Iron Deficiency Sparks Dramatic Changes In Gene Expression
Researchers at Duke University Medical Centerhave demonstrated for the first time what happens inside a cell when itis deprived of the essential nutrient iron. Iron is found abundantly inred meats, shellfish dried fruits, whole grains, spinach, seeds andother foods.Their study in yeast cells demonstrated that iron-starved cellspreserve the little iron they possess by shutting down the major...Satellites show Amazon parks, indigenous reserves stop forest clearing
Conservation scientists generally agree that many types of protected areas will be needed to protect tropical forests. However, little is known about the comparative performance of inhabited and uninhabited reserves in slowing the most extreme form of forest disturbance: conversion to agriculture. In a paper recently published in Conservation Biology (2006, Vol 20, pages 65-73), an intern...Researchers learn what sparks plant growth
A secret long held by plants has been revealed by Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers. The new discovery, which builds on more than a decade of painstaking surveillance of cellular communication between different types of plant tissues, shows clearly for the first time how plants "decide" to grow. The research, conducted by Sigal Savaldi-Goldstein and Howard Hughes Medical Institut...Notion of bandwidth spedometers for DSL, cable sparks controversy
Is the advertised high-speed Internet access you're paying for actually what you're receiving? Two weeks ago, the simple issue of whether DSL and high-speed cable providers should supply bandwidth speedometers to customers got many people talking nationwide, writes adjunct Northwestern professor James Carlini. Since this topic was suggested, quite a bit of feedback rolled in on a DSL Rep...Discrimination of gays sparks protest in students!
Students are protesting against the ban put on gay men to donate blood in Aberdeen. Students of the Robert Gordon University expressed the desire that they wanted the ban overturned. They also// warned that the current situation perpetuates myths about gay men that are now defunct. As part of the protest, students will hand out cards asking heterosexual young people to give...Remarks Linking Inbreeding And Diabetes Sparks of Controversy
After a research showed that more than 345 youngsters suffered from type1diabetes in Norfolk, more than double the160 predicted cases for the county, Dr Ian Gibson,// a former chairman of the Commons Science and Technology Committee, said in an interview that inbreeding might be the reason behind it sparking off a controversy. He said: "I would imagine it is linked to the fact that pe...Adolescent Girls More Active If Neighborhoods Have Parks
Adolescent girls who live within half a mile of a public park are significantly more physically active //than other girls, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers have found. The study found that physical activity was higher for girls who lived within a mile of parks and showed highest levels among girls who lived less than one-half mile from a park, said Dr. Diane Cate...Hong Kong - HIV Test Shock Sparks Warning
Hong Kong's Department of Health urges people with history of unprotected sex to have an HIV test, as they fear a rapid local HIV transmission.// The announcement being the first case of such magnitude in the territory. Health officials, on Thursday uncovered two clusters of HIV infections, HIV-1 subtype B, turned up during analysis of blood samples by government scientists. They said t...India to set up medical and vaccine parks: Ramadoss
India will set up a medical park and a vaccine park in Chennai soon to help cut costs in the manufacture of healthcare equipment// and for research into new vaccines, said Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss. "While the medical park will enable us to manufacture medical equipment for the country, the vaccine park will research on developing new vaccines," Ramadoss told IANS....