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New collaborative research reveals chimpanzees can sustain multiple-tradition cultures

...udy, Dr. de Waal, Dr. Horner and Dr. Bonnie worked with two chimpanzee groups and introduced each to one o...groups. It’s a bit like Westerners learning to eat with chopsticks."...

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

...d, may specifically increase the risk of melanomas with BRAF gene mutations. A different mutation, on the ...that different subtypes of melanoma are associated with different risk factors "The findings suggest that melanoma subtypes have different causes. This i...

Dual-imaging technique useful before -- and during -- brain surgery

Brain specialists associated with the Neuroscience Institute at the University of Ci...rofessor of radiology at UC and a neuroradiologist with University Hospital, “but our preliminary data is very promising because it allows us to optimize su...

Alzheimer's disease to quadruple worldwide by 2050

...llion people worldwide were estimated to be living with Alzheimer’s disease in 2006, according to a study ...million by 2050. By that time, 43 percent of those with Alzheimer’s disease will need high-level care, equivalent to that of a nursing home. The findings we...

Stroke study sheds light on left-right brain divide

... first time, the additional challenges that people with right frontal-lobe damage might face in everyday life.’ 23 people, each with frontal lobe damage, performed a ‘rule-switching’ task which involved learning rules linking the col...

Breakthrough developments in rheumatoid arthritis reported

...lamed joints and wrists from his research subjects with rheumatoid arthritis. With these clinical features...ch in Manhasset, NY and more than a 1,000 patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The genes will help tell the story of how the immune system works to create sp...

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

...“The three skin cancers we looked at all increased with age, with the exception of malignant melanomas, which showed a decrease in men aged 75 and over. “And there...

'Lucky 13' as new gene discovery offers further hope for childhood blindness

... the University of Leeds, working in collaboration with experts from other centres around the world, ident...(LCA), comes at a time of hope for the people born with the disorder. Scientists at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, recently announced the start of clinica...

Researchers shed light on shrinking of chromosomes

...ell division we know very well; two daughter cells with either broken chromosomes or different numbers of ...also serve as a safety net if something goes wrong with chromosome separation in earlier phases of division. When the researchers added chemicals to the cel...

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

...d lead to a new class of targeted cancer therapies with potential to benefit many different cancer types. ... to turn it back on. No drugs are designed to deal with a gene that’s turned off. But it’s a straightforward extension of current therapies that target gene...

Now, self-healing materials can mimic human skin, healing again and again

...ease healing agent. The healing agent then reacted with the embedded catalyst to repair the damage. “Wit...e the scaffold has been produced, it is surrounded with an epoxy resin. After curing, the resin is heated and the ink – which liquefies – is extracted, leav...

Migration alert -- How tumor cells home in on the lymphatic system

...er Jacqueline Shields provide an explanation along with data to support it. Tumors produce excess fluid that continually percolates from the tumor towards nearby lymphatic vessels. The EPFL research shows how tumor cells use a clever chemical strategy to exploit this slow, one-way flow in order to migr...

Researchers examine carbon capture and storage to combat global warming

... coal power plants, into relatively clean machines with regard to global warming. ''The notion is that ...ch as cars, would be more difficult, Orr said. But with power plants comprising 40 percent of the world's fossil fuel-derived carbon emissions, he added, th...

Undergraduate research shows leaderless honeybee organizing

... previously unknown. Pierce’s discovery has to do with detecting a significant new detail concerning the ... the behavioral biology research journal Ethology, with co-authors Lee Lewis and UNC Charlotte biology professor Stanley Schneider, Pierce’s mentor. Pierce ...

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

...further confirm that these natural antibodies bind with oligomers, Dr. Relkin and his colleagues collaborated with Drs. Charles Glabe and Rakez Kayed from the University of California at Irvine, who had previously c...

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

...elopment of novel regimens in which it is combined with other molecularly targeted agents for patients with blood cancers and solid tumors. In the new study, led by Steven Grant, M.D., Massey’s associate di...

Physicist cracks women's random but always lucky choice of X chromosome

.... This process is crucial to survival and problems with the process are related to serious genetic disease...e other. Scientists are extremely uncomfortable with this randomness and have sought a clear scientific reason as to why one X chromosome was switched of...

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

...r, as if they were combating testosterone directly with antioxidants. “These findings show that there a...uch better understanding of their interactions, as with testosterone, at the molecular level.”...

Massive herds of animals found to still exist in Southern Sudan

...was conducted by J. Michael Fay, a conservationist with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and a Nati...Massachusetts, Amherst. They worked in cooperation with the Ministry of the Environment, Wildlife Conservation, and Tourism of the Government of Southern Su...

Researchers reveal structure of protein altered in autism

... the developmental abnormalities found in children with autism. Their work, published as the cover article...equences of other genetic abnormalities associated with the disorder. “By understanding the three-dimensional structure of the normal protein, researchers ...

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