FSU scientist warns North Atlantic right whale facing extinction
... the initiatives don't lead to a reduction in ship strike mortalities without required changes in the operation of ships within right whale habitats and migratory corridors. And although the risk of fishing gear entanglements have been addressed through gear modifications and selective area closures, paper...Immune system's distress signal tells bacteria when to strike back
... weakness in the host and are ready and willing to strike whenever they find one." He and his colleagues, however, are testing an alternative theory: that "bacteria are perfectly content in their niche until signals from the host ?usually during stress, such as after major surgery ?let them know there's a p...UCLA cancer researchers shake loose hidden biomarker
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