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U of S Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization team discovers key step in flu virus replication

...n the findings. "Given the health, economic and social consequences of influenza epidemics, the work of Dr. Zhou and her team demonstrates the importance of building influenza research capacity in Canada," said Dr. Bhagirath Singh, Scientific Director of the CIHR Institute of Infection and Immunity. "...

Public Library of Science to launch new, open access journal on neglected tropical diseases

... causing lifelong disabilities, disfigurement, and social stigma. More information on neglected tropical diseases is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020336 . ...

Adolescent but not adult hamsters are more aggressive on low dose of fluoxetine

...s an animal model for studying the neural basis of social behavior, given how the rodents' youthful play fighting develops in clearly understood stages into adult aggression. In the study, researchers injected each of the experimental hamsters with high or low doses of fluoxetine. Two hours later, the...

Mirrors in the mind: New studies elucidate how the brain reflects onto itself the actions of others

...rm our understanding of the motor system's role in social cognition, and support previous suggestions that t...may have strongly influenced developments in human social evolution. ...

Very low birth weight linked to reduced quality of life in pre-school children

...when it came to physical, emotional, cognitive and social functions. They discovered that the very low birt...l intensive care units were also linked to reduced social function. The researchers suggest that this could be related to higher stress levels in early life a...

Renewed dolphin slaughter prompts new campaign

.... It is also increasingly clear that dolphins have social traditions and cultures, complex interdependent relationships, and strong family ties all of which are susceptible to disruption or even dissolution in the drives. "The scientific evidence is abundantly clear--the Japanese dolphin hunts are an assa...

Humpback whales have brain cells also found in humans

...ry and communicative abilities, as well as complex social behaviors. A new study published online November 2...ructure may relate to the extensive behavioral and social abilities of this mammal. Although brain to body mass ratio, a rough measure of intelligence, is low...

Singing for survival

... unusually complex vocal skills to deal with these social challenges. "Not unlike humans, gibbons assemble a finite number of call units into more complex structures to convey different messages, and our data show that distant individuals are able to distinguish between different song types and understand...

Study offers window into human behavior, brain disease

...In addition, because the disease erodes aspects of social behavior and emotions ?self awareness, moral reaso...ter and a co-author of the study, concurs. "The social and behavioral skills that you lose in frontotemporal dementia are so characteristically human, or a...

Honey bee genome holds clues to social behavior

...tep closer to understanding the molecular basis of social behavior in humans. "The honey bee (Apis millifera) has been called a model system for social behavior," said Saurabh (pronounced SAW-rub) Sinha, a professor of computer science and an affiliate...

A human taste for rarity spells disaster for endangered species

...rous animals to killing the rarest. The pursuit of social status and health can also trigger the anthropogenic Allee effect, as many rare species are coveted as luxury items--whether for handbags, exotic cuisine, or dining room furniture--or traditional medicines. The exotic pet trade continues to threaten ...

When nerve cells can't make contact

...pment or no language development at all, disturbed social behaviour and repetitive behaviour patterns. In ma... neuroligin-4 mutant mice obviously have disturbed social and anxiety behaviour. "If we succeed in measuring robust, autism-relevant behavioural changes in ou...

Trotting with emus to walk with dinosaurs

...s seem to support the idea that the dinosaurs were social animals, just like modern birds. Breithaupt remains cautious about over-interpreting the tracks, however. "Too often people will look at fossil tracks and start making interpretations," he said. "I was just very uncomfortable with all the arm...

Report highlights change in Canada's forests

...ents sought to balance environmental, economic and social factors affecting Canada's forests. "The future health of the forest industry will depend on how well we care for this resource, how efficient we are in its use, and how forward-looking we are at identifying product and market opportunities," said M...

New genetic analysis forces re-draw of insect family tree

...y arrangement also brings the different species of social insects, such as termites and bees, closer togethe...esting that the ability of insects to cooperate in social groupings may have evolved just once, rather than independently in several different species. ...

Looking to a new era in bee research

... A principal focus was on the complex honey bee social lifestyle and how it differs from other solitary lifestyle insects. This large communal effort is presented in the special issue of Nature (Honey Bee Genome Sequencing Consortium, 2006), published earlier this week, and in other companion papers. ...

Tests for 'face-blindness' reveal disorder may not be so rare

...s. The condition can be embarrassing and lead to social isolation: Severe prosopagnosics may mistake complete strangers for acquaintances even as they fail to recognize family members, close friends, spouses, and even themselves. Many report difficulty watching television shows and movies, since they cann...

Scientists' cell discovery unearths evolutionary clues

The full family tree of the species known as social amoebas has been plotted for the first time ?a bre...lar 'dictionary' of the 100 or so known species of social amoeba. Using this family tree, they have devised a model system to establish how single cell org...

Adults who go to bed lonely get stress hormone boost next morning

...study that takes a rare look at the physiological, social and emotional dynamics of day-to-day experiences i...," said Adam, assistant professor of education and social policy and faculty fellow at the Institute for Policy Research. The morning cortisol boost could ...

Mutant mice show key autism traits

...archers have developed a mouse that shows abnormal social interactions and brain hypertrophy characteristic ...nt mice showed major abnormalities in a variety of social interactions normally undertaken in mice, found the researchers. For example, they were far less lik...

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