New Research Demonstrates that Wild Blueberries May Support Cardiovascular Health
PORTLAND, Maine, May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- New research shows that Wild Blueberries may have a cardio-protective effect, improving vascular function and decreasing the vulnerability of blood vessels to oxidative stress. (Sources: Journal of Medicinal Food , 2009; Feb; 12(1): 21-8 and Journal of Nutr...Meat for sex in wild chimpanzees
This release is available in German . Wild female chimpanzees copulate more frequently with males who share meat with them over long periods of time, according to a study led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany, published in the open-acces...Scientists obtain anticancer medicines from the elecampe, a wild plant growing in the Mediterranean
This release is available in Spanish . A group of scientists from the Department of Organic Chemistry and the Biotechnology Institute of the University of Granada have found out that the plant Dittirichia viscose, known as elecampe, can be used to obtain inhibitors of neurogenic vas...Study garners unique mating photos of wild gorillas
Scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology have released the first known photographs of gorillas performing face-to-face copulation in the wild. This is the first time that western gorillas have been observed and photographed mating in...Red alert: Wild strawberries may reduce cancer risk
Beltsville, MD --- We've all seen the term "super food" used to describe those nutrition-loaded edibles that promote health and discourage disease. Powerhouse foods high in antioxidants and phytochemicals that block the development of cancer cells have been touted as nature's way to fight off the...Scientists Discover Origin of Malaria
...m-shifting ideas," said Raynard S. Kington, M.D., Ph.D., acting director of the National Institutes of Health. Wolfe and his colleagues sampled wild and wild-born captive chimpanzees in Cameroon and Ivory Coast. In Cameroon researchers collected samples from chimpanzees during routine health exams ...China Animal Welfare Law Under Review While 36,000 Dogs Culled
... in the United States and focuses its campaigns on improving the welfare of wild and domestic animals by reducing the commercial exploitation of animals, pr.... IFAW works both on the ground and in the halls of government to safeguard wild and domestic animals and seeks to motivate the public to prevent cruelty to...SAFC Biosciences(R) and Vivalis Collaborate to Optimize Cell Culture Media for Vaccines Production
...on in bioreactors at high cell densities such as suspension cells, and demonstrates high susceptibility to a broad range of genetically engineered and wild type animal and human viruses. Commenting on the introduction of EX-CELL (TM) EBx (R), Bruce Lehr, SAFC Bioscience's Marketing Director, said: ...Wild Blueberries Take Top Spot in New Antioxidant Research Study
...ty Assay PORTLAND, Maine, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- wild Blueberry antioxidant research advanced today with the release of results from a new study showing wild Blueberries outperformed 2 dozen other commonly co...ood Chemistry 56 (18): 8418-8426, 2008) shows that wild Blueberries have the highest cellular antioxidant ...Artificial induction of immunity
...m theory of infectious disease, we have increasingly induced immunity against a widening range of diseases to prevent the associated risks from the wild infections. It is hoped that further understanding of the molecular basis of immunity will translate to improved clinical practice in the future. Th...Reintroduced Chinese alligators now multiplying in the wild in China
The Wildlife Conservation Society announced today that critically endangered alligators in China have a new chance for survival. The WCS's Bronx Zoo, in partnership with two other North American parks and the Department of Wildlife Conservation and Management of the State Forestry Administration ...Hatchery fish may hurt efforts to sustain wild salmon runs
CORVALLIS, Ore. Steelhead trout that are originally bred in hatcheries are so genetically impaired that, even if they survive and reproduce in the wild, their offspring will also be significantly less successful at reproducing, according to a new study published today by researchers from Oregon S...UC Davis launches 'One Health' care for wild mountain gorillas and human neighbors
The University of California, Davis, today launched a new "One Health" program to conserve the world's remaining 740 mountain gorillas by caring for not only the gorillas but also the people and the other animals that share their home in the forests of central Africa. With $750,000 in funding f...Big cats, wild pigs and short-eared dogs -- oh, my!
NEW YORK (January 27, 2009) -- The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) released photos today from the first large-scale census of jaguars in the Amazon region of Ecuadorone of the most biologically rich regions on the planet. The ongoing census, which began in 2007, is working to establish ba...Ocean fish farming harms wild fish, study says
Honolulu, HIFarming of fish in ocean cages is fundamentally harmful to wild fish, according to an essay in this week's Conservation Biology . Using basic physics, Professor Neil Frazer of the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Hawaii at Manoa explains how farm fish cause...Genetic evidence for avian influenza movement from Asia to North America via wild birds
Wild migratory birds may be more important carriers of avian influenza viruses from continent to continent than previously thought, according to new scientific research that has important implications for highly pathogenic avian influenza virus surveillance in North America. As part of a multi-...Innocoll Appoints Anthony H. Wild Ph.D. to Its Board of Directors
ASHBURN, Va., July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Innocoll Inc. today announced that Anthony H. Wild, Ph.D. has been appointed to its board of directors. Dr. Wild is a co-founder and General Partner of BOWS Pharmaceuticals AG, a Swiss drug-delivery technology company. He is a member of the Boards of Dir...First electrophysical recording of sleep in a wild animal
In the first experiment to record the electrophysiology of sleep in a wild animal, three-toed sloths carrying miniature electroencephalogram recorders slept 9.63 hours per day6 hours less than captive sloths did, reports an international team of researchers working on the Smithsonian Tropical Rese...UW space scientists use Keck telescope to study wild weather of Uranus
The two sides of the planet Uranus, as viewed in this composite image, by the Keck II Telescope at near infrared wavelengths. Courtesy of Lawrence Sromovsky, UW-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center. Capitalizing on the optical capabilities of the Keck Telescope , scientists have gained ...Single gene controls key difference between maize and its wild ancestor
Madison, Wis. -- One of the greatest agricultural and evolutionary puzzles is the origin of maize -- and part of the answer may lie in a plot of corn on the western edge of Madison, where a hybrid crop gives new life to ancient genetic material. While many biologists argue that teosinte, a wil...Despite confinement, crop genes can spread fast to wild
MADISON - With the slim chance that farmers will stop planting crops containing genes from other organisms, researchers have started to develop strategies that trap these foreign genes, reducing the risk that they'll spread to wild relatives. But an investigation by scientists from the Universit...Blazing Trails: Dr. Ellery Knake Remembered for His Contributions to Weed Science
...inating aquatic weeds that clog our waterways and impact water quality. 3. Controlling invasive weeds that destroy biodiversity in our rangelands and wild areas. 4. Developing weed management techniques for organic farming. 5. Reducing the impact of weeds on human health and allergies. 6. Researching ...Human Topoisomerase I Wild Type from Calbiochem
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Description:...An antibody made to the C-terminal VMAT2 peptide detected a major band at ~55 kDa in postnuclear supernatants of CHO transfected with VMAT2 and not in wild type cells (2). Some additional bands, both higher and lower molecular weight, were also detected and remain unaffected by the inclusion of protease i...REC. PROTEIN G - SEPHAROSE from Invitrogen
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