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Primates on the brink

...iculture, logging, and the collection of fuel wood continues to be the major factor in the declining number of primates, according to the report. Hunting for subsistence and commercial purposes also is a major and insidious threat, especially in Africa and Asia. Live capture for the pet trade also poses a seri...

DOE JGI launches IMG public online microbial genome data clearinghouse

...C). "As the number of microbial genomes sequenced continues to rise, the genome analysis process becomes the rate-limiting step," said DOE JGI Director Eddy Rubin. "By integrating publicly available microbial genome sequence with DOE JGI sequences, the IMG system offers a powerful data management platform tha...

Census of Marine Life explorers surprised by diversity, density of Arctic creatures

...te tools to collect or see these creatures. "What continues to fascinate and motivate us all is the chance to record species never known before, to accurately map their range and understand their rapidly-changing habitat." Census of Antarctic Marine Life Whereas the Canada Basin is a deep, lidded bowl, rela...

Hopkins AIDS experts issue warning about global efforts to provide drug therapies

...mistakes as the number of people requiring therapy continues to grow. "Local health officials are faced with the unenviable and difficult task of having to decide who will get therapy and live, and who will have to do without and possibly die," he says. "But this dilemma is unavoidable because supply will fal...

Discovery of New Dopamine Action May Yield Alternative Psychiatric Drugs

...sts for hours. In fact, it may be that this effect continues for as long as dopamine remains in the system." This sustained action of dopamine may be particularly important for understanding psychiatric conditions, which are characterized by persistently high levels of the brain messenger, Beaulieu said. The ...

Study of energy and health in Africa focuses spotlight on charcoal and forest management

...he recent G-8 summit." "If the rapid urbanization continues - and all signs indicate that it will - then the trend is going to be toward greater charcoal use in Africa. It's the most affordable source of household energy," said Robert Bailis, graduate student at the Energy and Resources Group at UC Berkeley a...

Newest HIV drugs should be used with FUZEON(R)

...ssfully starting and remaining on treatment. Roche continues to roll out educational initiatives to support patients and physicians with the administration and use of FUZEON. ...

Discovery of an American salamander where it shouldn't be: Korea

...nearby Shandong area of China to look for more. He continues to be amazed at the new amphibian species being discovered - an increase of 40 percent in the number of known species in the last 20 years. Just recently, some 50 new frogs were discovered in heavily populated Sri Lanka. "It's a very paradoxical sit...

For first time, brain cells generated in a dish

...ade ago, scientists came to realize that the brain continues to produce small amounts of new cells even in adulthood, overturning the belief that people are born with a fixed amount of brain cells that must last them throughout their lives. In people, stem cells develop naturally into full-fledged brain cells...

Logging changed ecological balance for monkeys, damaged health

... doctoral student at the University of Florida. He continues the work at Illinois to better understand the interplay between habitat disturbance and primate conservations and health in Uganda. He is collaborating with veterinary pathobiologist Tony Goldberg and other researchers at Illinois, where state-of-the...

Affymetrix and ParAllele Launch Industry's Most Comprehensive Product Line for Targeted Genotyping

... doctoral student at the University of Florida. He continues the work at Illinois to better understand the interplay between habitat disturbance and primate conservations and health in Uganda. He is collaborating with veterinary pathobiologist Tony Goldberg and other researchers at Illinois, where state-of-the...

President Bush's cut to AIDS prevention in Africa would be devastating

... doctoral student at the University of Florida. He continues the work at Illinois to better understand the interplay between habitat disturbance and primate conservations and health in Uganda. He is collaborating with veterinary pathobiologist Tony Goldberg and other researchers at Illinois, where state-of-the...

Plant pathologists evaluate eco-friendly alternatives to methyl bromide

...mpact. It is critical that research in these areas continues to move forward so that the next phase-out does not result in decreased vegetable or ornamental production in Florida and the rest of the U.S.," Rosskopf said. Attempts to identify chemical alternatives to methyl bromide have led to the re-examinati...

Energy management in cells may hold key to cancer defense

...en obesity," said Witters. As Witters' laboratory continues to zero in on the central role of kinases in the treatment of disease, he acknowledges that this research is becoming more complex and multiple approaches are needed to find solutions. Witters believes that significant breakthroughs in science can o...

Envisat and ERS-2 reveal hidden side of Hurricane Rita

...cane Scale when the ASAR image was acquired. As it continues west through the Gulf of Mexico it has weakened to a still-dangerous Category Four. Rita is expected to make landfall on the Gulf coast during the morning of 24 September. ERS-2 joins in Rita observations The same day Envisat acquired its ASAR ...

UCSD study clarifies insulin's role in blocking release of energy in patients with type II diabetes

...onal balance has been thrown off, because the body continues to produce and store more triglyceride instead of breaking down the fat as released energy. “Somehow, insulin knows how to specifically block catecholamine-induced PKA, but not other molecules,?said Christopher Hupfeld, assistant professor of Medici...

Environmental lessons from tsunami as world's coastal population doubles

...lation is set to double by 2030 and global warming continues to exacerbate extreme weather conditions. The research team from Australia, US, Sweden and UK, led by Dr Neil Adger of the University of East Anglia, is calling for action that builds on the existing resilience of coastal environments and communitie...

LIAI scientists make major finding on potential smallpox treatment

...ral years. Kronenberg said that if further study continues to validate the safety and effectiveness of Dr. Crotty's finding, "we may one day see high-quality batches of anti-H3 antibody stockpiled around the world right along side the supplies of smallpox vaccine. "While we do have a smallpox vaccine, ther...

NASA satellite data provides rapid analysis of Amazon deforestation

...powerful eyes above - satellites. This technology continues to advance and a new study shows that NASA satellite images can allow scientists to more quickly and accurately assess deforestation in the Amazon. Researchers from the University of Maryland-College Park, Brazil's National Institute for Space Resea...

The making of a fat cell

...ed. The generation of fat begins before birth and continues throughout life. The first step in fat production involves proliferation of mesenchymal stem cells, followed by differentiation into fat cell precursors called preadipocytes. Mesenchymal stem cells can differentiate into various cell types, including...

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