Viral suspect for amphibian decline traced to human spread through bait
...bait is the latest example of a seemingly innocent human activity that may be responsible for spreading suc... of animals -- and is additional evidence for how human activities such as farming and trade in live animals or biological products are affecting ecologies ...UCLA molecular biologists uproot the tree of life
...today also includes non-photosynthetic E. coli and human pathogens. The other group is related to the archaeal prokaryotes, some members of which today can live at temperatures hot enough to boil water (160230 degrees Fahrenheit) and can be found in hot sulfur springs and geothermal ocean vents worldwide. ......when the scientists introduced it into cultures of human glioblastoma cells. "We picked human glioblastoma because it is the hardest to kill," said Wang. "The cells grow like weeds and they are ...Screen siblings, parents of infants with severe heart abnormalities
..., and John Belmont, BCM professor of molecular and human genetics, found that these first degree relatives of children with severe defects of the left side of the heart had a fivefold increased risk of having an abnormality called bicuspid aortic valve. The finding solidifies the currently held...Computer scientists at UH developing 'nurturing' computers
... perform touchless physiological monitoring of its human user, including measurements of blood flow, pulse ...most completely unaware of the actual state of the human user, researchers are proposing methods for computers to understand and respond to computer users' f...New evidence of radiation risk in childhood leukaemia
...tal evidence for radiation-induced mutation in the human germ-line remains highly controversial. But our studies in Ukraine and Belarus have shown that genomic instability can be induced in the paternal germ-line in humans. It remains to be seen whether this instability can be transmitted to further genera...Do genes respond to global warming?
Scientists continue to argue the extent that human activities drive global warming, but few would argue that it exists. The International Panel on Climate Change predicts that greenhouse gases will increase global temperatures by 3.6 degrees F by 2100--a rise unprecedented over the past 10,000 years....For imitative parrots, wagging tongues may be key to vocalization
...lacement is known to be a fundamental mechanism in human speech, but evidence that similar mechanisms can s...pes of sound characteristics that are important in human speech. These observations suggest that lingual articulation is involved in the well-known ability o...Heart gene yields insights into evolution, disease risk
DURHAM, N.C. -- Analyzing the frequency among human populations of a variant in a gene that influences...ease Because of this clinical effect, considerable human data had been gathered on the MMP3 variant, said Rockman, making the gene attractive in exploring th...Imitative parrots just might tell you it's all in the tongue
...nces in sound. "Birdsong is an excellent model for human speech and also for thedevelopment of communicativ... it's likely thetongue is involved, just like with human speech." Beckers, the study's lead author and a former IUB postdoctoral fellow,is now a research fel...Genetic map of important tree genes outlined
...aramount importance for terrestrial ecosystems and human societies," because of their ecological dominance ...ion of so much energy and industrial materials for human societies. "Arabidopsis is still the plant model that will first give us the basic answers to how pl...Research suggests unborn children may be at risk from environmental pollution
...measurements and ex vivo experiments using donated human placentas. They found reasonable correlation between the placental transfer data from different models, allowing preliminary calculations of dose to foetal organs. Preece reports "We found that foetal organ concentrations can exceed those of the mo...Recent evolution at a single gene may have brought down heart disease risk in some human groups
... primates and comparing sequences among and within human populations, the researchers have cast light on th...articular base pair of DNA one of billions in the human genome that helps regulate the gene stromelysin-1, or MMP-3. The identity of the DNA base at this p...Mitochondrial genes cause nuclear mischief
...quite so benign. They have continued to invade the human genome, even into the present day, and a large pro...uclear genes, possibly disrupting them and causing human diseases. Scanning the entire human genome, Ricchetti and colleagues found a total of 211 nuclear se...How do you mend a broken heart?
...ctive expertise of the group, to develop and study human cells with an enhanced potential for cardiac regen...iher (Goethe University, Frankfurt) have pioneered human trials with progenitor cells for cardiac repair. Progenitor cells can produce specialized cells to r...Single isolated mouse skin cell can generate into variety of epidermal tissues
...plication of these techniques for the treatment of human skin and hair conditions, says the study's lead in...he future, she says, it may be possible to test if human skin cells can also be pushed to grow into other epithelial cells, such as eye cornea or tooth ename...Identifying tick genes could halt disease, bioterrorism threat
...scapularis, in part because of its large impact on human and animal health. Deer ticks are the main vectors...ich is the most commonly reported tick-transmitted human disease in the United States. Lyme disease can cause lethargy, joint swelling and facial paralysis. ...Genuine stem cells found in skin might treat hair loss, wounds
...ful if it holds for stem cells derived from haired human skin, said Fuchs. Furthermore, clonal analyses revealed that both populations contained multipotent stem cells able to differentiate into all lineages of epidermis and hair following engraftment onto the backs of hairless mice. Remarkably, the graft ...Skin stem cells give hairless mice hair
...when grafted onto mice. The findings mean that the human equivalent of these stem cells, which scientists a...lize similar methods to begin to compare mouse and human skin stem cells." The scientists' analyses of the biochemical characteristics of the isolated mouse......n of surplus neurons during the development of the human brain. In healthy cells, Smac is sequestered within cell compartments called mitochondria, where the protein resides until mitochondria receive signals to release it. Smac then interacts with other molecules called inhibitor-of-apoptosis proteins (IA...