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Retina adapts to seek the unexpected, ignore the commonplace

...rsity have found evidence that the retina actively seeks novel features in the visual environment, dynamica...his colleagues write in Nature. Rather, the system seeks to extract from the onslaught of raw visual information the few bits of data that are relevant to be...

Evolution of life on Earth may hold key to finding life in outer space

...research grant from NASA's Exobiology Program that seeks to understand life's origin. In addition to his E...' world, and research in NASA's Exobiology Program seeks to understand how this happened. The results of this type of research also help guide the search for...

Endocannabinoids ?the brain's cannabis ?demonstrate novel modes of action to stress

...atural products at higher dosages." Scottish team seeks social behavior answers Nancy Sabatier of the University of Edinburgh, noted that "cannabis, or marijuana, is a drug that is widely abused because of the effects it can have on our mood and our social behavior. Cannabis works this way because it act...

New tool reveals secrets of migrating cells

...s in fighting infections - or a killer T cell that seeks and destroys cells infected with virus. On the other hand, uncommitted or immature T cells, what they call meanderers, wander slowly and apparently randomly around the outer layer, or cortex, of the thymus, perhaps in search of that life-altering si...

Scientists reveal how disease bacterium survives inside immune system cell

...nfection. "This particular bacterium specifically seeks out neutrophils -- possibly the most lethal of all host defense cells -- and remarkably, can alter their function, multiply within them and thereby cause infection," says NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. Dr. DeLeo says the findings contrast wit...

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

...orillas in Western Equatorial Africa, the document seeks a multilateral response to the threats to populations of the western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) and the central African chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) that share the same habitat in six countries. The plan represents an urge...

UN environmental agency steps up battle against marine pollution

... Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, seeks to raise awareness on hazardous waste and marine pollution. The main area of cooperation is the environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes in order to prevent coastal and marine pollution and the two organizations will support each other w...

Measles Deaths Worldwide Drop By Nearly 40% Over Five Years

...ainable measles mortality reduction. The strategy seeks to achieve routine measles immunization coverage of at least 90% in every district and to ensure that every child from nine months to 14 years of age receives a "second opportunity" for measles immunization through routine services or supplementary i...

Turning viruses into allies against cancer

...chester, Minn., reported that the engineered virus seeks out and destroys liver cancer cells, leaving surrounding healthy tissue in tact. The iodine "transport" protein attached to the virus acts as a kind of homing beacon for radioactive iodine, providing a second line of attack against the cancer cells,...

New Treatment Rivals Chemotherapy For Lymphoma, Study Finds

...odine I 131 tositumomab, combines an antibody that seeks out cancer cells, and a radioactive form of the element iodine. When injected, it travels like a guided missile through the bloodstream to bind to a protein found on the surface of the cancerous cells. The radiation zaps these malignant cells with mi...

Gene therapy converts dead bone graft to new, living tissue

...rz spun off from his university research. The firm seeks to commercialize Schwarz's research findings on light-activated gene therapy and has licensed the technology from the university. Also taking part from the University of Rochester were Hiromu Ito, Mette Koefoed, Prarop Tiyapatanaputi, Kirill Gromov,...

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