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Study Links Ebola Outbreaks To Animal Carcasses

...s information to both protect endangered apes from illegal hunting and to protect humans from deadly outbreaks." The paper provides definitive proof for the assumption that Ebola moves from wildlife populations to humans through the consumption or handling of carcasses or bushmeat. Specifically, the resear...

FDA Warns Consumers Not to Use Home-Use Diagnostic Kits Marketed by Globus Media

...ad to significant adverse health consequences. The illegal kits are labeled as: Rapid HIV Test Kit. * Rapid Syphilis Test Kit * One Step Cassette Style Cocaine Test * One Step Cassette Style Marijuana (THC) Test * One Step Cassette Style Amphetamine Test * Rapid Dengue Fever Test * O...

South African Tribunal Asks For Damages Estimates in GSK AIDS Drug Case

...sustained as a result of what they claim are GSK's illegal drug pricing and policies. The order also states t...the monetary damages suffered as a result of GSK's illegal actions in charging excessive AIDS drug prices in South Africa," said Michael Weinstein, AHF’s presi...

A New Species of Monkey is Discovered in Tanzania: The First in Africa for More Than 20 Years

... of Mt Rungwe and Kitulo, are severely degraded by illegal logging, and without prompt action the animal’s future is in jeopardy. On the other hand, the Ndundulu Forest Reserve is in good condition, but there is concern that the population of the highland mangabey in this forest is very small and limited in...

Primates on the brink

...eforestation, commercial bushmeat hunting, and the illegal animal trade as the primary threats, and warns tha...oaching because of the profits to be made from the illegal trade," said Chantal Elkin, manager of the Threatened Species Program in CI's Center for Applied Bio...

Searching the depths of the straits of Florida for disease cures

...f Cuba. Cay Sal was once notorious for its role in illegal drug smuggling, but researchers expect to discover pristine reefs there down to 3,000 feet that could lead to a new reputation for the area as the source of lifesaving drugs. Regular dispatches and photos from the expedition will be posted at http://...

Scientists discover odd-ball rodent

... help enact an aggressive program designed to halt illegal wildlife trade where poaching has devastated animal populations. "It was for sale on a table next to some vegetables. I knew immediately it was something I had never seen before," said Dr. Timmins. Dr Mark Robinson, working with WWF Thailand later d...

Poaching, logging, and outbreaks of Ebola threaten central African gorillas and chimpanzees

...ncy programs intended to increase security against illegal hunting, protect great apes and tropical forests from logging, and slow the spread of the Ebola virus in the region. Called the Regional Action Plan for Conservation of Chimpanzees and Gorillas in Western Equatorial Africa, the document seeks a mult...

Tagging pathogens with synthetic DNA 'barcodes'

...make it just as easy to identify genes, pathogens, illegal drugs and other chemicals of interest by tagging them with color-coded probes made out of synthetic tree-shaped DNA. A research group headed by Dan Luo, Cornell assistant professor of biological engineering, has created "nanobarcodes" that fluoresce...

Smoking damages key regulatory enzyme in the lung

...revention. Smoking kills more Americans than AIDS, illegal drugs, alcohol, car accidents, suicides and murders combined and increases one's chances of developing lung, bladder, esophageal and throat cancers; chronic lung diseases; and coronary heart and cardiovascular diseases. Fowler and her colleagues hav...

Past illegal blood donation in China linked to hepatitis C virus infection

...ural province of central China has documented that illegal blood donation practices led to high hepatitis C v... function tests or hepatitis, and shut-down of the illegal blood center. The investigators concluded that unhygienic plasma donation and receipt of blood tran...

War on terror meets war on cancer

...c method that has been used to track the source of illegal drugs, explosives, counterfeit bills and biological warfare agents may have some new uses: detecting rapidly growing cancers and studying obesity and eating disorders. The method, known as "stable isotope ratio mass spectrometry," can determine whe...

Researchers: Treated wood poses long-term threat

... business. "This would probably lead to much more illegal dumping of construction-and-demolition waste in remote, rural and agricultural locations," he said. "Illegal dumping of construction and demolition waste in Florida is already a big problem." ...

Envisat radar surveillance protects endangered prehistoric fish

...visat and Radarsat-1 imagery has cut the number of illegal fishing incursions in the vicinity of Kerguelen Is...r in recent years the toothfish has fallen prey to illegal uncontrolled fishing. It is estimated that pirate vessels have been fishing up to 26 000 tonnes a ye...

Overfishing in inland waters reduces biodiversity and threatens health

... species because they may exclude recreational and illegal fisheries, and because landings are dispersed. Moreover, overfishing may not immediately cause declines in the total catch––and its weight may even transiently increase. Overfishing leads to numerous changes in both the target species and other speci...

Portable cocaine sensor developed at UC Santa Barbara

... iceberg." Currently detecting cocaine (and other illegal and legal drugs) in bodily fluids must be done by a laboratory with large and expensive equipment. The process takes from hours to days to get a result. The potential medical implications of the sensor for detection of prescription drugs may be prof...

Hooked on fishing, and we're heading for the bottom, says scientist

...tes with "one foot deep in illegality," by landing illegal catches, and skirting existing laws through the use of tools such as flags of convenience. And, he says, public policy on marine fish conservation issues is distorted by the fact that most governments view fishing companies, and not their citizens, w...

New DNA 'fingerprinting' technique separates hemp from marijuana

... nutritious seed, and marijuana, the most abundant illegal drug of abuse in the United States, both belong to the species Cannabis sativa. They differ in levels of the psychoactive drug tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) but are otherwise difficult to tell apart. The technique holds promise for distinguishing differ...

Protecting endangered species helps reduce poverty

...m the forests. Other examples show that, in China, illegal and damaging activities in forested panda reserves declined when communities gained alternative sources of income, such as farming and animal husbandries supported by WWF. In Namibia, the creation of conservancies, where communities are jointly manag...

Illegal trade is propelling rare turtle toward extinction, new report

A new report released today finds that the illegal trade in the Roti Island snake-necked turtle, foun...urope, North America and East Asia are fueling the illegal trade for the turtle, often without realizing that they are contributing to its demise. No legal tr...

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