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Mine runoff continues to provide clues to microbial diversification

...organisms and should lead to developments in human health and bioremediation.? The combination of mass spectrometry support from ORNL researchers with extensive reconstruction of genomes from community genomic data at UC Berkeley was key to this work, said Jill Banfield, who led the project. Banfield, a p...

Researchers identify gene involved in dog size

... of traits, including those that have an impact on health and disease.? The branch of the canine family tr...y in dogs helps us understand some aspect of human health and biology.? In addition to Ostrander and her colleagues at NHGRI, the team included researchers ...

Vitamins: Science doesn't always match policy

...y healthier, it might not be feasible to attribute health outcomes to vitamin use until we have more informa...marketing, rather than those that make unjustified health claims." "In particular, issues needing more attention include the content and labeling of vitam...

Arsenic in chicken feed may pose health risks to humans, C&EN reports

...senic-based additive used in chicken feed may pose health risks to humans who eat meat from chickens that ar...there is “no reason to believe there are any human health hazards?associated with the use of roxarsone. ...

Pitt study notes decline in male births in the US and Japan

...s. We also know that nutritional factors, physical health and chemical exposures of pregnant women affect their ability to have children and the health of their offspring. We suspect that some combination of these factors, along with older age of paren...

The penalty of having a sister -- why sibling sex matters for male saiga antelopes

...itters have been shown to have an impact on animal health elsewhere in the animal world. In dairy cows for example, it is well known that calves from mixed litters are less fit. Female heifers from mixed litters are generally infertile. But unlike dairy cows, in cases of saiga mixed-sex twins, the male foet...

Brown cancer biologists identify major player in cell growth

...logy research for Lifespan, Rhode Island's largest health care system. "This discovery not only adds to our basic understanding of cell division, it could lead to better cancer drugs. And they're needed. Cancer touches everyone." During the cell cycle, the four-phase process of cell division, there is a ...

Horse genome assembled

...of scientists to use genomics to address important health issues for equines, known as the Horse Genome Project ( www.uky.edu/Ag/Horsemap/ ). The horse whose DNA was used in the sequencing effort is a Thoroughbred mare named Twilight from Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. Researchers obtained the DNA from ...

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

...ontinuing problem of seasonal influenza and public health concerns over the possible spread of the H5N1 avia...an. "This is understandable given the ethical and health issues of testing a potential pathogen in humans," Wilson said. "However, based on this information...

Study calculates patient time costs associated with cancer care

...s and then convey them to patients, providers, and health insurers. ...

Woman's Day and For Womens of Science

The health risks posed by mercury contaminated fish is suffic...f mercury in the atmosphere, the socioeconomic and health effects of mercury pollution on human populations, and its effects on the world's fisheries and wild...

'Marathon mice' elucidate little-known muscle type

...suggests new ways to modulate muscle fiber type in health and disease."...

Mercury contamination of fish warrants worldwide public warning

The health risks posed by mercury contaminated fish is suffic...f mercury in the atmosphere, the socioeconomic and health effects of mercury pollution on human populations, and its effects on the world's fisheries and wild...

Bypassing eggs, flu vaccine grown in insect cells shows promise

...lu vaccine manufacturing process is one option for health officials seeking to protect the population from seasonal flu as well as a potential bird-flu pandemic. Using eggs to grow vaccine takes time; a flu vaccine that relies on a different technology is capable of being produced in large amounts much more...

NIAID DNA vaccine for H5N1 avian influenza enters human trial

...a potentially life-saving advance against a global health threat," notes NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M....g infectious disease threats and to improve public health preparedness." Highly pathogenic avian influenza A viruses, specifically H5N1, have emerged in th...

Misusing vitamin to foil drug test may be toxic; plus, it doesn't work

...will alert emergency medicine physicians and other health care providers to this hazardous practice." ...

Soft-cell approach cuts animal tests

...l air pollutants are already known to have adverse health effects on the respiratory system of workers. Incr... is known about their toxicity and safety to human health but this new category of pollutants poses possible dangers, both medically and environmentally, espe...

Hotspots of mercury contamination identified in eastern North America

...r way will be needed to eliminate the element as a health risk to humans or to populations of loons. ...

Are one-third of costly implanted heart devices unnecessary? New study suggests yes

...used in the decision-making process. The patients' health and the causes of any deaths were tracked for up to three years. After that time, the data were analyzed by researchers from the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center and VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, in cooperation with the Ohio team. ...

3-D ultrasound identifies women at risk for impending preterm birth

...n San Francisco. Preterm birth is a major public health problem with lasting repercussions on families and society. The authors found that the ultrasound measurements could identify a preterm risk of delivery within five days of the measurement. "Our results suggest that examining the fetal adrenal gla...

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