'Male-targeting' bacterium's genome is deciphered
...eliminating the non-transmitting males. Scientists say the Wolbachia genome will be useful for researcher...iseases such as dengue fever to humans. Scientists say the Wolbachia genome data will greatly accelerate progress in both understanding how Wolbachia cause...Study suggests possible way to repair damaged nerve cells
...ter such injury," Yoon said. "But it's too soon to say if these rescued cells would function normally again after treatment. "We do know that injury decreased the number of healthy, viable neurons by half," she said. "But the number of intact neurons remained at nearly 100 percent after antibody trea...Scientists call for less destructive remediation at DOE sites
... In addition to these benefits, the scientists say preserving such sites as is would also provide significant benefits for wildlife, biodiversity and regional air and water quality. The scientists state that typically only 10 to 15 percent of the land is used for industrial purposes on the larger na...Undisturbed Amazonian forests are changing, say scientists
...shade." The most likely reason for these changes, say the researchers, is that rising carbon-dioxide levels are fertilizing the forests, leading to faster growth and more competition among trees for light, water, and soil nutrients. Under these conditions, big, fast-growing species of trees probably hav...MGH study finds female mammals produce egg cells into adulthood
...r field," Tilly says. "Although there's no way to say how long it may take for these findings to actually affect the care of patients, we're very excited about the new set of scientific questions we have to investigate."...Breast self examination increases women's concerns but has no effect on mortality
...ity are doing women a disservice, a scientist will say at the 4th European Breast Cancer Conference next week (Tuesday 16 March). Professor Lars Holmberg, from the Regional Oncologic Centre, Uppsala, Sweden, will explain why BSE should not be promoted as something that can decrease mortality from brea...DNA vaccine protects against anthrax
... protection against aerosolized spores in rabbits, say researchers from the Ohio University and the Naval Medical Research Center. They report their results today at the American Society for Microbiology's Biodefense Research Meeting. "The naked DNA approach is vaccination at its simplest. The gene enco...Light Biology, a biotech company based on UT Southwestern technology, bought by NimbleGen Systems
...stly for researchers to purchase. "A scientist can say they want to study an organism whose genome was just sequenced," Dr. Garner said. "We can begin making a microarray immediately and in about eight hours have it ready for the experiment." As part of the acquisition agreement, Dr. Garner will join Nim...Duke study gives first worldwide measure of sea turtle casualties by longline fishing
...too. "I guess our paper raises the stakes a bit to say this is something that we need to deal with fairly quickly," Crowder said. "It puts the pressure on to research those potential solutions as quickly as possible."...UN study shows environmental consequences from ongoing boom in personal computer sales
...5. Contributors Klaus Hieronymi and Axel Schneider say the actual environmental benefit and economic performance of the take-back system will depend crucially on how it is implemented. One model is a monolithic consortium dedicated simply to meeting official recycling targets at a fixed fee. This will li...Educational program increases some safety behaviors for older drivers
... depend more on other people. Older drivers often say "I can't imagine what my life would be like without driving." Therefore, counseling older drivers to stop driving should not be taken lightly....Scripps scientists describe dangerous cocktail of alcohol, brain peptides, and neurotransmitters
...mission is lost. Siggins and his colleagues say that this suggests a cellular mechanism underlying involvement of CRF in alcohol's behavioral and motivational effects. During withdrawal, CRF levels increase and these changes may persist for a long time. It also suggests a possible way of tr...DNA chip will catch beefed up chicken
...in use would to ensure meat products are what they say they are and don't contain anything they should not. It can reveal, for example, whether foie gras pt really contains goose liver. The test could also help expose scams like the one uncovered in Europe last May, in which a few poultry producers were...Power plants, other industry could offer contracts to farmers in helping reduce carbon emissions
COLLEGE STATION Two research economists say electrical power plants and other manufacturing agencies could someday seek the aid of farmers, offering contracts to help industrial firms reduce carbon emissions. For farmers, such agreements could create an additional source of income and make car...Paleofire database puts fire-scar and charcoal data online
...ys as we can," Woodhouse said. Database organizers say they will develop the database to be more useful t...debate is really warming up. But it's too early to say whether the warming is causing regional fire changes." Swetnam likened the development of the paleof...Leave land alone following natural disasters, say researchers
...and natural resources managers are lagging behind, say the authors. "Maintaining large areas where the natural disturbance regime operates unimpaired by human activities is an important component of any biological conservation strategy, and for ecological sustainability," said Schmiegelow....Study examines whether giving good bacteria reduces infections
... Institute, all of the national organizations will say to lower your risk of cancer, you need to eat mixed fruits and vegetables," Dr. Martindale says. "And, if we eat more fruits and vegetables, it fits right along with this, you get more fiber, you get more fermentation substrates to the bacteria that ...Pacific leatherback turtle could go extinct in 10 years
...em disappear in as soon as a decade." Scientists say that a two-pronged approach is necessary in order to reverse the rapid population decline of sea turtles: Nesting beaches require stronger protections and more careful management. Uncontrolled beachfront development and the poaching of eggs are t...Researchers discover new family of Atlantic corals in groundbreaking study
... realignment of coral classification systems. They say the study is important for future decisions about coral conservation and the preservation of threatened biodiversity regions. "Corals are important organisms because of the reefs they build, which support the most diverse marine ecosystems on the pl...Insights gained from molecular modeling may lead to better insecticides
...ould pave the way for more efficient insecticides, say researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In a study that compared the ability of corn earworms (Helicoverpa zea) and black swallowtail butterflies (Papilio polyxenes) to neutralize insecticides and plant defense allelochemicals...