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New collaborative research reveals chimpanzees can sustain multiple-tradition cultures

...fferent methods chosen by each high-ranking female were passed among members of her group, thereby becoming a local tradition. In all, the researchers observed 10 traditions spread throughout the chimpanzee groups at the Yerkes Research Center and the University of Texas. “This study nicely summar...

Sun exposure early in life linked to specific skin cancer gene mutation

...AF mutation, found in about half of all melanomas, were more likely to report high levels of sun exposure before age 20. People with the NRAS mutation were more likely to have had high exposure between the ages of 50 and 60. About 15 percent of melanomas c...

Alzheimer's disease to quadruple worldwide by 2050

More than 26 million people worldwide were estimated to be living with Alzheimer’s disease in...equivalent to that of a nursing home. The findings were presented June 10 at the Second Alzheimer’s Association International Conference on Prevention of De...

Stroke study sheds light on left-right brain divide

...ound that people who had damage to their left side were more likely to realise they had made a mistake, and then correct it, compared to those who had damage to their right frontal lobes. Funded by the Wellcome Trust, the research is now published in the journal Brain. Dr Tim Hodgson, neuro-psychologis...

Rising skin cancer rates are more likely to affect wealthy people, says 12-year review

... most common skin cancers. They found that men were 30 per cent more likely to suffer from basal cell ...or 17 per cent of all reported cancers. And men were twice as likely to suffer from squamous cell carcinoma than women, accounting for 357 of the 640 cas...

U-M researchers discover gene switched off in cancer can be turned on

... BRM protein to an inhibitor drug, the researchers were able to turn the gene back on, allowing BRM to be ...dder, colon and breast cancers. The researchers were able to use existing drugs, which showed some usefulness in turning on the BRM gene. But new drugs w...

Researchers examine carbon capture and storage to combat global warming

... Administration. If all human-induced emissions were sequestered, enough capacity would exist to accommodate more than 100 years' worth of emissions, according to Benson, coordinating lead author of the IPCC chapter on underground geological storage. With fossil fuels already comprising 85 percent o...

Undergraduate research shows leaderless honeybee organizing

...sly designed experiment, Pierce and his co-authors were able to document details of bee social behavior t... was time to swarm and leave the hive. Later, they were able to observe inside the swarm itself and see workers give the queen a signal, known as “piping” t...

Newly discovered antibody may be body's natural defense against Alzheimer's

...tibodies was predicted by animal studies, but they were never previously demonstrated to be present in sub...Alzheimer's patients in our Phase I clinical trial were much more profound than we expected," Dr. Relkin explains. "We couldn't readily explain this based o...

Researchers shed light on mechanism of action used by anti-cancer drug

...s, such as Mcl-1, and other proteins. The findings were published online in the journal Molecular and Cellular Biology on June 4. According to Grant, sorafenib, or Nexavar which is manufactured by Bayer Pharmaceuticals, has recently been approved for the treatment of patients with renal cell cancer, th...

ASU research shows connection between testosterone, dietary antioxidants and bird coloration

... may have been right all along, especially when we were hormone-raging teenagers, eat your veggies and goo...quired from food and circulating through the blood were changing in ways that were linked to testosterone levels. Birds who were given additional testostero...

Massive herds of animals found to still exist in Southern Sudan

...servation Union’s African elephant database, there were no reliable records of elephants in Sudan. “Although we were telling people that wildlife was still present in Southern Sudan, nobody believed us,” said Maj. Gen...

Study shows lizard moms dress their children for success

...nge- and yellow-throated females in each enclosure were experimentally varied, and throat colors of the ma...e male spending lots of time in the open). Stripes were also induced in non-orange daughters. Both of these effects were inhibited by yellow genes. "This...

Women well informed about breast cancer, yet lacking knowledge about current treatments

... According to the survey, nearly all respondents were aware of chemotherapy and radiation. However, few...aromatase inhibitors or monoclonal antibodies, nor were they informed about their benefits. Doctor-patient dialogue is vital If diagnosed, the major...

CT scan reveals ancient long-necked gliding reptile

...es preparation difficult." The specimens, which were found by Nick Fraser of the Virginia Museum of Nat...hology of all the appendages because smaller bones were difficult to resolve due to the size of the specimen." The specimens were scanned at a resolution...

Genetic factors are linked to fever following smallpox vaccination

...l of eight haplotypes in four different genes that were associated with altered susceptibility to fever after vaccination. It is the first study to show that fever after smallpox vaccination is associated with specific gene clusters in the interleukin-1 (IL-1) gene complex on chromosome 2 and the interleu...

MU researchers to study the status of black bears in Missouri

...the status of black bears in Missouri. Black bears were abundant in the state during the 18th and 19th centuries, but have been considered almost extinct in Missouri since the late 19th century. The results of the MU study will be used by the Missouri Department of Conservation to help manage Missouri’s b...

Could fungal collection hold the key to new life-saving drugs?

...ew years. Between 2000 and 2005, over 20 new drugs were released onto the market originating from natural sources. And although this is the first time SIDR has worked with fungal cultures, there are a number of prescription drugs deriving from metabolites produced by fungi that have been on the market for...

Microbes at work cleaning up the environment

...roscopy and infra-red spectroscopy, the scientists were able to study whether protein contributes to the formation of densely aggregated nanoparticulate zinc sulfide spheroids. They also studied whether various amino acids induce rapid aggregation in metal-sulfide nanoparticles. The answer was yes i...

New findings challenge established views on human genome

...e, or about 30 million DNA base pairs. The targets were strategically selected to provide a representative cross section of the entire human genome. All told, the ENCODE consortium generated more than 200 datasets and analyzed more than 600 million data points. “Our results reveal important principles...

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