Wild ape population undergoing 'catastrophic' decline
...lined severely over the last 20 years and, without aggressive intervention, may soon reach the "brink of extinction," a study has found. In a process that went largely unnoticed, years of illegal hunting and an epidemic of Ebola virus have slashed the population of wild chimpanzees and gorillas by more than 50...Study evaluates biology of prostate cancer progression in African-American men
...roteinases (MMP 2 and 9), correlates strongly with aggressive prostate cancer. Examining tissue samples from 21 African-American patients who had their cancerous prostates removed, Pettaway and his colleagues found that the ratio of MMP to E-cadherin accurately predicted which cancers had spread beyond the org...Catastrophic decline of Africa's apes, Nature says
... past decade.Dr. Walsh and his colleagues say that aggressive investments in Ebola prevention, law enforcement and protected area management are needed to ensure the survival of these two species. The head of WCS's Field Veterinary Program, Dr. William Karesh, says that experts agree that expanded field resear...Tufts environmental engineers tackle destructive nutrients in nations waterways
...tic River Watershed Association, will undertake an aggressive information campaign to let area residents know that this information will be readily available at their fingertips....Catnip stops termites dead in their tracks
...annually in the United States. In New Orleans, the aggressive Formosan subterranean termite now found in at least 11 states is believed to infest about 30 percent of the area's live oak trees and costs home owners more than $300 million a year. "One of the aims of looking at natural products is to find someth...Anthrax threat needs aggressive government action plan, say researchers
...e against an airborne anthrax attack requires more aggressive action by the U.S. government than now planned, sa...e sense of security, says Wein. We would also need aggressive distribution of prophylactic antibiotics, such as Cipro, and the ability to develop a large capacity...Charles J. Sherr and Dennis J. Slamon awarded Landon-AACR Prizes for Cancer Research
...o extend the survival of women with a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer. "I am grateful to be honored for this work, because the development of targeted therapies like Herceptin is ushering in a new age in how we treat cancer," said Dr. Slamon. "But the real heroines of this story are the hundreds o...Crows alter their thieving behavior when dealing with kin or other birds
...when it attempts to take food from kin but becomes aggressive when it tries to steal a morsel from a non-related... the food to the scrounger," said Renee Ha. "With aggressive scrounging, there is usually a flying approach by the thief who nearly lands on the other bird. Thi...Gene that drives cells to commit suicide also plays key role in development of skeletal muscle
...gnosed within the first 10 years of life. The most aggressive form of rhabdomyosarcoma is the alveolar type, which usually affects muscles in the extremities or trunk. The other most common type, embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma, occurs in the head and neck region and genitourinary tract. The discovery of the role of...MIT study: Hydrogen car no environmental panacea
Even with aggressive research, the hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle will not ...sions by a third compared to today's vehicles. But aggressive research on a hybrid with a diesel engine could yield a 2020 vehicle that is twice as efficient and ...Pheromone receptors need 'escorts'
...n their VNOs and also failed to exhibit the normal aggressive behavior toward other males. According to Dulac, the scientists' findings show that M10 plays a crucial escort role for pheromone receptors, but it might well have a modulatory role. "The fact that the receptor needs M10 to go to the surface, doesn't......ly changed as a result. "The male mice didn't show aggressive behavior toward the other male mice, as they had when they could detect pheromones," Liman said. "That was expected. What was not expected was that the male mice tried to mate with other male mice just as much as they did with females." In humans, TR...Progesterone regulates male behavior toward infants
...h that can increase paternal behavior and decrease aggressive behavior toward infants." ...Tribal warfare: Revenge, retaliation, deterrence
...e particularly violent. The presence of a warlike, aggressive society in the vicinity induces frequent warfare throughout a region. Some researchers argue that war is about 10,000 years old while others contend that it is much older, maybe even millions of years old. Nearly every primitive society ever studied ...Waging war: The curse of human intelligence
...ext step. Many animal species engage in escalating aggressive behavior. Male red deer competing for territory or mates, for example, will first roar at one another. If neither backs away, the animals then walk back and forth side-by-side sizing one another up. If this fails to resolve the conflict, the two anim...What to plant when the fires go out
... greater seedling vigor, as necessary in combating aggressive invaders," Dunne says. "We could lose our forests and rangelands to weeds if we target our scarce resources incorrectly. To date, no substantial effort to improve the weed fighting ability of natives has been mounted, nor do I know of such a priorit...Exercise and imaging tests predict heart events in high-risk families
...current guidelines do not target such families for aggressive preventive efforts," says lead author Roger S. Blumenthal, M.D., Johns Hopkins' director of preventive cardiology. "Aggressive testing clearly identifies individuals with hidden heart disease." Researchers screened more than 700 siblings of heart...SRS research highlights from the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Symposium
...trees, removing most of the midstory, and using an aggressive program of prescribed burning. Ron Thill, project leader of the SRS Nacogdoches, TX unit reported on surveys conducted to determine the effect on general species richness and abundance of the restoration efforts for red-cockaded woodpecker. The surve...NPF says FDA approval of new psoriasis drug signals new era of care
... percent of those surveyed say they don't use more aggressive therapies to treat their disease because of side effects and lack of effectiveness. "Amevive was designed to block and eliminate cells involved in psoriasis. Its effects have provided long-term therapeutic results for many patients. More importantly,......also called wild type) mouse. (Videos displaying aggressive behavior of Pet-1 knockout mice can be viewed at http://neurowww.cwru.edu/faculty/deneris.shtml ; click Movies Link.) Other neurologic functions, such as motor coordination, feeding, and locomotor activity, do not appear altered in the knockout m...