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Deep sleep short-circuits brain's grid of connectivity

...ferencing one of only a handful of machines in the world capable of stimulating precise regions of the brain from outside the skull while recording the resulting electrical responses. The paddle-like device is placed over the head of a subject and generates a magnetic field. The magnetic field, in turn, p...

Frog peptides block HIV in lab study

...ferencing one of only a handful of machines in the world capable of stimulating precise regions of the brain from outside the skull while recording the resulting electrical responses. The paddle-like device is placed over the head of a subject and generates a magnetic field. The magnetic field, in turn, p...

New Scripps Oceanography project to study sediments and ecosystem restoration in Venice lagoon

.... "Venice is one of the most popular cities in the world and Italy's safeguarding measures--including the Mose floodgates system for the defense against high tides--are considered some of the most ambitious projects of the 21st century. So being part of this lagoon preservation effort is being part of hist...

New lead reported in tumor angiogenesis

..." This month's paper, as is often the case in the world of science, involves a great deal of hard work - and a little luck. Wang said his group began a few years ago studying a secreted protein called hepatocyte growth factor, or HGF, and its role in helping head and neck tumors to turn cancerous. HGF doe...

Crisis in African fish supplies looms, experts warn Africa leaders

...gs of a fish production crisis in Africa ?the only world region where per capita fish supplies are dropping...ake in the region. Sub-Saharan Africa is the only world region where fish consumption is actually falling. "The main reason for this decline is the stagnat...

Leptin-signaling Protein Maintains Normal Body Weight And Energy Balance In Mice

...gs of a fish production crisis in Africa ?the only world region where per capita fish supplies are dropping...ake in the region. Sub-Saharan Africa is the only world region where fish consumption is actually falling. "The main reason for this decline is the stagnat...

Mayan stingless bee keeping: Going, going, gone?

...00 or so species of stingless bees in the tropical world Melipona beecheii is unique in that it was routinely propagated. Mayan bee keepers divided existing hives in order to increase the number of hives and honey production. "That technology is all but lost, but we'd like to see it turned around, not only...

3D Atlas Will Help Navigate The Spinal Cord

...n spinal injuries research. Professor Paxinos is a world leader in the preparation of brain atlases, being the author of atlases of human, monkey, rat and mouse brains used world-wide by neuroscientists in all areas. As a geographic map to a traveller, a map of the spinal cord is needed by scientists stud...

Beauty queens urge girls not to sacrifice their bones

...s (by 2050), one out of every two fractures in the world will occur in Asia. All women and men should take immediate action to review their life styles and take the IOF One Minute Osteoporosis Risk Test. Maximum bone development takes place in girls and boys roughly between ages 11-17. By building peak b...

Team of international scientists departs today to discover the unknown in China's Himalayan region

... the most botanically rich temperate region in the world with an estimated 12,000 plant species, including 3,500 found nowhere else. The golden monkey, giant and red pandas are among the threatened species found only in this hotspot. The biodiversity hotspots are 34 regions worldwide where 75 percent of ...

Leading scientists rank endangered dolphins, porpoises most in need of immediate action

...sessed dolphin and porpoise populations around the world which are severely threatened by entanglement in fishing gear and recommended nine urgent priorities for action in a report commissioned by the World Wildlife Fund. These nine projects highlight species threatened by bycatch that will most likely ben...

Canada's first embryonic stem cell lines

...sessed dolphin and porpoise populations around the world which are severely threatened by entanglement in fishing gear and recommended nine urgent priorities for action in a report commissioned by the World Wildlife Fund. These nine projects highlight species threatened by bycatch that will most likely ben...

Novel targets found for the development of drugs to complement, or replace, statins

...sessed dolphin and porpoise populations around the world which are severely threatened by entanglement in fishing gear and recommended nine urgent priorities for action in a report commissioned by the World Wildlife Fund. These nine projects highlight species threatened by bycatch that will most likely ben...

Virulizin granted orphan drug status in Europe

...sessed dolphin and porpoise populations around the world which are severely threatened by entanglement in fishing gear and recommended nine urgent priorities for action in a report commissioned by the World Wildlife Fund. These nine projects highlight species threatened by bycatch that will most likely ben...

Old drug, new tricks: Prospects for slashing the impact of malaria

...al capability from the PNGIMR can collaborate with world leading Australian experts in malaria from WEHI and the University of Melbourne. Third, the organizational and public health infrastructure already exists to dispense the tablets in a controlled way, since PNG's children routinely attend clinics to b...

Digging in the dirt for life's biochemical foundations

...olution to increase agricultural yields around the world has relied on the use of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers. The price of fertilizers is increasing, however, as are concerns about nitrogen runoff from large agricultural operations. Nitrogen also is a component of acid rain, which remains common in rap...

Visceral Leishmaniasis: Successful Vaccine Trial In Dogs

...t group of diseases, affects 500 000 people in the world each year. It is caused by a protozoan, Leishmania infantum, transmitted by sand fly bites. There is no vaccine for this disease, which can rapidly lead to death if no treatment is given. In the most heavily affected areas, the dog population is hit ...

UCR biochemist goes to Washington with high-protein corn

...d fuel ethanol. "Nearly 800 million people in the world suffer from protein-energy malnutrition, which is a leading cause of death in children in developing countries, many of which already produce corn as a major cereal crop," said Gallie. "A significant fraction of the world's population, particularly i...

Public release of pig genomic sequences

...port of this public release. DCTBP represents the world leading Danish pig breeders and global exporters of pig products. Denmark, with a population of only 5.4 million people, produces app. 25 million pigs per year. BGI is a leading genomics research institution in the promotion of genomics in agricultu...

‘Blue Brain?project explores thought at molecular level

...port of this public release. DCTBP represents the world leading Danish pig breeders and global exporters of pig products. Denmark, with a population of only 5.4 million people, produces app. 25 million pigs per year. BGI is a leading genomics research institution in the promotion of genomics in agricultu...

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