Navigation Links


deer at Biology News

When in danger humans are similar to a deer in the headlights

Standing still when a threat is detected is a defensive, protective reaction. This ancestral and automatic behavior allows the prey to stay unnoticed by a potential predator. A new study published in Psychophysiology finds that humans, like many other complex animals, freeze when encountering a threat. The mere picture of an injured or mutilated human induces this reaction. When viewing these unp...

Extinct giant deer's descendant found in UK

UCL (University College London) scientists have found that the closest living relative to the extinct Irish Elk (giant deer) lives on our shores. The team tested for DNA and skeletal features to prove that the giant deer - which roamed across Europe and Siberia with prehistoric man and is the subject of numerous cave drawings - has its DNA in common with the fallow deer, one of the most widesprea...

Male reindeer inflate a large air sac in the neck region to emit their hoarse rutting calls

A group of European scientists have determined that a male reindeer's air sac, influencing vocal sound and neck contour, may contribute to his sexual prowess and reproductive success. The results of this research have recently been published in Journal of Anatomy. As in other species with harem-like mating systems, the voice organs of reindeer differ according to gender. Adult males have a...

Mule deer moms rescue other fawns

An intriguing study of mule deer and whitetail deer conducted by the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada and the University of Lethbridge, also in Canada, showed that both species responded to the recorded distress calls of fawns, similar to the responses elicited when coyotes attack fawns, with mule deer...
deer at Biology Products
deer at Biology Technology

Brown Deer start-up wants to serve up foreign film through broadband box

He forsees a new wave of media through broadband Internet access, which reached a majority of U.S. homes mid-2004, according to a survey by NetRatings, and serves a larger per-capita market in Korea, Japan and Singapore. Given a push, that network could...

Invitrogen to buy Norwegian biotech with operations in Brown Deer

Dynal Biotech ASA</...
deer at Medicine News

Reindeer Provide Valuable Insights Into Sleep Disorders

It is a well-known fact that nearly 1/3rd of our lifetime is spent for sleep. The quality of the sleep is equally important as the quantity. People who have odd working hours such as drivers, shift workers and astronauts // suffer from chronic sleep deprivation that is responsible for fatigue and other health disorders. Studies conducted on reindeer in the North Polar Region have for...

Deer once again in trouble, due to deer disease!

Deadly deer disease can affect another by an infected tissue injection too. The worry is that an injection of tissue from leg muscles of deer infected with chronic // wasting disease a make mice infected with the same strain. This is proof enough to say that deer muscle harbours this infectious prion protein and that muscle alone can trigger the wasting disease. Acco...

CWD Has Already Caused 837 Wild Deer Deaths

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is widespread in Alberta.Acadia Valley is the province which is about 260 km east of Calgary in which about 837 wild deer have been culled to prevent the spread of the disease. // The people are pledging the government to take necessary steps to stop the spread of the disease. Along the Saskatchewan border four new cases were detected among the...

Reindeers Could Hold the Key to Elephantiasis Cure

Reindeers in the Arctic could hold the key to a cure for the dreaded elephantiasis, Finnish scientists say. Finnish researchers have found in Arctic reindeers// maggots known to cause elephantiasis. And if only they could check the spread of the maggots in reindeers, that could show the way for a lasting cure for the dreaded elephantiasis. They have found the filarioidea-family maggots i...

12 Deer Die of Pneumonia in Tripura Zoo

At least 12 spotted deer have died of pneumonia at the Sipahijala wildlife sanctuary-cum-zoo in Tripura, officials said Saturday//. A wildlife officer said the deer suffered from a bout of pneumonia as the state was lashed by thunderstorms and intermittent rains during the past week. "Inadequate sheds and enclosures in the zoo had forced the deer and other animals to remai...
deer at Medicine Products
deer at Medicine Technology
Other TagsBODIBODIBODIBODIBODI
(Date:7/25/2008)... The Retina Group of New York will present a...r degeneration especially designed for seniors. Th...ibrary at 116 Merritts Road, Farmingdale, NY 11735...ce is free and refreshments will be provided. The ...0. , Hicksville and Haupp...
(Date:7/25/2008)... The Drug Information Association (DIA) and ...he Critical Path Initiative (CPI) on the Move: Com...da, MD) and the Critical Path Transporter Workshop... Horsham, PA (PRWEB) July 25, 2005-- T...ociation (DIA)] and the Food and Drug Administrati...
(Date:7/25/2008)... Columbus-based law firm represents Pickerin...urchased at Columbus-area Kroger store , ...25, 2008 -- http://www.donaheyohioinjurylawyers.c...sonal injury law firms in central Ohio, has filed ...rt (Case No. 08CV9804) against The Kroger Co., in ...
(Date:7/24/2008)... Hoag to lease hospital facility on Sand Can...h, CA (Vocus) July 24, 2008 -- Hoag Memorial Hospi..., Inc. (NYSE: HCP), a Real Estate Investment Trust...-bed hospital facility on Sand Canyon Avenue near ...lity is currently operated by Tenet Healthcare Cor...
Breaking Medicine News(10 mins):Health News:Retina Group of New York To Present Seminar on Age-Related Macular Degeneration; The Leading Cause of Visual Loss in Seniors 2Health News:Retina Group of New York To Present Seminar on Age-Related Macular Degeneration; The Leading Cause of Visual Loss in Seniors 3Health News:DIA And FDA To Host Two Important Critical Path Workshops 2Health News:DIA And FDA To Host Two Important Critical Path Workshops 3Health News:Donahey Law Firm Files E. Coli Product Liability Lawsuit Against Kroger Company in Franklin County Court 2Health News:Hoag Hospital Announces Agreement to Open Irvine Campus 2
(Date:7/25/2008)...niversity of Houston department of health and huma...of Second Life (SL) thanks to grants from the UH F...he Network Culture Project of the University of So...on. , "These funds will allow our faculty to sta...udents and our community," said Charles Layne, pro...
(Date:7/25/2008)...ALO, N.Y. -- Children born with hydrocephalus, or ... drain the fluid away from the brain to reduce har..., the rate of shunt infection in children is very ...ing the child through another surgery to replace t...ential additional neurological complications and a...
(Date:7/24/2008)...cal food shortages and growing demand for bio-fuel...ices rank among the greatest threats today to the ...mers and developers look for new areas for agricul...However, resisting pressures to convert wetlands i...e a suite of services essential to humanity, inclu...
(Date:7/24/2008)...es embedded with a telescope promise to make it ea...do other activities requiring sharper distance vis...scribe the advantages of these innovative glasses ...e May/June issue of Journal of Biomedical Optics ... , "This new design has several advantages," sa...
Breaking Biology News(10 mins):Second Life a first for UH department of health and human performance 2Antimicrobial sutures reduce infections in brain shunt surgery, study finds 2Rising energy, food prices major threats to wetlands as farmers eye new areas for crops 2Rising energy, food prices major threats to wetlands as farmers eye new areas for crops 3Telescope embedded in glasses lens promises to make driving easier for visually impaired 2Telescope embedded in glasses lens promises to make driving easier for visually impaired 3Olympus Announces 2008 Winners of Olympus Innovation Awards 14936 1Olympus Announces 2008 Winners of Olympus Innovation Awards 14936 2Olympus Announces 2008 Winners of Olympus Innovation Awards 14936 3Olympus Announces 2008 Winners of Olympus Innovation Awards 14936 4HealthMEDX Partners With Silverchair Learning Systems 14932 1HealthMEDX Partners With Silverchair Learning Systems 14932 2BARACLUDE 28R 29 28entecavir 29 Data Continue to Demonstrate Low Incidence of Resistance Through Five Years of Treatment in Nucleoside naive Chronic 1582 1BARACLUDE 28R 29 28entecavir 29 Data Continue to Demonstrate Low Incidence of Resistance Through Five Years of Treatment in Nucleoside naive Chronic 1582 2BARACLUDE 28R 29 28entecavir 29 Data Continue to Demonstrate Low Incidence of Resistance Through Five Years of Treatment in Nucleoside naive Chronic 1582 3BARACLUDE 28R 29 28entecavir 29 Data Continue to Demonstrate Low Incidence of Resistance Through Five Years of Treatment in Nucleoside naive Chronic 1582 4BARACLUDE 28R 29 28entecavir 29 Data Continue to Demonstrate Low Incidence of Resistance Through Five Years of Treatment in Nucleoside naive Chronic 1582 5BARACLUDE 28R 29 28entecavir 29 Data Continue to Demonstrate Low Incidence of Resistance Through Five Years of Treatment in Nucleoside naive Chronic 1582 6Obese Women Less Likely to Be Tested for Some Cancers 14930 1Obese Women Less Likely to Be Tested for Some Cancers 14930 2
Other Contentsdraindraindraindraindraindraindraindrowsinessdrowsinessdressingdressingdressingdrowningdrowningingestioningestioningestioningestioningestioningestionaddictionaddictionaddictionaddictionaddictionaddictiondrydrydrydrydrydrydrydrydryduodenalduodenal