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

...ened by bycatch that will most likely benefit from immediate action and will continue to languish without intervention. The list of dolphins and porpoises that could recover if changes to fishing methods and other conservation efforts are made includes harbor porpoises in the Black Sea, where thousands of por...

Canada's first embryonic stem cell lines

...ened by bycatch that will most likely benefit from immediate action and will continue to languish without intervention. The list of dolphins and porpoises that could recover if changes to fishing methods and other conservation efforts are made includes harbor porpoises in the Black Sea, where thousands of por...

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

...ened by bycatch that will most likely benefit from immediate action and will continue to languish without intervention. The list of dolphins and porpoises that could recover if changes to fishing methods and other conservation efforts are made includes harbor porpoises in the Black Sea, where thousands of por...

New imaging technology shown to detect pancreatic inflammation in type 1 diabetes

...technology may be helpful in identifying people at immediate risk of developing autoimmune diabetes, but most of all for early prediction of response to therapy, which might be very useful for reducing the time and cost of clinical trials. "Because the results in mice looked so good, and because our MGH collea...

AIDS expert says global strategy needed to combat feminization of HIV/AIDS

...ys that eventually societal changes will help, but immediate and faster action requires coordinated efforts to focus on women, develop effective microbicides that women can use themselves and a gender-specific vaccine program that takes into account the different immune responses between women and men. Cultur...

Beauty queens urge girls not to sacrifice their bones

...will occur in Asia. All women and men should take immediate action to review their life styles and take the IOF One Minute Osteoporosis Risk Test. Maximum bone development takes place in girls and boys roughly between ages 11-17. By building peak bone mass during this period, young people "invest in their bo...

Study identifies gene in mice that may control risk-taking behavior in humans

...? It's a completely unexplored question; it is the immediate next question you would go to if you want to understand how this gene impacts human behavior." ...

Leptin-signaling Protein Maintains Normal Body Weight And Energy Balance In Mice

...and policy development also need improvement. "An immediate investment of around $60 million would kick-start a five-pronged strategy that can quickly improve the contribution of fish to African food security." 1. Support capture fisheries Although aquaculture has great growth potential, capture fisheries...

Crisis in African fish supplies looms, experts warn Africa leaders

...and policy development also need improvement. "An immediate investment of around $60 million would kick-start a five-pronged strategy that can quickly improve the contribution of fish to African food security." 1. Support capture fisheries Although aquaculture has great growth potential, capture fisheries...

UNC computer, marine scientists collaborate to predict flow of toxic waters from Katrina

In the immediate wake of Hurricane Katrina, scientists and research centers from across the country came together to generate information on the contaminated floodwaters and offer it to hazardous materials experts and public health officials. In a matter of hours, t...

Investigating 'brain shrinkage' in alcoholics

...n, including alcoholism, are much more affected by immediate than delayed rewards. A hallmark of addictive substances is that they provide an immediate reward in the intoxicating experience. When actively drinking, an individual's inhibition processes ...

Fruit fly studies open new window on cancer research

...Although research into fruit flies may not seem an immediate priority, only fundamental research such as this can provide us with the understanding that leads to new applications. New treatments for illnesses such as cancer will only be found as we increase our knowledge of basic biological processes." ...

Researchers devise new technique for creating human stem cells

... It is more likely that the new technique will see immediate use in helping to accelerate understanding of how embryonic cells "reprogram" somatic cells to an embryonic state. The researchers published their findings in the August 26, 2005, issue of the journal Science . Senior author Kevin Eggan and Howard ...

Scientists to mimic nature for newest cancer drugs

...ent of right whales. The scientists recommend the immediate implementation of interim emergency rules to address the current crisis and emphasize the need for renewed support now from the U.S. Congress and research community as well as the fishing industry. ...

FSU scientist warns North Atlantic right whale facing extinction

...ent of right whales. The scientists recommend the immediate implementation of interim emergency rules to address the current crisis and emphasize the need for renewed support now from the U.S. Congress and research community as well as the fishing industry. ...

Biologists determine genetic blueprint of social amoeba

... The international team's achievement will have an immediate application for biomedical researchers, who can now mine the Dictyostelium genome for a host of genes that cause human disease, thus gaining a new and efficient way to study those human diseases with a simple organism in their laboratories. For evol...

Green catalyst destroys pesticides and munitions toxins, finds Carnegie Mellon University

... EPA, they are toxic to aquatic life. They produce immediate toxic effects to the nervous system, and some reports have implicated them as possible endocrine disruptors. Many of these compounds cannot be destroyed by existing means. The catalyst, one of a family of catalysts called Fe-TAMLs (TAML stands for t...

New Vaccine To Be Used For First Time In Polio Outbreak Response

...rts fear that the number of cases will rise in the immediate future. Teams of WHO and Ministry of Health epidemiologists and paediatricians remain on the ground, to investigate and control the outbreak and to intensify the planning for appropriate supplementary immunization activities. Four cases of polio we...

Poaching, logging, and outbreaks of Ebola threaten central African gorillas and chimpanzees

...n urgent appeal to the international community for immediate action, before the damage is irreversible. While ...can Republic, and Equatorial Guinea - that require immediate help. Seven "exceptional sites" have ape populations exceeding 2,000 in a large area (8,232 to 41,90...

Researchers discover mechanism for multiplying adult stem cells

...mply flipping a single gene on and off has such an immediate effect on a tumor was unexpected, even though Oct4 is known to be active in certain forms of testicular and ovarian cancer. Still, the most provocative finding was that "Oct4 causes tumors by preventing adult stem cells in these tissues from differen...

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