Fossil Footprints Show Foot-Movement Similarity In Dinosaurs And Birds
...ured movements of the foot belowthe surface, preserving a three-dimensional record of locomotor behavior in Triassic-period dinosaurs. Reporting in Nature, the researchers said that a spectrum of trackssimilar to the Greenlandic series is produced when a bird, such as a turkey, walksthr...New Study By TSRI Scientists Sheds Light On Viral Clearance In Acute Hepatitis B Infection
...es the number of cells that must bekilled, thereby preserving the function of the organ while the virus is removed. The scientific basis for the current study is the result of work conducted byDrs. Guidotti and Chisari over the past five years using a transgenic mousemodel. In these experiments HBV replication...Statement Of The DFG Concerning "Questions Of Human Embryonic Stem Cells"
...s carried out for reasons other than thoseaimed at preserving the embryo. Thus it is not compatible with the provisions ofthe embryo protection law. This is true also if the development of the embryowill not be impaired by the removal of some cells. Nuclear transfer into enucleated oocytes aimed at generating p...Managing For Deer, Moose, Elk, Wolves -- And People
...aff may seem like a team of curators, charged with preserving a view ofwhat our country looked like before the arrival of Europeans. But the true role of the NPS is much more complicated and much less static. Inthe eighty three years since the U.S. Congress established the National Parksystem, the land manag...UF Scientist Seeks Super Sea Oats
... differences, says Michael Kane, may be the key to preserving Florida'sdune system -- and keeping coastal residents safe -- in the face oftropical storms and hurricanes. "Now that we know there are genetic differences, we need to determine whatthese differences mean, if anything, in terms of the ability of sea ...NIAID-Supported Scientists Discover Origin Of HIV-1
... equatorialAfrica. This new report suggests that preserving the wild chimpanzee populations will becrucial for further carefully designed studies to better understand howcross-species virus transmission occurs and how infected chimpanzees resistdisease, studies that in turn may lead to new strategies for desi...Wildlife Conservation Society Receives $700,000 Grant From Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
...servation Society reflects Doris Duke's interestin preserving the environment," said Joan E. Spero, president of the Foundation. "We are committed to funding conservation initiatives that are based on soundscience and research, employ market-based approaches and partnerships, andbroaden public awareness and pa...Exercising Just Three Days May Provide Heart Attack Protection
...ize and refold damaged proteins, which is vital to preserving theheart if blood circulation is cut off. "The whole problem of a heart attack is that if cells die, they're goneforever," Powers said. "What this heat shock protein does is to prevent thecell from dying from stress that would kill cells that...Researcher Finds World's Most Diverse Home Of Slime Molds
...f Tikal, Guatemala, take himanother step closer to preserving slime molds for future forest restoration. InTikal, Cavender has found seven new species of slime molds, four of themidentified in the Polysphondylium genus and three in the Dictyostelium genus. "That is amazing," he said. "Something's going ...New Research Shows Loggerhead Sea Turtles Sustain Delicate Dunes
... strengthenvegetation along the shore and could be preserving the dune system. Sarah Bouchard, a UF student who studied the nesting turtles for hermaster's thesis, monitored the beach for energy, nitrogen, phosphorus andlipids left behind by turtle eggs and the possible effects those nutrientshad on the...Mouse Study Trumpets New Way To Preserve Species
...ow temperatures may provide a fairly simple way of preserving genetic material from female mammals -- a feat tha...ological systems -- to develop and improve ways of preserving reproductive cells and tissues, such as sperm, eggs, embryos and ovarian tissue. Cryobiology ro...Four More Lemurs To Be Released Into Madagascar Jungle This Fall
...ns. Italso assists the government of Madagascar in preserving lemurs and otherthreatened species through breeding programs. Besides the Duke Primate Center, primary collaborators in the Betamponarestocking project are the San Francisco Zoo, Philadelphia Zoo, Roger WilliamsPark Zoo, Blank Park Zoo, Racin...Fruit-Eating Birds Discovered Crucial To Rainforest Survival
...e range suggests that their own survivaldepends on preserving large expanses of rain forest intact," added Smith,who also holds a post as associate professor at the Center for PopulationBiology, University of California, Davis. The Cameroon study found that nearly all the seeds dispersed by thehornb...USGS To Present Diverse Research At ESA Annual Meeting
...plications challenge resource managers chargedwith preserving native species because the relatively rare and highly diversevegetative areas, which were thought to be the most robust and resistant toinvasion, are apparently not. High native species richness does not preventexotic plant species invasions. ("Ho...Vitamin C May Reduce Angina, Heart Attack Risks
... cloggedarteries," Frei said. "We now believe that preserving the biologicavailability of nitric oxide is very important, and that antioxidantvitamins, especially vitamin C, can play a very important role in this." Findings from some of the most recent work were published in the April,1998, Journal of the Ameri...Antimicrobial Resistance: Issues And Options
...ncil later this year. In addition to preserving the effectiveness of the current groups of antibiotics, incentives are needed to develop new drugs. Pharmaceutical industry representatives at the workshop felt that efforts need to be directed towards promoting and fostering joint ventures that mee......ss calledreperfusion -- is critically important to preserving the main pumping chamber ofthe heart. The research... treatment strategies." The researchers found that preserving the function of the left ventricle -- theheart's main pumping chamber -- through early emergency tre...Can The Economic Promise Of Drug Discovery Continue To Preserve The Suriname Forest?
...rs and offer a potentially huge economicreason for preserving the forest, based on the $200 billion market forplant-derived drugs. But the pace of discovery and development may be too slowcompared to the certain, immediate payoffs from lumber sales. "The Surinamese government was planning a large-scale ...Skull Of Refrigerator-Size Ancient Armadillo Finds A Home At UF
...al History on the UF campus, where researchers are preserving and restoring the specimen so it can be stored and displayed in the building's collections. "It's a very important specimen because it is so complete and has all its teeth," McCarty said. "The wear patterns that we're able to see on the teet...Captive Lemurs To Depart For Madagascar Oct. 17 For First Release Into The Wild
...e major efforts at aiding the nation's economy and preserving remaining natural habitats." Black-and-white ruff...ns. Italso assists the government of Madagascar in preserving lemurs and other threatened species through well-managedbreeding programs. Those programs are under...