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New mechanism for nutrient uptake discovered
...rs suggests that the regulation is still necessary today for all of these organisms—cyanobacteria in the ocean, fungi that grow on grapes and make our wine, plants that provide our food—and even in our kidneys, which excrete nitrogen. We also suspect other different types of transporters will be discovered...Trusting your instincts leads you to the right answer
...ust your instincts. The research, published online today in the journal Current Biology, shows that, in some cases, instinctive snap decisions are more reliable than decisions taken using higher-level cognitive processes. Participants, who were asked to pick the odd one out on a screen covered in over 650...Early-stage sperm cells created from human bone marrow
... sperm cells are created. The research published today (Friday, April 13 2007), in the academic journal Reproduction: Gamete Biology, was carried out in Germany* by a team of scientists led by Professor Karim Nayernia, formerly of the University of Göttingen but now of the North-east England Stem Cell In...Autism gene identified by researchers at Yale working with a global research consortium
...sm in children. The findings are published online today in Nature Genetics and also will be published in the journal’s March print edition. They are based on the largest-ever autism genome scan. Over 120 scientists from over 50 institutions who formed the Autism Genome Project (AGP) performed the research...Fighting to keep Darwin in the classroom
...utely opportune in its mission. It is much needed today for European audiences as well, where some conservative and religious leaders have grasped the political power of the tricky ideas of 'intelligent design.' For such a project, education is the main pathway." ...Phthalates now linked to fat, related health risks
... University of Rochester. The study was published today in the online edition of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. "Substantial declines in testosterone levels and sperm quality have been observed in the United States and other countries over the last several decades which and it urgently ...Is there a pilot in the insect?
...e been tried and tested for millions of years, and today they need to be applied to aerospace, because the phases in which an airship or a space module navigates close to the ground are absolutely crucial. The researchers and CNRS have filed an international patent for the "fly automatic pilot". ...Massey researchers induce cell death in leukemia
...ginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center today presented preclinical research at the American Association of Cancer Research's annual meeting suggesting the potential of a new combination treatment for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). In this study, led by Steven Grant, M.D., Massey's assoc...UCSF brain tumor vaccine trial shows promising results
...rain Tumor Research Center. Results were presented today (April 16) at the 75th annual meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons in Washington, DC. “In this trial, we have observed a correlation between immune response as a result of vitespen vaccination and potential clinical benefi...Hofmeyr skull supports the 'Out of Africa' theory
...es at Stony Brook University in New York published today in Science magazine has dated the skull to 36,000 years ago. This skull provides critical corroboration of genetic evidence indicating that modern humans originated in sub-Saharan Africa and migrated about this time to colonize the Old World. (Scienc...Breakthrough in understanding type-2 diabetes as key genes identified
...2 diabetes have been identified, scientists report today in a new study. The research, published online in Nature, is the first time the genetic makeup of any disease has been mapped in such detail. It should enable scientists to develop a genetic test to show an individual their likelihood of developing ...Canada's new government invests $200M in the fight against the mountain pine beetle
The Government of Canada today announced measures to fight the mountain pine beetle and address its impacts on communities and forests in British Columbia. The Federal Mountain Pine Beetle Program will provide $200 million to minimize the consequences of the beetle infestation and...Warming oceans threaten Antarctic glaciers
...st one type of glacier in Antarctica is retreating today ?those that are seated in deep submarine basins and flow directly into the oceans. These glaciers are vulnerable to small changes in ocean temperature, such as those that have occurred over the 20th century, and those predicted for the 21st century. ...A case of mistaken identity for the ivory-billed woodpecker?
...be a case of mistaken identity. Research published today in the open access journal BMC Biology shows how fleeting images thought to be the Ivory-billed Woodpecker Campephilus principalis could be another native woodpecker species. J. Martin Collinson compared David Luneau's Arkansas video footage from Ap...Researchers first to map gene that regulates adult stem cell growth
...he University of Kentucky published their findings today in Nature Genetics, an international scientific journal. The researchers genetically mapped a stem cell gene and its protein product, Laxetin, and building on that effort, carried the investigation all the way through to the identification of the g...Out of Africa -- Bacteria, as well
...cts of human history that are still hotly disputed today if we analyzed H. pylori in conjunction with human data." For example, after leaving East Africa, the H. pylori population spread through limited localities in southern Africa, West Africa, Northeast Africa, India and East Asia. The genes of bacteria...Global 'sunscreen' has likely thinned, report NASA scientists
...lobal surface temperatures. The finding, published today in the journal Science, may lead to an improved understanding of recent climate change. In a related study published last week, scientists found that the opposing forces of global warming and the cooling from aerosol-induced "global dimming" can occu...New research shows that flu is a trigger of heart attacks
...according to the authors of a new report published today (Wednesday 18 April) in the European Heart Journal. Their research shows that influenza epidemics are associated with a rise in deaths from heart disease and that flu can actually trigger the heart attacks that result in death. However, only about 6...Application of Genomatix in silico methods reveals novel cancer associated genes
...any with headquarter in Munich (Germany), released today that researcher in Dublin, Ireland and Boston, U.S.A. identified novel cancer associated genes, based on strategies and products developed and promoted by Genomatix. Experimental verification by siRNA knock-down and RT-PCR confirmed the in silico res...Birth rate, competition are major players in hominid extinctions
...ic, seasonal landscapes," Jablonski told attendees today (Feb. 16) at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in San Francisco. Through time, the human lineage evolved to fill a wide variety of ecological niches, but those species that filled narrow environments, ...Other Tagships 2woman 2woman 3lets 2lets 3Other Contentsliposomesliposomesliposomeslocalizelocalizelocalizelocalizeliverwortslowerlowerlowerlowerlowerlowerlowerlowerlowerlowerscorescorescorescorescorescoreaxisaxisaxisaxisaxisaxisaxislongitudinallongitudinallongitudinallongitudinallongitudinallongitudinal
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(Date:9/5/2008)...have evolved more than once, according to research...London scientists. , Species of bat with the abi...e evolutionary tree of life - some are more relate...s. This has raised the question of whether echoloc...er the fruit bats somehow lost their ability to ec...
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(Date:9/5/2008)... Washington, DCWomen with hormone-receptor positi...for years to help keep their cancer at bay, but wh...ugs, treatment with chemotherapy becomes the only ...CO Breast Cancer Symposiummay change this approach...n "re-sensitize" the tumor, allowing anti-hormonal...
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(Date:9/4/2008)... September 3, 2008In a case-control study, the pr...children with autism and GI disturbances than in c...I symptom and autism onset were unrelated to MMR v... in the Public Library of Science on September 4... ). , Prior to the implementation of measles vac...
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