Far more men than women favor routine paternity testing at birth
...hat generally less that 1 percent of married women bear children fathered by men other than their husbands. The exceptions are studies conducted among women living in extreme poverty in the United States, Mexico and England, where the rate was as high as 10 percent. Researchers have speculated about w...Genuine stem cells found in skin might treat hair loss, wounds
...nd hair. "We've identified cells within skin that bear all the characteristics of true stem cells--the ability for self renewal and the multipotency required to differentiate into all lineages of epidermis and hair," said Elaine Fuchs, cell biologist at Rockefeller University and senior author of the stu...Scientists fear new Ebola outbreak may explain sudden gorilla disappearance
...ir covers their entire body, except the face. Many bear a distinctive ginger-colored crown. In comparison to mountain gorillas, western lowland gorillas have wider and larger skulls. They are characterized as quiet, and peaceful animals that almost never attack unless provoked. The relatively intact fore...New genetic research demonstrates possible cause of inherited form of Parkinson's disease
...synuclein gene, but their alpha-synuclein proteins bear modifications not seen in healthy people that may cause the protein to act as the mutant does," said Dr. Sulzer....Women who have donated eggs sought for national study
...ave donated eggs to help themselves or other women bear children. But little is known about what motivated these women to become egg donors and what, if any, physical and psychological effects resulted from their experience. To answer these and other questions, University of Washington researchers have b...Double-segment periodicity underlies 'odd' segment generation in centipedes
... they suggest that additional segments that do not bear legs are also formed with this mechanism. Most noticeably, the centipede trunk includes a pair of poison claws that are probably modified legs. If these are counted, centipedes actually have an even number of trunk segments....LSU researcher discovers new bird
...o science rests in a Lima museum and it will soon bear a name of Lane's choosing. As the discoverer of what could be a new species or, perhaps, a new genus, Lane will also be the first to author a scientific description of the bird. The process will take some time, but, for someone who says his...Brain serotonin enzyme finding might explain psychiatric disorders
...d mouse strains, Caron suspects that humans likely bear many versions of the serotonin gene. Collaborators on the research include Tatyana Sotnikova, Ph.D., and Raul Gainetdinov, M.D....Asian bird flu became highly pathogenic through continued circulation and gene swapping
... whether such farmers and their governments should bear this financial burden by themselves. "If we consider H5N1 to be a global problem that could get much worse, perhaps the costs should be borne instead by the World Health Organization's global influenza program," Webster said. "The results of this s...'Trap' crop saves Texas cross timbers melon production
... perspective too, Mitchell said. It has brought to bear a diverse group of professionals to address a real-world problem directly affecting people's livelihoods. "It was truly a team effort," he said....Common chemicals morphing into potential toxins in Arctic
...in says the team also found the compounds in polar bear liver tissue samples. Other studies are examining exposure levels in humans living in the far north. "It does appear to be an issue that's going to affect Arctic food webs and Arctic people who depend on them. We don't know toxicologically how much ...Flies may taste bitter better, first map of insect 'tongue' reveals
...f bitter-sensitive nerve cells on the fly "tongue" bear distinct combinations of taste receptors, the Duke...rgans are so different and that the genes involved bear no relationship to one another," Amrein said. The fly's potentially more discriminating sensitivity ...Researchers develop blood test that can detect genetic changes in progressive breast cancer
...st cancer. If further clinical studies bear out its effectiveness, researchers say the blood test could be used as a standard operating procedure to monitor genetic changes for which a treatment is available. "Cancer is a moving target, and the oncologist has to know which bullet t...SEEDS program sponsors field trip to Calgary
...trip to Banff National Park to learn about grizzly bear research. Students participating in the field trip come from around the United States and Puerto Rico, including: Arizona State University; California State University, Fullerton; College of Menominee Nation; College of San Mateo; Florida A&M Un...Danger spots identified for threatened grizzly bear
...human activity may soon wipe out Alberta's grizzly bear population, but new University of Alberta research identifies the province's highest mortality spots. Scott Nielsen, from the Department of Biological Sciences, has isolated specific spots where the bears are dying at the highest rates, all sites wh...Closing in on the cellular culprits of schizophrenia
...e genetics of schizophrenia is finally starting to bear fruit in terms of identifying specific genes that we can then follow-up in the brain," says Arnold. "Who would have predicted that a protein that was first discovered a few years ago by muscular dystrophy researchers could have anything to do with sc...Vanderbilt's John Oates wins clinical research award
...mmitment to it has brought strong basic science to bear on our clinical research. For the investigation of human pharmacology, this has been an ideal setting." Oates said the Vanderbilt General Clinical Research Center has been recognized as one of the leading GCRC's in the United States, and a great ass...Better techniques needed to predict earthquake hazards, UC study finds
... of disciplines and expertise that were brought to bear through the multicampus-laboratory collaboration, Heuze said. "A single campus or Laboratory could not provide all the required expertise," he said. Archuleta said that while the study's results still need to be validated by additional research, the......g contemporary studies of human sexual behavior to bear on similar studies in other animals. Usually, scientists extrapolate in the other direction. Ketterson will examine whether human sex and gender concepts apply in songbirds. Studies she will begin later this year in South Dakota, Nevada, Costa Rica a......ed prey. Where's there's no ice, there's no polar bear food and bears enter the winter season in poor bod... period 1985-2008. Using remote sensing and polar bear movement data, the team will establish how polar bears adapt to those changes spatially, and will te...