Past experience of pheromones induces dominant courtship behavior in fruit flies
By investigating the interplay between pheromone signaling and behavior in fruit flies, researchers have begun to understand how an adult fly's earlier experience as a young individual can influence its behavior towards other flies as an adult. In particular, the researchers found that pheromone signals in the context of experience with adult flies can influence how young flies will behave once t...Fly's courtship sheds light on the formation of innate behaviors
By studying how genes influence the development and use of neural circuits that control a specific set of mating behaviors in the fruit fly, researchers have provided new insight into how instinctual behaviors ?those that are not based on prior experience ?arise in the developing nervous system. The work is reported by Jean-Christophe Billeter and other members of Stephen Goodwin's group at the U...Electric fish conduct electric duets in aquatic courtship
The study is the first to compare electrical and behavioral displays in breeding and nonbreeding Brienomyrus brachyistius, a type of mormyrid electric fish, which emit weak electric fiel...Pre-Validated Kinase Polymorphism Assays from Agencourt Bioscience
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Description:Agencourt AMPure is a magnetic bead-based PCR purification system that requires no sample transfer, centrifugation or filtration steps. It efficiently purifies small and large PCR extension products in 96- or 384-well microplates. Agencourt AMPure can easily be performed in either a manual or automated format....Software tax dispute could go the Supreme Court
The state has been...Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear Menasha software case
The will decide that question after agreeing last week to hear the case, and there is an estimated $350 millio...Supreme Court limits foreign reach of U.S. patents
the Supreme Court delivered another blow by limiting their reach abroad and...High court sends message on patent obviousness
is the requirement that the claimed invention is not obvious under 35 U.S.C. 103. Similarly, obviousness is a typical defense raised in patent infringement cases. Yet, overcoming obviousness objections, both in the PTO and in...Supreme Court ruling seen as blow to WARF stem cell patents
The answer is yes, according to the California consumer watchdog organization that is challenging the patents, but that's not necessarily a consensus opinion. The nation's high cou...Parke-Davis (India) runs into rough weather – Court orders attachment of asset
The global merger between Warner-Lambert and Pfizer on the Indian front has run into rough weather due to the legal problems faced by Warner-Lambert’s subsidiary Parke-Davis (India). A local court in Hyderabad has ordered the attachment of its assets located in the city. The vacation court of the Ranga Reddy district civil courts has ordered attachment of plant and machinery of Parke-...Bihar High Court Intervenes To End Doctors Strike
The Bihar High Court on Tuesday ordered the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) //junior doctors to call off their strike immediately. This order came after hearing a filed petition, that the strike has crippled emergency services since its start on Friday. The death of several critical patients due to lack of health care at the hospital also added to the intervention of the Bihar...Mental Health Court Established
Kane officials introduced a mental health court, the first one of its kind in the county on Monday. This has been done with a motive to pick // out sober and non violent defendants, and give them treatment instead of allowing them to languish in the jails. U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) allowed a $250,000 fund to help with administration of Kane County Treatment Alternative...High Court Issues Notice To Centre On Smoking Ban In Films
The Delhi High Court Tuesday sought a response from the central government on a petition by filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt challenging the ban on smoking in films and TV that is scheduled to come into effect Oct 2//. A division bench comprising judges Mukul Mudgal and H.R. Malhotra issued notice to the union government, the health ministry and the information and broadcasting ministry. <br...Madras High Court Disapproves of Comparative Advertisements
The Madras High Court in India has called for curtailing comparative advertisements, after reviewing applications from two health food producers//. Suitable amendments should be made to the Code for Commercial Advertising on Doordarshan, in addition to other media and channels, and the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act in the country. There is a blanket ban in some wester...