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Illegal trade is propelling rare turtle toward extinction, new report

...rried out under a permitting system. In Indonesia national quotas are in place for collection and export of the turtle but to date, no licenses for collection have been issued, nor transport permits issued for movement from the wild to point-of-export within Indonesia. ...

Avian flu modeled on supercomputer, explores vaccine and isolation options for thwarting a pandemic

Using supercomputers to respond to a potential national health emergency, scientists have developed a simulation model that makes stark predictions about the possible future course of an avian influenza pandemic, given today's environment of worldwide connectivity. The research, by a team of scientists fr...

One-third of adults with diabetes still don't know they have it

...Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), who analyzed national survey data from two periods--1988 to 1994 and 199...r from 1999 to 2002. The data were derived from a national sample of U.S. adults age 20 years and older who took part in the National Health and Nutrition Exam...

Chimpanzees can transmit cultural behavior to multiple 'generations'

...of only eight National Institutes of Health-funded national primate research centers, provides specialized scientific resources, expertise and training opportunities. Recognized as a multidisciplinary research institute, the Yerkes Research Center is making landmark discoveries in the fields of microbiology a...

Parasitic worms used to fight bowel disease

...niversity, researcher Linda Mansfield is part of a national team of scientists investigating the role that parasites can play in treating inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, in humans. Her research is part of a more than $10 million National Institutes of Health grant supporting the Food and Waterborne Disea...

Super-sized cassava plants may help fight hunger in Africa

...ent of cassava. In this work Sayre leads a team of national and international scientists focused on increasing the vitamin, mineral and protein content of the plant. ...

Tamoxifen for breast cancer prevention does not benefit most women

...oved if pharmaceutical prices were negotiated at a national level. At Canadian prices, for example, the researchers showed that taking tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer comes to $123,780 per year of life saved for women at the 1.67-percent risk level. In comparison, annual flu shots cost about $980 per yea...

DOE JGI finishes 100th microbial genome

...gy we can harness these capabilities." DOE JGI, a national user facility, has sequenced or is in the process of sequencing over 380 organisms, more than any other institution in the world. DOE JGI averages over 3.1 billion bases or letters of sequence generated per month, or roughly the equivalent of a huma...

Nutrition a major factor in rise in twin pregnancies

... Professor Jansen and his team reviewed Australian national birth statistics from 1920 to 2003 to determine the sex of babies at birth among multiple pregnancies. They found that the rate of dizygotic (DZ) twinning ?where two embryos are involved and half the twins will be of different sex - was relatively c...

Five surprising facts about starvation that could change the international agenda

...n. According to the authors, "wealth creation at a national level does not preclude the persistence of wasting on a large scale." For example, the United Arab Emirates, a wealthy country, has a wasting rate of 14%. "Similarly," state the authors, "both India and Brazil have shown remarkable rates of economic ...

Virus has 'catastrophic' affect on red squirrels, research shows

...London (ZSL), commented: "The cases seen by ZSL's national red squirrel disease surveillance programme clearly demonstrate the severity and debilitating nature of the squirrel poxvirus disease on red squirrels. "Given that the grey squirrel is an introduced species, and therefore the disease has occurred ...

Smooth sailing: 'cruise ship virus' tackled by UH, Baylor College of Medicine

...the "Cruise Ship Virus." This RCE is part of a national network of 10 other centers that support research focused on countering threats from bioterror agents and emerging infectious diseases. Each is comprised of a consortium of universities and complementary research institutions serving a specific geog...

Brighter future for giant panda?

...for the past thirty years, during which time three national surveys were carried out. The first two revealed alarming evidence of declines numbers of giant pandas. However, the most recent survey, carried out in 2002, showed the first evidence of a recovery, thanks largely to protection measures taken by the ...

UN review shows need to halt destructive fishing practice

...seas ?the 64 percent of ocean that lies beyond the national jurisdictions of any individual nation. Its review, ordered by the U.N. General Assembly in 2004, was based on reports from member states on steps taken to stop destructive high seas fishing practices. A draft version of the review posted July 14 o...

Today's babies are fatter babies

...o the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's national reference data, children with a weight-for-height index between the national 85th and 95th percentiles for age and gender are classified as at risk for becoming overweight, and ...

Diabetes hits 275 Australians each day as pandemic spreads

A new national health study funded by the NH&MRC, industry an...archers established a world-first by identifying a national representative sample of Australia's adult population and carrying out individual blood tests for di...

Smokers invite to test vaccine against nicotine addiction

...n California smokers over 18 are invited to join a national study to determine whether NicVax can help people abstain from smoking and help them avoid relapsing within the next 12 months. Participation is free and requires a one-year commitment to come to San Francisco for injections and follow-up visits. Th...

A new view on Lyme disease: Rodents hold the key to annual risk

...ed from 497 cases reported in 1982 (the first year national statistics were collected) to a record 23,763 in 2002. Lyme disease, like other zoonoses, is transmitted by a vector that picks up the pathogen during a blood meal from a vertebrate host. In the eastern and central United States, the spirochete b...

More than drought affecting wheat yields

...The Great Plains Diagnostic Network is a part of a national plant disease monitoring system, which is divided into five regions. The Amarillo facility, a satellite lab to one at Kansas State University, is operated under the Experiment Station's plant pathology program, headed by Dr. Charlie Rush. Samples ca...

'Smart' genetic therapy helps the body to heal itself

...th Professor Patrick Aubourg of INSERM, the French national medical research agency, at the Hospital Saint Vin... biotech company Prosensa BV, and supported by the national and international Duchenne Parent Projects, and governmental and charity funds, Dr. J. van Deutekom ...

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