Bronx Zoo feathers help save rare birds half a world away
...le use in hats and capes, as well as wear on their hands during dances. This was a cooperative effort involving 15 accredited zoos across the U.S. to help save these species, said Dr. Sheppard, the Bronx Zoos Curator of Ornithology. WCS will continue to work with the zoo community to protect these magnif...Don't be fooled about your oral health: AAP uncovers common misconceptions
...k of gum tissue as the skin on your hand. If your hands bled every time you washed them, you would know something is wrong. Oral health doesnt affect overall health. When the gums are infected, periodontal bacterial byproducts can enter the blood stream and travel to major organs and set off other probl...Scientists push back primate origins from 65 million to 85 million years ago
... creature weighing about 1-2 pounds, with grasping hands and feet, also used by the infant to cling to the .... The nocturnal, tree-living creature had grasping hands and feet, weighed about one-to-two pounds, and ate a mixed diet composed mainly of fruit and insects...NIH grants infrastructure awards for human embryonic stem cell research
...nds, the NIH is hoping to get these cells into the hands of basic scientists as quickly as possible." The four entities are listed on the NIH Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry, http://escr.nih.gov and have a combined total of 17 stem cell lines that will be available to basic scientists for research. T...Setting the stage for limb development
...terized by the fusion of the central digits of the hands and feet, resulting in claw-like extremities. Dr. Lufkins team set out to determine if Dlx5 and 6 were, in fact, the genes responsible for SHFM. Mice have been historically used to model human disease, and SHFM is no exception. Previous research gro...Origin of bipedalism seems most closely tied to environmental changes
...remain viable, according to the team: freeing the hands for carrying or for some kind of tool use, and an ...prehuman ancestors had terrestrial features in the hands and feet, climbing features throughout the skeleton, and knuckle-walking features in the wrist and h...New technology creates 'super soap'
...he other with a soap-containing MAT. After drying, hands were contaminated by lightly pressing them against...ia. The bacteria transferred from the plate to the hands were recovered and quantified by standard microbiological methods. In three clinical studies, the ba...Lack of Rb2 gene could be early indicator of prostate cancer, say Temple researchers
...opment of cancer will be "a fantastic tool" in the hands of an oncological clinician or surgeon because "it will allow them to tailor more specific therapies based on the genetic damage in each one of the genes."...The mind may help restore movement to the immobile
...ain control' almost as well as they can with their hands free." The research team, comprised of Andrew B. Schwartz with the Institute, and Dawn M. Taylor and Stephen I. Helms Tillery, of the Department of Bioengineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, plans to replace the virtual cursor with a robot...Scientist detail how brain regulates sensory information
...ely send motor signals to our eyes, ears, nose and hands to enhance our perception of the sensory information that we are interested in. "The act of sensation is inexplicably tied to that of motor control," says David Kleinfeld, a professor of physics at UCSD and one of the leaders of the research collabo...Texas scientists reach out and touch molecules
...esigned and ultimately hope to get "Touch into the hands of pharmacologists and medicinal chemists. "Computers are here to help us serve mankind, and if we can address a serious challenge in the pharmacological industry for designing new drugs, then we can make their work easier and more productive," he sa...Scientist says ostrich study confirms bird 'hands' unlike those of dinosaurs
...ts," he said. "Questions about development of bird hands were first addressed in 1821 by the famous German physician and anatomist Johann Friedrich Meckel for whom the cartilage of the lower jaw was named. But no one has produced convincing evidence for a thumb before. For us, this is very exciting." The ...A genetic contribution to obsessive compulsive disorder
... anything and would feel that they must wash their hands over and over. The causes of OCD remain obscure. However, there is strong evidence for a genetic component (the risk of developing OCD is higher in the relatives of affected), and for the involvement of the serotonin (5HT) neurochemical system. Serot...Ambitious plan to give sight to the blind
... and DOE will get out and leave the project in the hands of industry." Two hundred thousand eyes in the US are blinded each year by macular degeneration, primarily in the elderly. One baby in 4,000 demonstrates retinitis pigmentosa. Sandia is receiving $400,000 each year for its part in the research, which......alisation of the menopause? Do they hold out their hands for hormone replacement therapy or do they turn to alternative 'remedies'? This new research has gathered together data from several distinct groups of women divided according to their sexuality, ethnicity and class in order to identify trends in a...UCSF begins distributing the first of its two embryonic stem cell lines
..."These are touchy, finicky cells requiring lots of hands on work," says Firpo. In addition to funding the production of the cell lines, Firpo's NIH Infrastructure grant award funds studies aimed at improving the biological conditions for growing embryonic stem cells. All of the cell lines included on the N...NSF establishes center for biophotonics at UC Davis
...velopment and deliver this new technology into the hands of health-care providers. UC Davis will be the West Coast hub for biophotonics research that business partners can use to make new, leading-edge medical devices. "NSF Science and Technology Centers are very prestigious, but most importantly, they spu...Brain's method of creating mental images differs with the source of cues received
... researchers found that when sensory cues from the hands and eyes differ from one another, the brain effect...w something that looked four inches tall while the hands felt something to be two inches tall? Or, was it really simply three inches tall? We wanted to know ...New mammal species identified in Australia
...upials project. "We knew we had two species on our hands last year when we got the genetic data to add to the morphology data." A hiker in the woods might not distinguish the two species, says Lindenmayer, but northern mountain brushtails in the forests of New South Wales and Queensland have smaller ears, ......tform to the coral before they drill so that their hands do not damage the animals. "The only part of the coral that is living is a few millimeters on the top of the core," says Greer. "This is quickly replaced once the hole is filled."...