For imitative parrots, wagging tongues may be key to vocalization
...different speech sounds. Although birds and humans share the capability to make very complex vocalizations, it was generally believed that most of birds vocal complexity originated from the vocal sound source, the syrinx. The role of vocal-tract articulators, so important in humans, was believed to be only...How do you mend a broken heart?
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...for transplant recipients. Since many cancer cells share the same mechanism of extravasation as lymphocytes, ablating microvilli could also prevent metastasis of cancer cells to distant parts of the body. Similarly, by thwarting lymphocyte migration to deposits of cholesterol in coronary arteries, drugs co...APS showcases 46 historic breakthrough research articles
...al Society (APS) recently embarked on a mission to share more than 100 years of physiological research through its Legacy Project. The arduous project that included scanning hundreds of original journal volumes the equivalent of more than 200 linear feet of shelf space dating back to 1898 has "truly bee...Discovery of new shrimp species adds to unique family
...imp while they build burrows underwater. They then share the burrow. But while there are biologists studying other shrimp families, few are currently studying the snapping shrimp....Visiting African scientists collaborate with MBL scientists on infectious diseases
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Anyone who's endured their share of childhood scrapes has probably heard some version of the motherly admonishment, "Don't pick that scab, you'll just make it worse!" It turns out, Mom was on to something, according to research published on-line in the open-access journal PLoS Biolo......same time, high protein diets are attracting their share of critics, among them the American Heart Association, which has stated that the focus on animal proteins cholesterol raises harmful LDL cholesterol levels. The scientific community knows that high protein diets induce early marked metabolic changes ...Carnivore extinction risk determined more by biology than human population density, says study
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