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Ultrasounds show mothers' drinking shrinks fetal brain

...nd data from 167 pregnant women who had reported a history of hazardous drinking before pregnancy. Of these, 97 were classified as heavy drinkers. The study compared the fetal growth measures among drinkers who quit after learning of their impending motherhood to those among women who continued to drink. W...

Pitt professor's theory of evolution gets boost from cell research

...im. Schwartz, who also is a Pitt professor of the history and philosophy of science, was named a fellow in Pitt's Center for the Philosophy of Science and a fellow of the prestigious World Academy of Arts and Science. ...

Minimal genome should be twice the size, study shows

...modelling which, given the organism's evolutionary history and knowledge of its surrounding environment, allows them to predict which genes a bacterium's genome should contain. "Previous attempts to work out the minimal genome have relied on deleting individual genes in order to infer which genes are essent...

Contagious obesity? Identifying the human adenoviruses that may make us fat

...f infectious diseases, no other chronic disease in history has spread so rapidly, and the etiological factors producing this epidemic have not been clearly identified." "It makes people feel more comfortable to think that obesity stems from lack of control," Whigham said. "It's a big mental leap to think yo...

Primates harvest bee nests in Ugandan reserve

...ill continue unless more funding for basic natural history research is forthcoming," asserts Roubik. ...

Human trial proves ricin vaccine safe, induces neutralizing antibodies; further tests planned

...ing in humans, and the biological agent has a long history of use in espionage. Participants in the study, however, reported only mild side effects that were consistent with any intramuscular vaccine injection, such as a sore arm or mild headache that might be experienced with a tetanus or a flu shot, said ...

Tropical Atlantic cooling and African deforestation correlate to drought, report scientists

... just off the coast of Cameroon, to understand the history of climate in the area for the past 10,000 years. The cores contain foraminifera, tiny plankton shells that are composed of calcium and trace elements. By studying the ratios of magnesium and calcium in the shells, the scientists are able to correlat...

Setting the standard for computer models of life

...el if they need more information, and to track the history of a model if it has been modified. MIRIAM's creators include representatives of four major repositories for models (BioModels Database, CellML Model Repository, DOQCS and SigPath), all of which are now in the process of making the models in their ...

Sooner is better with cochlear implants, Stanford scientist shows

...re out what someone is saying. Knudsen has a long history of studying the ability of the brain to adapt to new circumstances and learn new skills. But most of his work is done with owls. The inspiration for the study in children came from a casual talk between Knudsen and Nathan Fox, PhD, director of the Un...

Researchers use 'trickery' to create immune response against melanoma

...ors associated with prostate cancer include family history of the disease, age (predominantly men over 50 years of age) and a diet high in red meat and dairy products.3 Once the cancer has been diagnosed it is graded and staged to assess the aggressiveness of the tumour and how far it has spread, and for ev...

Targeted drug delivery achieved with nanoparticle-aptamer bioconjugates

...ors associated with prostate cancer include family history of the disease, age (predominantly men over 50 years of age) and a diet high in red meat and dairy products.3 Once the cancer has been diagnosed it is graded and staged to assess the aggressiveness of the tumour and how far it has spread, and for ev...

Dog genome sequenced

...ing and gene therapy. The book also deals with the history of dog breeds, the American Kennel Club, dog shows, and dogs as helpers. How canine chromosomes crumble In a special dog genome section of the journal Genome Research , University of Oxford researchers Dr. Caleb Webber and Prof. Chris Ponting ...

Scientists fetch useful information from dog genome publications

...ing and gene therapy. The book also deals with the history of dog breeds, the American Kennel Club, dog shows, and dogs as helpers. How canine chromosomes crumble In a special dog genome section of the journal Genome Research , University of Oxford researchers Dr. Caleb Webber and Prof. Chris Ponting ...

Performing monkeys in Asia carry viruses that could jump species to humans

...e prevalent than bushmeat hunting. Asia has a long history of performing monkeys, and initial studies indicate that the performances can include very close, physical contact between the animals and human spectators ?monkeys crawling on people, for instance. Such contact might increase the risk of a bite, scr...

Students discover 11,000 year old remains of Irish Elk

A group of history students have discovered the antler of an Irish Elk in cliffs near Kirk Michael on the Isle of Man. Although the exact age of the antler has yet to be determined, the position of the remains indicates that the elk (Megaloceros giganteus) lived arou...

Fossil find: 'Godzilla' crocodile had head of a dinosaur, fins like a fish

.... rex-like snout ?have earned it a unique place in history ?and the nickname “Godzilla.?/p> Diego Pol, a ...n the size and shape of the teeth and snout in the history of marine crocs,?Pol said. The three fossil specimens were found in 1996 ?one on farmland in the Me...

'Creationism is not science' ?making the case for Darwin at UCL

...um. The outcome of that will surely go down in the history books." ...

New book highlights world's borderless conservation areas

...rs" Transboundary Conservation Area--exploring the history and increasing popularity of protecting some of the most biologically rich territory on Earth. "This new book shows how transboundary conservation areas have a very special role in international conservation," said Russell A. Mittermeier, Ph.D., pre...

Missing fossil link 'Dallasaurus' found

...gether an understanding of the anatomy and natural history of Dallasaurus from the bones Turner discovered an...riatic. "Lizards had nearly 150 million-year-long history on land; then in the Late Cretaceous, the final stage of the age of dinosaurs, one group moved into ...

Viagra's hidden help for wildlife

...reatment of erectile dysfunction. So despite their history of using traditional medicines and their alleged suspicions of Western medicine, the men we interviewed chose the product that works best." These findings are consistent with previous research by the von Hippels showing evidence of a post-Viagra d...

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