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Worms know bad food when they smell it

...o fundamental to basic biology that it occurs in a broad range of species. Even worms, researchers have now... Similar forms of learning have been observed in a broad range of animals, including invertebrates such as snails and fish. "We don't know if they feel nause...

Genetic analysis of Asian elephants in India reveals some surprises

... served as important biogeographical barriers to a broad range of taxa and thus should be considered in future conservation planning." The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) is recognized by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) as an endangered species, with an estimated 22,700 to 32,400 individuals remainin...

Finding rewrites the evolutionary history of the origin of potatoes

... potato, we have identified a single origin from a broad area of southern Peru," says Spooner, who is also ...e multiple-origins theory was based in part on the broad distribution of potatoes from north to south across many different habitats, through morphological r...

Virtual microscopy project wins educational technology award

...on an ordinary PC screen, from any location with a broad band internet connection. The method allows free navigation in a specimen with stepless zooming, and educational annotations as well as overlay graphics to easily be added to the virtual slides. According to the researchers, all steps from processin...

Yale participates in global human genome initiative

... Founding members of the Global Initiative have a broad spectrum of biomedical research interests that will provide a forum for sharing research protocols, establishing experimental standards and developing ways to exchange and compare data. The continued interaction is expected to help optimize rapid, ge...

Clinical trial to test stem cell approach for children with brain injury

...y. Safety trials involve too few patients to draw broad conclusions about the effectiveness of treatment. But they can set the stage for larger-scale research. "All the preclinical data suggest this is a safe procedure with substantial information suggesting a possible treatment effect," Cox said. Bec...

New study examines how sense of smell affects mating and aggression in mice

... the wild-type males, Shah notes. "This suggests a broad and essential role for the MOE in regulating mating and aggression." More research is needed to understand the role of the olfactory system and human behavior, but clearly this is an important connection for people, according to Shah. "The booming ...

Scientists pinpoint inflammation gene

...ns up many potential avenues for intervention on a broad range of health issues." Along with Blangero, lead researchers in identifying the SEPS1 (Selenoprotein S) gene's influence on inflammation were Joanne Curran, Ph.D., and Ahmed H. Kissebah, M.D. Curran, who also is a geneticist at SFBR, was formerly...

Plants have a double line of defence

...asic component of the plant's immune system with a broad range of effects. However if PEN2 is missing, the...velopment of new kinds of "green fungicide" with a broad range of effects in the fight against plant diseases. ...

Earliest European Farmers Left Little Genetic Mark On Modern Europe

...dividuals who will ultimately require care, making broad access to treatment more achievable and sustainable." Future challenges for strengthening HIV prevention New data show that in Latin America, Eastern Europe and particularly Asia, the combination of injecting drug use and sex work is fuelling epide...

Russian 'surrogate' alcohols are a killer

... products being consumed, dividing them into three broad groups: "samogon" (home-produced spirits, also known as "moonshine" in North America); medicinal compounds, essentially tinctures containing herbal remedies; and other spirits (mainly aftershave products and cleaning fluids). Commercially produced v...

2005 AIDS figures released by WHO and UNAIDS

...dividuals who will ultimately require care, making broad access to treatment more achievable and sustainable." Future challenges for strengthening HIV prevention New data show that in Latin America, Eastern Europe and particularly Asia, the combination of injecting drug use and sex work is fuelling epide...

CO2 sensing proves critical for fungal pathogens to adapt to life in air and human hosts

... between CO2 sensing and fungal virulence may have broad implications for the study of microbial pathogens and the role of adenylyl cyclase in virulence trait regulation by CO2. Furthermore, it may in time facilitate the development of a new class of antimicrobial agents. ...

Anti-cancer Compound In Beer Gaining Interest

...gs that prevent the formation of cancers. With its broad spectrum activity, presence in food products, and ability to inhibit cancer at low concentrations, xanthohumol might be a good candidate for that list, experts say. Xanthohumol also appears to have a role as a fairly powerful antioxidant - even more...

Chernobyl: The true scale of the accident

...efits under funded. Also, benefits were offered to broad categories of "Chernobyl victims" that expanded to seven million now receiving or eligible for pensions, special allowances and health benefits, including free holidays and guaranteed allowances. Chernobyl benefits deprive other areas of public spend...

Genomatix Microarray Analysis Pipeline achieves Affymetrix GeneChip compatible?status

...lications Program, which provides customers with a broad spectrum of software solutions for biomedical rese...yEdition. With those products Genomatix provides a broad set of solutions for Affymetrix GeneChip users, including analysis of data from Affymetrix whole-gen...

Scientists discover new way to look at how molecules twist and turn on water

...ichmond said. "This is a general approach that has broad implications for a variety of chemically and biologically important applications." "With the head groups of these molecules happy to be surrounded by water molecules at the water surface and their tails preferring to stick up out of the water, exten...

UF scientist finds unexpected link between cat and human AIDS viruses

...cross-reactive regions of AIDS viruses can provide broad immunity, and may be useful against viruses that are currently evolving in a new host, such as HIV infection of humans," Yamamoto said. Alan L. Landay, a professor of immunology and microbiology and associate department chairman at Rush University M...

Human brain is still evolving

...ressure of natural selection. "We want to know how broad a trend these two genes represent," said Lahn. "Did we get really lucky and hit on two rare examples of such genes? Or, are they representative of many other such genes throughout the genome. I would bet, though, that we will find evidence of selecti...

Nanotechnology to provide portable genetic risk detection

...mination in food or water pollution. "There are a broad variety of applications for this system, although the main market is in biomedicine," explains OPTONANOGEN coordinator Laura Lechuga at the National Microelectronics Centre (CNM) in Spain. "Though commercial biosensing systems exist they are larger a...

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