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Cat Owners at Risk of Bird Flu

...1918 pandemic was a bird flu virus that adapted to mammals in some intermediate mammalian host, possibly pigs. Maybe for H5N1 the intermediate host is cats." Two other viruses which spread all over the world - the 1957 Asian flu and the Hong Kong flu of 1968 - also mutated in pigs. He said that if bird...

Not Just ‘Bird’ Flu Anymore- Avian Influenza Strikes Cas

... disease expert in Hong Kong "With more species of mammals infected, that could be a sign that the virus is mutating to adapt to mammalian hosts. If they are adapting to mammals, they could be on the way to adapting to humans, to become a human virus.” In another case, Gusti Ngurah Mahardika, a virologist ...

India Developing Oral Vaccine to Fight Diabetes

... for a "toxicological test" of the drug in "animal mammals because of the safety factor". "The clinical tri... - in phase one the drug would be tested on animal mammals and on phase two on humans. Nearly 200 to 250 mammals of two separate categories would be put under ...

Attractive Male Not Only Attracts but Stimulates

...ndividuals in a variety of species, including some mammals like rats and sheep. In this study the fish were kept in separate tanks so while they could see members of the opposite sex through the glass, they could not use other senses to respond to one another. Dr Walling continues: 'It's well established t...

Reset Your Biological Clock and Prevent Heart Attack!

...akdown of catecholamines – the hormones that equip mammals for “fight and flight” behavior were under the control of the clock. Catecholamines – norepinephrine and epinephrine – undergo a daily variation, but also rise in response to stress. The investigators wondered if they might provide a link between t...

Fruit Flies May Pave Way to New Treatments for Age-related Heart Disease

...he effects of aging, which is much harder to do in mammals with a relatively long lifespan. “There’s an amazing conservation of genes between flies and humans,” Bodmer said. “We can now look at how heart function ages in a realistic timeframe.” In addition to first author Ocorr, and contributions from co...

Eat Chillies, Burn Fat

... the chilli pepper is an evolutionary ploy to stop mammals eating them. Chilli is already thought to speed up metabolism, aiding weight loss. Earlier, researches found it could also cause prostate and pancreatic cancer cells to kill themselves. It also helps prevent and heal stomach ulcers. This is becau...

Methylmercury in Marine Fish Pose Health Risks to Pregnant Women and Elderly Men

...rld. Methylmercury levels in fish-eating birds and mammals in some parts of the world are reaching toxic levels, which may lead to population declines in these species and possibly in fish populations as well. "The policy implications of these findings are clear," said James Wiener, a Wisconsin Distinguish...

What Causes Hayfever?

...itrite signalling are also important mechanisms in mammals and Dr Bright and her colleagues intend to investigate what role the pollen-derived NO and nitrite plays in human cell inflammation and irritation during hayfever. Source-Eurekalert PRI...

Norwegian Glacier Shrinks and Marine Life Poisoned as the Globe Warms

...id is produced by microscopic algae. Birds and sea mammals ingest the acid by eating fish and shellfish who dine on the algae. "In five years of study I have not seen a bloom this large at this particular time of year," Caron said. "It's having an extraordinary impact on pelicans and many other species." ...

New Research Promises To Take The Pain Off Breast Feeding

... including reflexes normally associated with other mammals who feed their babies in this way. Breastfeeding... head bobbing in particular, that is seen in other mammals who are abdominal feeders”, Colson says. Most importantly, she advises mothers to do what feels c...

Research on Fruit Bats

...ess cones in addition to rods. The retinas of most mammals contain two types of photoreceptor cells, the cone...ears small, but from studies of other night-active mammals we know that it allows daylight vision", says lead author Brigitte Mller. For example, cats and dogs...

Life Functions Governed by Circadian Rhythms-new Research

...fe function. The functions of all the genes in the mammals are according to this daily rhythm. It disproves t...e oscillation is significantly more organized when mammals are exposed to regular periods of day and night. Oscillation can become chaotic in states of consist...

Scientist Observes real Time Generation of Neurones in Mammals

...observed the real time generation of neurones in a mammals brain, the first ever claim of such kind in the world. Dr. Adi Mizrahi of the Department of Neurobiology, Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, used mouse models to study how neurones develop from an undifferentiated cellular sphere int...

One-sixth of Europe's Mammals Face Extinction, Warns Conservation Experts

...tive. Worst affected is the handful of European mammals classed as 'critically endangered', the most serio.... This new assessment proves that many European mammals are declining at an alarming rate. The assessment shows that the situation is even more perilous...

Ganges River Dolphins Continue to Die in India

...s die after getting entangled in fishing nets. The mammals are also killed for their meat, skin and oil. Alarmed over the dwindling number of the rare river dolphins in the Ganges, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had announced a move to save the species last year. But things have hardly moved beyond gove...

Clock Gene Plays Role in Weight Gain, Study Finds

...w the genes and proteins of the circadian clock in mammals affect not only activity cycles but also metabolism, which are tied to feeding cycles. Circadian rhythms were set in motion early in the history of life on the planet, and tied through evolution to the astronomical cycles that effect Earths environm...

Holy Grail Of Dermatologists On The Verge Of Discovery

...healing process may be a window of opportunity for mammals to generate new hair follicles via wnt proteins. Wounding, they report, triggers new hair-producing follicles to form. This was a claim that was first made half a century ago after experiment on rabbits but which was written off as unconvincing. Th...

New Research Promises To Take The Pain Off Breast Feeding

... including reflexes normally associated with other mammals who feed their babies in this way. Breastfeeding... head bobbing in particular, that is seen in other mammals who are abdominal feeders, Colson says. Most importantly, she advises mothers to do what feels co...

Indian-born Australian Scientist Wins Award for Stem Cell Research

...mmy: on one hand it could regulate reproduction in mammals such as kangaroos - which have far exceed their sustainable numbers - and on the other it could facilitate reproduction in threatened species such as wombats." Sidhu's innovations are now protected by international patents (IPs). He says: "We have ...

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