Climate change plus human pressure caused large mammal extinctions in late Pleistocene
...se evidence outside Australia that humans were the sole cause of extinction. Data are sketchy for the Australian continent, Barnosky cautioned, but little climate change was going on at the time of extinction between 40,000 and 50,000 years ago. However, humans were certainly on the scene, and some scient...Researchers determine genetic cause of Timothy syndrome
...int mutation in the CaV1.2 calcium channel was the sole cause of Timothy syndrome. Keating collaborated on the studies with researchers from Children's Hospital, Boston, Harvard Medical School, the University of Utah, the University of Pavia in Italy and the Boston University School of Medicine. The s...Environmental decontamination, greenhouse gases, and the genome of a methane-loving bacterium
...reasing interest because they can use methane as a sole source of carbon and energy and could dramatically reduce biologically generated methane emissions. They've also been the focus of bioremediation efforts aimed at environmental decontamination. And now, with the publication of the first complete geno...'Fossil genes' reveal how life sheds form and function
...ll as plants and animals, including humans. Their sole function is devoted to the utilization of galactose, suggesting that the yeast experienced an ecological shift that somehow removed galactose from the organism's menu, thereby making the galactose-processing genes obsolete. The relic genes, according...Scientists explore genome of methane-breathing microbe
...in methanotrophs because their use of methane as a sole source of carbon and energy could possibly be harnessed to play an important role in efforts to reduce methane emissions that are generated by biological sources such as ruminants and landfills. The PLoS Biology study found that M. capsulatus has m...Cell's gatekeeper for ammonia revealed in unprecedented detail
... he pointed out, can survive with ammonia as their sole source of nitrogen. The lead author on the SCIENCE paper is Shahram Khademi, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar in Stroud's lab. Co-authors are research assistants Joseph O'Connell III, MS; Jonathan Remis, BS; Yaneth Robles-Colmenares, BS; and Larry J. W. M...Report outlines steps needed to lessen smallpox threat
...with commissioning such products and acting as the sole market for them," said Harrison. "But the federal health agencies do not, so we recognized that such arrangements would require significant changes in how they interact with industry." The report emphasized that there is a basic lack of knowledge abo...Brain serotonin enzyme finding might explain psychiatric disorders
...e known as tryptophan hydroxylase (Tph1) to be the sole enzyme governing serotonin synthesis in the nervous system, Caron said. Last year, however, researchers at another institution found that a second enzyme, tryptophan hydroxylase-2 (Tph2), is present in the brain, while the earlier discovered Tph1 is ...Key principles for the foundation of a European Research Council (ERC)
...uropean Commission and of government agencies. The sole criterion for funding decisions by the ERC must be scientific excellence, determined on the basis of a peer review system by highly respected, well-established experts. The EUROHORCs are publishing these principles now because the prospects for the f...Study: Artificial sweetener may disrupt body's ability to count calories
...weeteners and of high-calorie beverages is not the sole cause of obesity, but it may be a contributing factor," Swithers said. "It could become more of a factor as more people turn to artificial sweeteners as a means of weight control and, at the same time, others consume more high-calorie beverages to sa...New research supports theory that indirect transmission of chronic wasting disease
... have been based on animal-toanimal contact as the sole source of infection and that diseaseprevalence was expected to decline as the number of infectedanimals is reduced. "Our findings that contaminated environments can causetransmission means that these declines in infection rates may bemuch slower tha...Biological computer diagnoses cancer and produces drug in a test tube
...d system, which uses its input DNA molecule as its sole source of energy, was reported in 2003 and was listed in the 2004 Guinness Book of World Records as the smallest biological computing device. Shapiro: "It is clear that the road to realizing our vision is a long one; it may take decades before such ...Moffitt teams with DNAPrint(TM) to predict patient response to chemotherapy
... of the top cancer hospitals in America. Moffitt's sole mission is to contribute to the prevention and cure of cancer....Secondary complications and restoration of function in SCI
...independence and stress. For women, stress was the sole predictor. Effects of spinal cord injury level on carotid and femoral arteries (pg 89) The effect of SCI level on the carotid (neck) and femoral (thigh) arteries is explored in this manuscript. From a lying position, volunteers with and without SC...Immune system's attack dogs kept on genetic leash
... errors in regulatory genes are unlikely to be the sole cause of a particular autoimmune disorder. "You probably need multiple malfunctions in different genes to cause a severe autoimmune syndrome," he explains. The Lupus Foundation of America estimates about 1.5 million Americans have lupus, which can ...A joint effort against the Oriental boil
...ed by the partners in the Near East: It offers the sole possibility of freely accessible financing for the Palestinians. Although the Israeli universities are financed by the state, they rely on third party funds to a significant degree. Since the programme's inception, 25 projects have been funded. Of th...NAFTA arbitrators in environmental case agree to formal public input, a first for trade hearings
... "in-camera" with investors and governments as the sole participants. Said Mr. Runnalls: "We set out in August 2000 to address the procedural deficiencies of the investor-state arbitrations, as well as concerns about rights accorded to investors under NAFTA's Chapter 11. This precedent-setting Tribunal d...Protein data bank opens new era with broader support
...nctions of microbial cells incommunities." As the sole international repository for comprehensive structuraldata of large biological molecules, the PDB serves researchersand educators in academic, industrial andbiotechnical pursuits. When the data bank was first established in 1971, it containedseven st...Rodents bred for alcohol preference live longer than rats bred for alcohol avoidance
...AA, 66 ANA) were given 12 percent alcohol as their sole source of fluid from three to 24 months of age. The remaining ANA rats received water. All rats that died during the experiment, as well as those killed at 24 months of age, were autopsied and pathological findings were recorded. "There were two...Expedition will retrace legendary Steinbeck-Ricketts voyage to the Sea of Cortez
...rom the Sea of Cortez with John Steinbeck named as sole author. The original book, Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research, had the misfortune of being published the first week of December 1941 - just before the attack on Pearl Harbor. As a result, it was quickly forgotten and soon went ...