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Mayo Clinic collaboration mining of ancient herbal text leads to potential new anti-bacterial drug

...n learn from them. But to make the most of what is fast becoming lost knowledge, we have to respect, preserve and work with traditional healing cultures," adds Eric Buenz, Ph.D., researcher for Minnesota-based BioSciential, LLC. Ancient Text Rumpf referred to himself as Rumphius, in the Latinized ...

How nature tinkers with the cellular clock

.... On the timescale of evolution this is incredibly fast for such a central process." To have a safety net... regulated systems like embryonic development. The fast evolution of temporal regulation also raises the question in how far general conclusions about regul...

Combination therapy shows promising results in patients with advanced lung cancer

... therapies such as chemotherapy, which targets all fast growing cells and often results in debilitating side effects. Reckamp characterized the side effects seen with the combination therapy as minor. The next step is a larger Phase II study to confirm the efficacy of the combination therapy and further ...

New strategy developed to combat West Nile Virus

... mingling with birds that are good carriers. "How fast and far it spreads from there depends on weather, terrain, vegetation, humidity, the types of birds that live in the region and even the number of housing developments in a given area," he added. "These are the variables that need to be studied acros...

Nanosecond-scale release of stinging jellyfish nematocysts

...nvolved were known, simply because discharge is so fast that it had not been previously resolved by conventional high-speed imaging. To clarify these issues, the researchers studied nematocyst discharge with an electronic framing-streak camera at a framing rate of 1,430,000 frames per second. They show d...

Report warns about carbon dioxide threats to marine life

...ned because corals may be unable to build reefs as fast as erosion wears away the reefs. "This threat is hitting coral reefs at the same time that they are being hit by warming-induced mass bleaching events," Langdon says. Mass bleaching occurs when unusually warm temperatures cause the coral to expel th...

Mechanism for neurodenegerative diseases linked to transport proteins

... anatomy and cell biology at UIC. "A breakdown in fast axonal transport would selectively kill neurons be...s to wonder if the deranged polyQ proteins inhibit fast axonal transport in several diseases, including SBMA, in which a mutation in the receptor for testos...

Triple threat polymer captures and releases

...nanoscopic, the water cannot get out, at least not fast enough to allow for a reorganization of the material, and therefore it just rigidifies the material." ...

Leptin found to control appetite and limb development in frogs

...ages of life, because they need to eat and grow as fast as possible to avoid being prey. For these tadpoles, the leptin signal isn't capable of turning the feeding behavior off, but it does apparently tell their bodies that they've had enough to eat now, and they can begin sprouting limbs. "Leptin gets ...

Compound in dairy products targets diabetes

...d ice cream with CLA. "Adult-onset diabetes is fast becoming an epidemic and is largely associated with poor diet and nutrition and other lifestyle issues," Vanden Heuvel says. The reason for the increase in diabetes may have to do with the ratio of so-called "good" and "bad" fats, with the average Am...

Large dinosaurs were extremely hot in their day, UF study finds

...gest dinosaurs may not have been running around as fast as in 'Jurassic Park,' they certainly were very active given their extreme size." Tyrannosaurus rex, one of the more familiar dinosaurs considered by the researchers, probably had a cruising temperature of about 33 degrees Celsius, which is just ov...

What's nature worth? New computer models tell all

... problem that this young science faces: creating a fast way for policy-makers to understand the specific ecosystem services in their area--and the impacts of different land use decisions--whether looking at a local watershed or whole continent. Over the next year, with an $813,000 grant from the Gordon ...

Mussels evolve quickly to defend against invasive crabs

...o the naïve northern stocks. "Although 15 years is fast to evolve better defenses to your predator, it can be painfully long if you're a shellfisherman," Byers adds. This paper is one chapter of Freeman's doctoral dissertation, which also explores how mussels respond to sea stars and to multiple predato...

A new look at the state of the oceans

...valuated by experts. This not only facilitates the fast development and expansion of the data base, but al... For the recording and description of new species, fast access to existing information is absolutely imperative. ...

Encoded metallic nanowires reveal bioweapons

...ious diseases or biological weapons are suspected, fast help is required. The first step is a reliable, sensitive, and unambiguous, yet also fast and simple, identification of the pathogen; preferably, this test should be carried out on the spot,...

Cornell researchers find serious fish virus in Northeast for first time

...er of trying to collect as much information and as fast as possible so we can to notify the DEC so they can make management decisions." Cornell's role is to diagnose and research the disease for the state agency. Bowser and colleagues are trying to develop a rapid diagnostic test, called a PCR (polymera...

Magnetism and mimicry of nature hold hope for better medicine, environmental safety

...ct and portable testing instruments that will work fast and require less power to operate, he says. It also holds promise for improving public safety and homeland security efforts, Picraux says. The method could aid in more quickly and accurately detecting and analyzing dangerous chemicals if they were ...

UF scientists restore sight to chickens with blinding disease

...ople who need these treatments now. But we work as fast as we can. You'll see the first treatments for some of these genetic eye diseases soon, especially after the groundwork for an approved therapy is laid and the therapy works." ...

How plants avoid feeling the burn

...tive effect to work. The group also measured how fast the electrons traveled across the carotenoid bridg... lengths, the team showed that the travel rate was fast enough to match or exceed measurements performed in the plant system. One of the greatest challenge...

Iron critical to ocean productivity, carbon uptake

...nt food supply. "So the plankton can disappear as fast as you've made them grow." ...

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