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The first baby boom

... the invention of agriculture led to a significant worldwide increase in birth rate. Discussing the shifts in...re the first researchers to expand the theory to a worldwide scale. In a forthcoming study in Current Anthropology, they show that though agriculture did not app...

Study finds 60 new genes controlled by DNA snippet

Researchers worldwide are seeking to define ancient sections of our genetic code that may soon be as important to medical science as genes. A new wave of research is concerned with, not how genes work, but how small regulatory DNA sequences tell genes where, when and to w...

Record bonefish

...d of sport fishermen and marine researchers with a worldwide mission of working together to learn how to best enhance their namesake species. In addition to being good indicators of an ecosystem's health, bonefish are a valuable asset to South Florida for another reason. They bring in a significant amount of...

Avian flu modeled on supercomputer, explores vaccine and isolation options for thwarting a pandemic

...n influenza pandemic, given today's environment of worldwide connectivity. The research, by a team of scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, the University of Washington and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, is presented in the Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

Oxidation defense in mosquitoes benefits malaria parasite

... to block malaria transmission. Millions of people worldwide are infected with malaria. The research will be presented in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS) on-line as early as April 3 and in print April 11, 2006 ("Crystal structure of the Anopheles gambiae 3-hydroxykynurenine transamin...

Trial success for diabetic nerve therapy

...ganisation estimating that some 300 million people worldwide could be affected by 2025. The causes of diabetic neuropathy are not fully understood but researchers investigating the effect of glucose on nerves believe it is likely to be a combination of factors. ...

New device could cut chemotherapy deaths

...ll benefit. "Give that around one in eight people worldwide die of cancer, this could be a vitally important step in the treatment of this disease. "We have now assembled an extremely experienced team to develop the Fibrasorb technology." The Fibrasorb technology is a flexible fully resorbable device that c...

Tramiprosate (Alzhemed? preclinical results published in Neurobiology of Aging

...ion estimates that by 2025, over 22 million people worldwide will be afflicted. According to a report commissioned by the U.S. Alzheimer's Association, AD costs American businesses approximately US$61 billion a year. That price tag includes US$24.6 billion for direct health care of Alzheimer's patients and US...

Speeding discovery of the 'human cancer genome'

...arcinoma is the fifth most frequent form of cancer worldwide but, owing to the lack of effective treatment options, represents the third leading cause of death, Lowe said. The only curative treatments involve surgery or transplantation as chemotherapies are ineffective, and no existing drug regimen prolongs su...

Chocolate, wine, spicy foods may be OK for heartburn, Stanford study finds

...hey conducted of more than 2,000 studies published worldwide on heartburn, also known as acid reflux or GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease), between 1975 and 2004. They found 100 studies looking at lifestyle factors thought to be associated with heartburn. Only 16 of those studies examined how implementing ...

Creating a window on 'oceans in motion'

...ivid new global window on marine life by expanding worldwide the work of two pioneering North America-based programs that follow the movements of important species using electronic tags. Convening at Dalhousie University, Halifax, the experts will announce a global collaboration, the Ocean Tracking Network, w...

Radiation-armed robot rapidly destroys human lung tumors

...r. Currently there are 76 active CyberKnife sites worldwide (with 45 in the US), and an additional 62 scheduled to be installed globally. Recently, the Pittsburgh researchers upgraded their CyberKnife by adding a system called "Synchrony," which accurately targets tumors that move as a result of breathing. ...

Bt cotton in China fails to reap profit after seven years

...hinese cotton growers were among the first farmers worldwide to plant genetically modified (GM) cotton to resist bollworms, the substantial profits they have reaped for several years by saving on pesticides have now been eroded. The reason, as reported by Cornell University researchers at the American Agricul...

DOE JGI sequences, releases genome of symbiotic tree fungus

...to fix more phosphate and nitrogen than the entire worldwide chemical fertilizer industry produces. "The study and management of such relationships holds immense potential for the agriculture, forestry, and horticulture industries, as well as far-reaching implications for land management policies and the imp...

Wild bees and the flowers they pollinate are disappearing together

... Reading) said: "The economic value of pollination worldwide is thought to be between £20 and 50 billion each year." The team examined pollinator and plant data, collected by professional and volunteer researchers and naturalists in Britain and the Netherlands, comparing records from before and after 1980. ...

Global study shows all tobacco bad for the heart

...f heart attack worldwide." The number of smokers worldwide is currently estimated to be 1.3 billion, of which 82% are in developing countries. However, most large studies on smoking and heart disease to date have focused on developed countries. "Smoking is the leading preventable cause of death, killing 4...

NHGRI announces latest sequencing targets

... highly communicable and infect millions of people worldwide leading to costs of approximately $400 million a year for treatment alone. The dermatophytes to be sequenced are Trichophyton rubrum, Microsporum canis and Microsporum gypseum, all of which will be sequenced to a high-density genome coverage; and Tri...

Novel therapy combinations gain ground in treating hepatitis

...ording to recent estimates, hepatitis has become a worldwide health problem, affecting millions of people in the U.S. and abroad. Researchers are experimenting with combinations of anti-inflammatory medicines like interferons to improve hepatitis symptoms. In research presented today at Digestive Disease Wee...

New egg freezing technique offers hope to hundreds of women

... for more effective techniques. It is thought that worldwide less than 150 babies have been born using eggs that have been frozen. Dr Kuwayama, scientific director of the Kato Ladies Clinic in Tokyo, Japan, has developed a new method of freezing eggs (oocytes) called the Cryotop method, which he first used fo...

When the going gets tough, slime molds start synthesizing

...e Dictyostelium genome, which was carried out by a worldwide collaboration of many scientists, including the Kay group. Working independently, Saito and Kay had deleted the Dictyostelium gene for Steely2. Not only could the resulting "deficient" slime molds not make DIF-1 but they couldn't construct the res...

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