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Scientists seek useful traits in wild cottons

...e." Gannaway and other scientists believe future progress in cotton breeding can only be achieved if sufficient genetic variability remains in global breeding stocks. The mission of the center's Crops Genetic Research Facility is to investigate the potential of useful traits lying undiscov...

DNA analysis suggests under-reported kills of threatened whales

...s for the "half-life" of an individual whale gives future researchers a good idea of how frequently they will need to survey markets. Whale meat is rarely frozen in Korea. It is usually par-boiled immediately after purchase by wholesalers or retailers and then sold over the next few weeks in thick slices...

Rare soft-shell turtle, nesting ground found in Cambodia

...es and its importance for conservation. For the future protection of the species, CI, WWF and the Cambodian Turtle Conservation Team plan to employ local community members to protect nesting beaches for the turtles and to conduct patrols during the dry season to prevent illegal fishing of the species pri...

Executable biology -- Computer science sheds light on animal development

.... These kinds of models hold great promise for future exploration of a variety of biological systems, explains lead EPFL researcher and biologist Dr. Jasmin Fisher. "Once a robust model has been built of a particular system, it can be used to get a global, dynamic picture of how the system responds to a...

Sleep quantity affects morning testosterone levels in older men

... changes in important hormone signals in the body, future studies are needed to determine the importance of these relationships for the health of older adults." Recent studies associate lack of sleep with serious health problems such as an increased risk of depression, obesity, cardiovascular disease and...

Discovery of 'master switch' for the communication process between chloroplast and nuclei of plants

...en looking for." The discoveries are critical to future research efforts in designing new generations of plants, Mittler said. "A lot of things that occur in the chloroplast are important for production, for growth, for response to the environment," he said. "So this is a very basic mechanism of communi...

City ants take the heat

...s of urban warming and identify suitable sites for future experiments," Weng said. ...

In Iran, cheetahs collared for the first time

... is an amazing milestone in securing the long-term future for the Asiatic cheetah," said Wildlife Conservati...ecific recommendations for conserving cheetahs for future generations. We are delighted that this international collaboration is producing such important outc...

Corals that can fight global warming may one day help fragile reefs

... continued warming trend." Yet there seems to be future promise for boosting the immunity of coral reefs, Harvell reported. Collaborators Rotem Effrony and Eugene Rosenberg in Tel Aviv, Israel, have isolated viruses that can consume several bacteria that are deadly to the more sensitive corals....

Rapid response was crucial to containing the 1918 flu pandemic

...rs have developed computer models to examine how a future pandemic influenza virus might spread and what interventions could minimize the impact. “Although the MIDAS models can’t predict the exact spread of a potential influenza pandemic, they have all suggested that introducing public health measures s...

Tundra disappearing at rapid rate

...n change will be quite considerable in response to future warming, potentially transforming tundra landscapes into open spruce woodlands," said Danby, who will also be participating in an International Polar Year project that will be examining treeline dynamics across the circumpolar north....

30+ AIDS vaccine clinical trials in 24 countries, research occurring on every continent

...will have significant implications for the field's future research and development efforts. The company will also soon be starting an additional Phase IIb trial with the same candidate in South Africa. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) estimates that 4.3 million people were new...

Jefferson scientists find rabies-based vaccine could be effective against HIV

...le. He says that the results indicate the need for future studies in larger groups of animals, and that these currently are underway. In addition, one key question remains unanswered: Is such a rabies-based vaccine feasible as an HIV vaccine in humans? ...

Human's ecological footprint in 2015 and Amazonia revealed

... level. They then utilize their results to project future levels of stressors. Restricting their data to...ntal impact was then estimated and used to project future levels of stressors. They found that increased affluence exacerbates environmental impacts and, when...

The sturdier sex? -- Study by Pittsburgh scientists finds female stem cells work better

...of Regenerative Medicine. "Based on these results, future studies investigating regenerative medicine should consider the sex of the stem cells to be an important factor. Furthermore, investigations such as ours could lead to a better understanding of sex-related differences in aging and disease and could e...

Imaging pinpoints brain regions that 'see the future'

...learly imagine or "see" oneself participating in a future event. Now, researchers from Washington Universi...show that remembering the past and envisioning the future may go hand-in-hand, with each process sparking strikingly similar patterns of activity within preci...

New details on how the immune system recognizes influenza

...looks for human antibody targets." Plans for the future include adding data on epitopes that are involved in autoimmune diseases and epitopes that trigger allergic and asthmatic reactions. Dr. Sette and his colleagues have also built numerous tools for analyzing and visualizing the data and for predicting...

LIAI completes world's most comprehensive analysis on influenza virus data

...se can be for all researchers in determining their future research plans. "This study focused on influenza because it is a major illness that kills 36,000 Americans each year and global concerns over the possible spread of the H5N1 avian flu. In the future, database information on other infectious disease...

Stress may help cancer cells resist treatment, research shows

...urnal of Biological Chemistry and will appear in a future print issue. Levels of epinephrine, which is produced by the adrenal glands, are sharply increased in response to stressful situations and can remain continuously elevated during persistent stress and depression, according to previous research. T...

Scientists uncover link between ocean's chemical processes and microscopic floating plants

...f NSF's Chemical Oceanography Program. Combining future experimental and modeling efforts will lead to a b...osphere and ocean, believes Wingenter. "To predict future climate more accurately, it's critical that we understand the outcome of increasing ocean acidificat...

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