes, they make another remarkable adaptation to avoid the mouths of ...

Dr. Scott Hammer Authors Two New Guidelines for HIV Treatment

...blic Health. In the nearly two decades since the advent of antiretroviral therapy for HIV, 21 new agents in five drug classes have been approved; potent combination therapy has become a worldwide standard of care; and morbidity and mortality in the developed world have been substantially reduced. Balanced...

Thailand May Seek Help Of Pharmacies For Screening Bird Flu

...increase in number of patients in bird flu was the advent of rainy season....

Is There a Connection between Hearing loss and High-speed Dental Tools?

... actually gotten "quieter" over the years with the advent of modern technologies. However, very few dental professionals or students interviewed for the study so far, wear earplugs to protect themselves from this noise. None of the 54 dental schools nationally are known to require dental students to wear ...

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