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Spinal cord bridge bypasses injury to restore mobility

...ination of two strategies--one old and one new--in efforts to regenerate nerves in the spinal cord and restore movement, said Silver. For more than 100 years, researchers have used grafts of peripheral nerves from the rib area or parts of the leg. While peripheral nerves can be used successfully as grafts...

A dichotomy in migration patterns found for sea turtles in east Atlantic

...priate measures will be needed to regulate fishing efforts to reduce by-catch in the different environments. ...s from Mauritania to Guinea Bissau, indicates that efforts toward regulation and population monitoring will need to take place on a large scale. ...

Global study shows all tobacco bad for the heart

...bstantially after smoking cessation, public-health efforts to prevent people from starting the habit, and pro... "Canadians can be proud that we lead the world in efforts to prevent and reverse the trend in smoking. But we cannot rest on our laurels, and must do better ...

New tiger report release: Tiger habitat down from just a decade ago

...ng populations. The study finds that conservation efforts such as protection from poaching, preservation of ..., along with effective, science-based conservation efforts to bring the species back to all parts of its biological range." Synthesizing land use information...

Elephants, large mammals recover from poaching in Africa's oldest national park

...ast census, due in large part to the anti-poaching efforts of park guards who patrol this World Heritage Site...being slowed as a result, but it is clear that the efforts of ICCN and its partners are finally leading to a reduction in the level of poaching." Established ...

How satellite tracking revealed the migratory mysteries of endangered Atlantic loggerhead turtles

...s really is and how sophisticated our conservation efforts must be to safeguard these animals. Given the range these reptiles can cover an international cooperative effort in seven African states is needed to create a strategy that would protect them." Research* shows that in 2000 1.4 billion hooks were cas...

It's all in the genes

... implications. Consider, for example, conservation efforts to preserve biodiversity in the face of habitat de...plex biological communities function but to inform efforts to address the impact of human activities, such as landscape fragmentation, on stressed ecosystems a...

Brain enzyme treatment relieves memory lapse in Alzheimer's mice

...certainly a key player in Alzheimer's disease--and efforts to reduce it remain a worthy goal--our results show that, even in the presence of the plaque, damage to memory can be reversed." The findings suggest that neurons' protein-ridding machinery, the so-called ubiquitin/proteasomal pathway, may play an ...

Parasitic worms used to fight bowel disease

...ting for word on a new NIH grant that will support efforts to learn how the treatment works. "The bottom line right now is that we know none of the mechanisms of how this works," she said. Mansfield, as well as other researchers, also wants to apply this effort to a variety of autoimmune conditions, such a...

Mice lacking key immune component still control chronic viral infections

...nce. If so, that backup may become a new focus for efforts to design antiviral vaccines. "This surprising f...to other chronic infectious agents. Some current efforts to develop antiviral vaccines focus exclusively on portions of viral proteins likely to be picked up...

UF scientists test improved gene therapy method for hereditary heart conditions

...eart muscle known as dilated cardiomyopathy. But efforts to begin testing it in people have been slowed by the need to find ways to deliver corrective genes easily and efficiently, so they go where they are needed. A number of conditions, for example, affect both heart and skeletal muscle and will require ...

Speeding discovery of the 'human cancer genome'

...ms for filtering, annotating, and prioritizing the efforts of cancer geneticists and biologists will be essential to facilitate and accelerate the translation of our genomic knowledge into cancer drugs that will impact patient survival," she wrote. ...

UC Davis study finds HIV hiding from drugs in gut, preventing immune recovery

...us, the virus that causes AIDS, is able to survive efforts to destroy it by hiding out in the mucosal tissues... infection," she said. "We need to be focusing our efforts on improving treatment of gut mucosa, where massive destruction of immune cells is occurring. Gut-as...

Taking evolution's temperature: Researchers pinpoint the energy it takes to make a species

...e a bearing on concepts such as global warming and efforts to preserve diversity of life on Earth. "We've sh...y in terms of energy," Allen said. "This will help efforts to identify and model areas for protection and conservation." By observing changes in a unicellular...

Wisconsin scientists grow two new stem cell lines in animal cell-free culture

...stem cells in animal-product free media, but those efforts included the use of poorly defined or proprietary products, and no one has previously demonstrated derivation of new cell lines in defined conditions. The two new Wisconsin stem cell lines have survived for more than seven months in the new culture ...

Research tracks whales by listening to sounds

...ulses and calls of different whale species. Those efforts are leading to some surprising findings, including the discovery by a team of researchers of rare right whales swimming in the Gulf of Alaska. "There has been only one confirmed sighting of a right whale in the Gulf of Alaska since 1980, so discover...

Congenital rubella syndrome nearly eradicated in the US

...ation program to eliminate rubella is due to joint efforts by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, various state and local health departments, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the March of Dimes, according to the statement. Maintaining high...

Molecular force field helps cancer cells defend against attack

...s sharpening the focus of FAK-based drug discovery efforts to control cancer." ...

Scientist warns of threat to last stronghold of endangered turtle

... their migratory secrets and provide the basis for efforts to safeguard them. After fitting them with satellite trackers the team are using the internet to follow their journeys, which are among the longest in the animal kingdom. Dr Brendan Godley, of the University of Exeter, said: "Pacific leatherbacks h...

Efficiency, not more doctors, is the prescription for aging population

...sicians being trained, Goodman and his team write, efforts should be aimed at increasing the efficiency of medical practice and directing resources to care that has been proven to be effective. They point to large interdisciplinary (or multispecialty) group practices, a structure that has been in place in m...

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