Drugs from sea study finds sponge health link to bacteria
...onge's food ingesting chambers, sort of a multiple mouth system of such animals. But they are not actually food for the sponge. Because they could not find the strain of bacterium in water around the sponges, the scientists say it likely the two have a specific and intimate relationship. There is growing ...Feeding fish use crossflow filtration
...somehow food and water are separated. Look in the mouth of one of these fish, and you'll see a series of a...found that instead of flowing smoothly through the mouth and out of the gill slits, the gill arches caused a swirling vortex to form at the roof of the mouth...New study puts dinosaur noses in their place
...ctors of sensory information the nostrils and the mouth makes sense from a physiological standpoint. But this wasn't the evidence that convinced Witmer that dinosaurs' nostrils had been positioned incorrectly. Because the fossil record only preserves bone, paleontologists look to dinosaurs' modern-day r...Component of fly saliva makes promising Leishmaniasis vaccine
...Leishmania can cause flesh-eating nose, throat and mouth infections (mucosal leishmaniasis); painful skin lesions (cutaneous leishmaniasis); or fatal infestations of the internal organs (visceral leishmaniasis). An estimated 12 million people currently are affected by one or more of these diseases, most o...Sleepless aged rats show biological clock problems
...he bottom of the brain just above the roof of your mouth where your optic nerves cross. There are roughly 10,000 cells in this nucleus. The timekeeping mechanism in these cells depends on daily cycles in gene activity. The first of these genes identified in mammals was called CLOCK, for "circadian loco...Researchers at UT Southwestern discover link between gene in rare disorder and growth factor
...the intestines and freckle-like spots on the lips, mouth and fingers. People with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome are also at increased risk for cancerous tumors of the colon, rectum, stomach, ovaries and pancreas. "We wanted to know what Lkb1 does in the mouse," Henkemeyer said. "Is this gene also going to cause ...Dentists abuzz over cavity-prevention potential of honeybee product
... its useful, says Koo, noting that there are a few mouth washes and toothpastes that contain propolis. Theres a huge variety of propolis out there, and much of it is useless against cavities. Thats why Koos colleagues in Brazil are working with beekeepers there to create international standards for propoli...Largest fossil cockroach found: Site preserves incredible detail
...lded around its body, are also evident, as well as mouth parts. Loren Babcock, associate professor of geological sciences and Easterday's advisor, said scientists have only incomplete answers about what caused such extraordinary details to be pre...Rutgers-led research team finds Hudson River is cleaning itself
...r where salt water and fresh water mingle from its mouth to theTappan Zee Bridge about 40 miles upstream, scientists from Rutgers'Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences found that dangerous organicand inorganic pollutants are not lying immobile in sediment on the riverbottom. Instead, tidal forces, storm......s. Only a fraction of its normal flow remains, its mouth has all but closed, and many of its wetlands are now dustbowls. Some, however, are being reclaimed. River water is diverted to flood them artificially, then drained months later to simulate droughts. But carp come with the water. Some wetland access ...Fossil teeth reveal recent origin of human growth pattern
... about the age at which key teeth emerged into the mouth in Homo erectus," Dean explains. "It seems likely that the first permanent molar tooth, which erupts at around 6 years in modern humans and about 3.5 years in apes, erupted between 4 and 4.5 years in Homo erectus. Previously, most people accepted t...December media highlights - GSA BULLETIN
... flow did move sediment to beaches adjacent to the mouth of the estuary during spring months. Geochronology of late Pleistocene to Holocene speleothems from central Texas: Implications for regional paleoclimate.MaryLynn Musgrove, et a. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 7...New research may lead to more effective treatment of asthmatic attacks
...rapeutic effect. A large part is deposited in the mouth and throat, after which it is swallowed and subsequently may be absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract. The low efficiency of the inhalation equipment is related to the less optimal size distribution of the particles released, although recently deve...Perception is stored in single neurones
...tures: eye height, eye separation, nose length and mouth height. Each of these features could appear in one...ategories. The other two features, nose length and mouth height, varied randomly and were irrelevant for categorization (cf. Fig. 1). In these tests the Max ...Meeting ecological and societal needs for freshwater
...963, measurable flows of the Colorado River to its mouth at the Gulf of California have occurred only six times, and the wetland area at the mouth of the river has decreased markedly as well. The lack of freshwater inflows has contributed to the ...Unusual virus identified in aborted calf
...the mouth, nose, and feet mimic those of foot and mouth disease, a highly contagious and costly disease fo...agnostic reagents for vesicular diseases."Foot and mouth disease, the researchers said, is not zoonotic, or able to be transmitted from other animals to huma...Protein associated with lung cancer linked for the first time to head and neck cancer
...and larynx. The early warning signs are persistent mouth sores that do not heal; lumps on the lips, mouth, ...a change in the voice; red or white patches in the mouth and persistent earaches....Traits link viruses from common cold to HIV
... the common cold, West Nile, hepatitis C, foot and mouth disease, and many others are functionally and, likely, evolutionarily related to HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The finding is a surprise because many of the viruses responsible for these illnesses were thought to reproduce in ways so different fr...Unexpected links found between many RNA viruses
... encephalitis, hemorrhagic fevers, polio, foot and mouth disease and the common cold, and many other illnesses. Retroviruses and other reverse-transcribing viruses, which include HIV and hepatitis B, first copy their RNA into DNA before replicating their genome back into RNA. Double-stranded RNA viruses --...Don't be fooled about your oral health: AAP uncovers common misconceptions
...breath. There are certain kinds of bacteria in the mouth that produce volatile sulfur compounds. If these sulfur compounds build up enough, the result can be clinical bad breath, reports the American Dental Association. In addition to brushing and flossing, brushing the tongue (where the sulfur resides) c...