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Sudden change in social status triggers genetic response in male fish, study finds

...ersible dominance The PloS Biology study is the latest in a series of experiments from the Fernald lab on the behavior of Astatotilapia (Haplochromis) burtoni--one of hundreds of cichlid species that inhabit Lake Tanganyika and other freshwater lakes in East Africa. Like all cichlids, A. burtoni lives in...

Brazilians sequence genes of pig and poultry killers

...boratories published the sequencing results in the latest issue of Journal of Bacteriology. Brazil is the world's second biggest producer of chicken meat. According to the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), which participated in the sequencing study, Brazil produces 7.5 millions tonnes ...

Brains response to visual stimuli helps us to focus on what we should see, rather than all there is to see

..." he added. The Nature Neuroscience report is the latest published study in a series by Callaway and first author Yumiko Yoshimura, of both Salk and Japan's Nagoya University, that reveal how neurons in the brain's cortex are finely wired to pass on thought and perception. The brain cortex is the folded t...

Chernobyl: The true scale of the accident

...rus, Russia and Ukraine. "This compilation of the latest research can help to settle the outstanding questions about how much death, disease and economic fallout really resulted from the Chernobyl accident," explains Dr. Burton Bennett, chairman of the Chernobyl Forum and an authority on radiation effects....

Study provides insight into cellular defenses against genetic mutation

... revealed in quality surveillance systemWith their latest discovery, researchers have significantly advanced the understanding of how human cells protect themselves from constant and potentially destructive changes in gene expression. According to an article published in this month's Nature Structural &...

Software 'agents' could help unmask reality of disease clusters

...nmental pollution, according to researchers in the latest edition of the Journal of Biomedical Informatics . Data made available to research groups investigating everything from cancer clusters to the risk of living near to hazardous waste sites is often restricted, altered or aggregated in order to prote...

Prions rapidly 'remodel' good protein into bad, Brown study shows

...enerative diseases, the findings, published in the latest issue of Nature, may also help explain the progression of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases. Graduate student Prasanna Satpute-Krishnan and Assistant Professor Tricia Serio, both in Brown's Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biol...

Number Of Babies Born Prematurely Nears Historic Half Million Mark In U.S.

...e number one killer of newborns. We see from these latest statistics that the prematurity crisis in this country continues to intensify, and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina will only make it worse, " said Dr. Jennifer L. Howse, president of the March of Dimes. "Babies are dying and those who survive are ...

Scientists get first glimpse at how plants, most animals repair UV-damaged DNA

...e within a cell nucleus, said Zhong. But until his latest series of experiments, nobody knew how water affec...atory, and fully understanding it. Zhong hopes his latest study will change that. "Maybe now that we know how light, enzyme, and water work together to contr...

'Patient-choice' C-section rate rises 36%: HealthGrades study

...ighest rates of "patient-choice" C-sections in the latest year studied, 2003. The rates and percentage increase of the rate from 2001 to 2003 are in the following table: Percent Increase of "Patient-Choice" C-Sections by State(2001 ?2003) State % Increase 2001 2003 National ...

Researchers find ways to turn manure into power

...e studied ways to convert it into energy, but this latest push of legislation and research should result in more energy projects becoming a reality, Sweeten said. Research is concentrating on finding alternative uses for the growing supplies of manure, Sweeten said. Irrigated cropland use of manure as a fe...

New results validating Pall prion reduction filter disclosed at ISBT Congress

...ldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), emerge. An update on the latest measures to protect the public from the human form...le," said Dr. Coker. The sporadic CJD study is the latest in a series of studies of the filter's capability in reducing prions, including scrapie (a prion dis...

MSKCC researchers uncover structure of key protein complex in cells

...between conjugation of SUMO and ubiquitin that the latest findings could help researchers understand both. "...ng Institute, and an expert in ubiquitin, said the latest work "has given us a new view and a detailed understanding" of the process of sumoylation and should...

India's smoking gun: Dino-killing eruptions

...ng worked out. Chenet is scheduled to present the latest results of the team's work on Wednesday, 10 August...lleagues' new work on the Deccan Traps is just the latest in a series of discoveries which appear to weaken the case implicating the Chicxulub impact as the p...

NYU biologists map out early stages of embryo formation

... reactivated in cancer cells. The research is the latest in a series of studies conducted at NYU's Center for Comparative Functional Genomics in collaboration with researchers at Harvard and Yale Universities, which set the stage for these most recent findings. An essential aspect of these studies was the ...

Infectious disease expert warns of spread of Rocky Mountain spotted fever

...have the number of ticks. A detailed study of this latest outbreak by the United States Centers for Disease ...ase, which is almost never fatal," he says. In the latest study, researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control report on 16 cases in which two children ...

Virus uses tiny RNA to evade the immune system

In the latest version of the hide-and-seek game between pathogen...te small RNAs that serve their own purposes -- the latest chapter in the long cat-and-mouse game known to virologists as host-virus coevolution," the research...

New law for resolution allows unprecedented sharpness in fluorescence microscopy

...actor - a square root term [1,2]: In one of their latest publications [2], the Göttingen-based research team verifies this new law with their experiments. They show that even with conventional objectives and focused light, resolutions of 16 nm are feasible. Therefore for the first time ever, it has been de...

Researchers develop gene therapy to reverse pulmonary arterial hypertension

...of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, U of A. The latest research builds on previous work by the group, published a few months ago in Circulation Research, showing that an orally available drug, Dichloroacetate, selectively enhances apoptosis in PAH and thus reverses PAH, prolonging the survival of rats. B...

Disappearing arctic lakes linked to climate change

...ere had decreased over the last 50 years. In this latest study, comparing data from 1973 with findings from... soils found in permafrost. Data gathered from the latest measurements indicate that warming temperatures lead to increased numbers of surface water bodies in...

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