A Mother's Love? New UD Theory Explains Why Good Insect Moms Risk Death To Save Their Only Children
...y a singleclutch, they staunchly defend their only shot at a genetic legacy, he says. "Today's human moms are carrying on a long and noble tradition!" says Tallamy, aprofessor of entomology and applied ecology. "We tend to mistakenly think we'rethe pinnacle of evolution, and lowly insects couldn't possibl...Successful Hemophilia B Gene Therapy In Dogs May Justify Human Experiments
...enn reasoned that if you could just givepatients a shot into muscle, gene therapy could work with little or no sedation,and it would be easier to get a clinical trial going and easier on patients."Nichols said. "We think the new work tends to confirm that." Both studies employed a flu-like virus t...... 20 percent solution is about half aspowerful as a shot of whiskey. Thiele also noted that the sedative effects of alcohol on the twogenetically altered strains of mice were strikingly different. While the micewith no NPY drank significantly more alcohol than normal mice, they woke up morequickly...Medical Tip Sheet - November 1, 1998
...aving the life of a carjacking victim who had been shot in the head andin the chest. Duplex scans combine doppler and ultrasound imaging t echnology,giving the physician both auditory and visual images of blood flow, enabling himor her to distinguish between blood vessels and other types of tissues. Avail...Vaccine Technology Takes Center Stage In Rochester
...ven by nasal spray, that could make thedreaded flu shot a distant memory. University physician Michael Pichichero has led an effort totest in adults a version of the pertussis (whooping cough)vaccine commonly given to children. Adults in nursing homesaround Rochester currently are taking part in the stu...Cardinals Can Recognize Gender By Song, Columbia University Biologist Finds
... as they developed, found that testosterone levels shot upin the males at about the time their songs became more stereotyped and lessnasal. Dr. Yamaguchi says that young cardinals have a babbling phase similar tothat in humans, that they then learn songs from older cardinals, and that in thejuvenile phas...DNA Vaccine 100 Percent Effective Against Rabies In Monkeys
...ralone. All animals received at least one booster shot at 190 days. In all butthe two control animals, the researchers could measure high levels ofanti-rabies antibodies. Neutralizing antibodies are known to be the primarysource of protection for humans and animals. Dr. Lodmell then had all the monkeys...Study Shows Aspirin Blocks "Plant Pain"
...plant-defense compounds -- it works a little likea shot of pain, warning the plant that it is under attack. It can alsovolatilize and warn nearby plants, a chain reaction that's like a warningsignal to other plants. This seems to particularly apply to insect attack,as the alerted plants then produce speci...Coastal Development Threatens Rare Atlantic Shorebird
...ed by the hundreds of thousands. Most were shot at close range while they hovered protectively abovetheir nests. Resident fishermen and oystermen got 10 cents a piece for thebirds, which they gutted and shipped in ice to supply New York's millinerytrade. The birds made a brief comeback in the 1920...PEBBLEs Help U-M Scientists Open A Window On Cell Chemistry
...ll, they rarely do any damage. Mortality of cells shot with PEBBLEs is only 2 percent higher than in control cells." Martin A. Philbert , U-M assistant professor of toxicology in the School of Public Health , has directed toxicology tests on several types of PEBBLE-containing cells and agrees th...Study Shows Hereditary Legacy Of Radiation Exposure
...that paper has been turned over,and it hasn't been shot down." "There is a big difference between transmission, which means passingon effects to the children, and heritability, which means passing it onto all future generations," said Wiley, a professor of medicine withthe campus Institute of Toxicology ...Colorado State Anthropologist Finds Fossil Treasures In Africa
...away to retrieve a shotgun. Becausehe was the best shot of all the researchers in the party, Steumke was charged with entering the cave and shooting the snake. Tocelebrate restored peace, each member of the research team ate a piece of the cobra, cooked to perfection on an open fire. "No one wanted to go...