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UCLA scientists reveal how Nipah virus infects cells

...tein to part of a human antibody, like a worm on a fishing hook. When they placed this bait on cells at risk for Nipah infection, the antibody attached to a receptor on the cell surface. When placed on Nipah-resistant cells, however, the bait did not bind to the cell. The scientists used an instrument that ...

Virulizin granted orphan drug status in Europe

...d which are severely threatened by entanglement in fishing gear and recommended nine urgent priorities for ac...ins and porpoises that could recover if changes to fishing methods and other conservation efforts are made includes harbor porpoises in the Black Sea, where th...

Novel targets found for the development of drugs to complement, or replace, statins

...d which are severely threatened by entanglement in fishing gear and recommended nine urgent priorities for ac...ins and porpoises that could recover if changes to fishing methods and other conservation efforts are made includes harbor porpoises in the Black Sea, where th...

Canada's first embryonic stem cell lines

...d which are severely threatened by entanglement in fishing gear and recommended nine urgent priorities for ac...ins and porpoises that could recover if changes to fishing methods and other conservation efforts are made includes harbor porpoises in the Black Sea, where th...

Leading scientists rank endangered dolphins, porpoises most in need of immediate action

...d which are severely threatened by entanglement in fishing gear and recommended nine urgent priorities for ac...ins and porpoises that could recover if changes to fishing methods and other conservation efforts are made includes harbor porpoises in the Black Sea, where th...

Scientists to mimic nature for newest cancer drugs

... due to collisions with ships and entanglements in fishing gear. "This is in our power to control," said Now...orida, regions heavily used by the military and by fishing and shipping industries. Despite international protections since 1935, it remains one of the most en...

FSU scientist warns North Atlantic right whale facing extinction

... due to collisions with ships and entanglements in fishing gear. "This is in our power to control," said Now...orida, regions heavily used by the military and by fishing and shipping industries. Despite international protections since 1935, it remains one of the most en...

Scientists discover global pattern of big fish diversity in open oceans

...t. Teasing apart the effects of climate change and fishing over the past 50 years, the authors show a clear l...ch only five. "It's not yet extinction; it's local fishing out of species," says Myers. "Where you once had a range of a species in dense numbers, now you migh...

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

...on the northern ocean such as energy exploitation, fishing and shipping. The research compares species distribution in the shelf, slope and deep sea regions (the deep sea is generally agreed to begin at 1,000 meters). Investigations of the seawater's physical and chemical properties augment this biological ...

Young Blood Revives Aging Muscles, Stanford Researchers Find

...tors in the blood is no small task. "It's as big a fishing expedition as you can possibly imagine," he said. With thousands of proteins, lipids, sugars and other small molecules in the blood serum, deciding where to look first would be tantamount to a roll of the dice. What's more, there's no evidence that t...

Internet viruses help ecologists control invasive species

...h), and because humans transport the eggs on their fishing gear and pleasure boats. Professor Norman Yan of Ontario's York University has demonstrated that predation by the spiny water flea causes an average loss of three zooplankton species. Thus, as the species spreads, it could cause loss of thousands of...

Oceans more vulnerable to agricultural runoff than previously thought, study finds

...sity and one of Mexico's most important commercial fishing centers. "Biological productivity in most of the world's oceans is controlled by the supply of nutrients to the surface water," wrote the authors, who are all affiliated with Stanford's School of Earth Sciences. "The Gulf of California contains some...

Solutions that reduce death of marine life reeled in by International Smart Gear Competition

...nile fish, and sea turtles that become ensnared by fishing nets and longlines--a problem known as bycatch--wh... team who tinkered with the chemical properties of fishing ropes and nets; and a team of Indian scientists familiar with the challenges of changing fishing pra...

South America's vast pantanal wetland may become next everglades, UNU experts warn

...raditional Pantanal commodities ?mainly cattle and fishing ?cannot compete in today's marketplace," says UNU-PREP Director Dr. Teixeira. "Traditional farmers are selling their land to outsiders and large scale agriculture is taking place in the high-lands surrounding the Pantanal. In most cases, these newcom...

Same mutation aided evolution in many fish species, Stanford study finds

...etimes need to put on the hip waders, pull out the fishing net and go learn how their theory compares to the real world. According to a Stanford University School of Medicine study published in the March 25 issue of Science, Mother Nature is more predictable than lab experiments suggest. In a diverse group ...

FDA Approves Human Hookworm Vaccine for Phase I Safety Trials

...t of the NMD complex, Upf1, as bait in a molecular fishing expedition. With this approach, proteins that naturally interact with the bait will be pulled out of the pool of cellular proteins. They found that Upf1 grabbed onto Staufen1 (Stau1). Stau1 is a well-known RNA binding protein and some of its functio...

A new mechanism of regulating RNA degradation

...t of the NMD complex, Upf1, as bait in a molecular fishing expedition. With this approach, proteins that naturally interact with the bait will be pulled out of the pool of cellular proteins. They found that Upf1 grabbed onto Staufen1 (Stau1). Stau1 is a well-known RNA binding protein and some of its functio...

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