NASA study finds snow melt causes large ocean plant blooms
A NASA funded study has found a decline in winter and spring snow cover over Southwest Asia and the Himalayan mountain range is creating conditions for more widespread blooms of ocean plants in the Arabian Sea. The decrease in snow cover has led to greater differences in both temperature and pressure systems between the Indian subcontinent and the Arabian Sea. The pressure differences gene...Anammox bacteria produce nitrogen gas in oceans' snackbar
Thirty to fifty percent of the global conversion of nutrients to nitrogen gas occurs in these areas. In 'The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States (PNAS)' of Tuesday 19 April, researchers from Bremen and Nijmegen state that this conversion is not carried out by denitrifying bacteria, as was believed for decades, but by anammox bacteria. Nitrogen compounds act as fert...Oceans more vulnerable to agricultural runoff than previously thought, study finds
Researchers have long suspected that fertilizer runoff from big farms can trigger sudden explosions of marine algae capable of disrupting ocean ecosystems and even producing "dead zones" in the sea. Now a new study by Stanford University scientists presents the first direct evidence linking large-scale coastal farming to massive algal blooms in the sea. Writing in the March 10 issue of th...Elephant seal pups suffer from ocean warming
Ocean warming has a negative impact on the condition of elephant seals, reveals a study published in the Open Access journal BMC Biology. High ocean temperatures observed from 1975 to the late 1990s are correlated with a 28% decrease in the weight of elephant seal pups. Elephant seals are shown to be sensitive to ocean temperature changes associated with both long-term 25-year cycles and short-te...Currents could disrupt ocean food chain
If increased precipitation and sea surface heating from global warming disrupts the Atlantic Conveyer current ?as some scientists predict ?the effect on the ocean food chain in the Atlantic and other oceans could be severe, according to a new study just published in Nature. In a worst case scenario, global productivity of phytoplankton could decrease by as much as 20 percent and in some ar...ATX Ponceau S red staining solution from Sigma-Aldrich
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University of Georgia, Department of Marine Sciences This application describes the use of the MasterTaq polymerase kit for improving PCR efficiency when studying functio...Panacea Biotech To Market Anthrax Vaccine
Panacea Biotech has bagged the registration, production and marketing rights of the anti-anthrax vaccine developed by the Centre for Biotechnology in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). It is expected that the vaccine would be in the market in 3-4 months. The Company has made a milestone payment to JNU for the exclusive rights. In addition, it will pay the university a royalty on sales...DNA of deceased ones stored in Funeral Homes
Some social service providers, are volunteering to help store the DNA of deceased loved ones in the funeral homes in order to prevent disease in their descendants .The DNA could help future generations// determine whether they are genetically predisposed to conditions such as breast or colon cancer. According to Bernard Naegele, president of Cincinnati-based DNA Analysis Inc., the gene...In Search Of Drugs From the Ocean
Researchers say most of the existing drugs on the market are losing their effectiveness, since most of them are derived from soil bacteria hence researchers feel that the ocean is a new place to look for miracle drugs.// More than 1 million microorganisms fill every milliliter of seawater. Each one could lead to a life-saving treatment for some of our deadliest diseases. Many marine org...Mad Cow Disease Has Roots Traceable To Man
Bovine feed, which has got traces of human remains, may be at the root of bovine spongiform encephalopathy or the mad cow disease. A report in the latest issue of The Lancet had forwarded this hypothesis. // The cause of the original case or cases of BSE is currently unknown. Sheep scrapie or a previously undetected bovine transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) that arose spont...The Acceava Mononucleosis test
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GAITHERSBURG, Md. and CARLSBAD, Calif., April 18, 2007/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Micromet, Inc. and MedImmune, Inc. todayannounced data from a preclinical study in which BiTE(R) moleculestargeting carcinoembryonal antigen (CEA) were shown to preventsubcutaneous tumor growth and formation of lung metastases. Anestablished marker for tumor progression, CEA is frequentlyexpressed on breast,...