Worlds largest scientific society convenes regional meeting September 23-26 in Savannah
...er Pygmy rattlesnake venom and its use to treat snake bites Benefits of gingko tree leaves Landmar...ifying proteins for better treatment of victims of snake bites. (D. Dewaine Jackson, Stetson University, Department of Biochemistry, DeLand, Fla., 336-822-81...Leading snake expert dies at 38
...rma) after suffering a bite from a highly venomous snake while conducting scientific research. He was 38. "We are profoundly shocked and saddened by this loss," said Dr. Patrick Kociolek, Curator and Executive Director of the California Academy of Sciences. "Joe was one of the world's leading experts o...Researchers gain better understanding of deadly autoimmune heart ailment that affects young adults
...s that causes myocarditis. Some of mice were given snake venom to deplete complement. None of the mice depleted of complement developed any signs of myocarditis, while four out of six control mice developed the disease. During the experiments, the researchers also determined that two cell receptors, CR-1...Study of poisonous snakes boosts old Batesian principle of mimicry
...sts reasoned that if mimicry were causing the king snake to resemble the coral snake, predators would be more likely to attack the former where coral snakes are not found. And that's just what their experiments showed. Because the plasticine models retained bite and scratch marks, they became a clear r...Passport, please: A global strategy to curb invasive species
...oject officer for GISP. When the small brown tree snake arrived on the coast of Guam, it entered an island with 13 species of forest birds, 12 types of lizards and three bat species. Today, only one bat species remains, three forest birds and six native lizard species. Biodiversity loss, though devastat...Nanofabricated 'gel' separates DNA
...the DNA fragments through the gel. As they slowly snake their way through the tiny pores of the material, fragments of different lengths move at different speeds and eventually collect in a series of bands as a ladderlike structure that can be photographed using fluorescent or radioactive tags. In previo...A new picture of the brain may reveal the key to Alzheimer's
... 11 neurons linked together like the segments of a snake -- running perpendicularly through the levels, or laminae, of the cerebral cortex in normal subjects. "In LBD we saw practically no such microcolumns," says lead author Sergey Buldyrev, "and in AD the columns were much smaller and less pronounced tha...New fossil snake with legs, reported in Science
... punchline to an evolutionary riddle, a new fossil snake with legs has emerged from 95 million year-old dep... 17 March issue of Science , is the second limbed snake to come from the site of Ein Yabrud, an ancient marine environment broadly similar to the still, coa...International experts to say what's known, what's speculation about medicinal herbs
...ed -- safe? Do they work? Or are they just so much snake oil? How much should a person take to produce the desired effect? Some of the world's top experts on the effects of garlic, ginseng, ginko biloba, comfrey, saw palmetto, feverfew, echinacea and St. John's wort will summarize what's known about the he...X-rays may show way to better Alzheimer's drugs
... synthetically produced Aricept, fasciculin - a snake venom toxin, and huperzine A an extract from a Ch...in clearly has a predatory function in the case of snake venom, might the plant products act in defense against insects or parasites? "This question has not ...Molecular fats prevent nerve sheath abnormality
...ve axons, hair-like extensions of nerve cells that snake off and make connections with other nerve cells. These myelinated connections form the wiring circuitry of both the central (brain and spinal cord) and peripheral nervous systems. In his laboratory in the UNC Neuroscience Center, Dr. Brian J. Popko,...'Cousin' Of Snake Venom Toxin Found In Mice
... theprotein bear a striking resemblance to certain snake toxins," said Heintz. When a poisonous snake bites a person, alpha-neurotoxins in the venom blockacetylcholine receptors on the tips of muscle ne...Artificial Gels Could Speed DNA Sequencing
... so the molecule must uncoil at least partially to snake through the openings. An advantage of the artificial gel, Turner said, is that its openings are of uniform size and distribution, rather than random as in organic gels. This makes it possible to measure the velocity with which molecules of varying ...Controlling Problem Snakes: Saipan Benefits From USGS Research
...s consider as pests both the non-native brown tree snake and the Habusnake because of their invasion and ec...or forthe book and a renowned expert on brown tree snake biology and management. "Thisbook provides researchers and managers with guidance on managing these ...A Real Smart Asp: Snakes Show Surprising Ability To Learn
...when it comes to learning andcognition, the humble snake may be quite a bit more like humansthan anyone had... lights and open spaces found in the arena. When a snake isfirst placed in the arena, it tends to circle around the edge,looking for a way out," says Holtzma...Experimental Drug Derived From Snake Venom Shows Promise In Reversing Effects Of Stroke
NASHVILLE, Feb. 4 -- A stroke therapy derived from snake venom? According toresearchers, it's not a snake oil story, but instead a possible new way to helppeople recover from the devastating effects of stro......ropensity to wrap around its target protein like a snake wrapping around alimb. Uncovering these structures is an important step forward for Lipscomb inunderstanding just how these transport proteins work. Before her work,researchers had speculated that these proteins folded in a rather unstructur...Snake Venom Slows Tumor Growth
BOSTON, Mass.-- A protein found in copperhead snake venom dramatically retardsbreast tumor growth by both blocking tumor cell adhesion and invasion, as wellas inhibiting new blood vessel development in the tumors, according to aresearch report presented here today at the national meeting of the Americ...Among Wrens, Moms Teach Daughters To Call, Dads Teach Sons, Study Reveals
...ded and analyzed more than10,000 wren calls in the snake and bug-infested, muddy savannah. His mentor,renowned UNC-CH ornithologist R. Haven Wiley, named the sounds "WAY" calls twodecades ago because they brought to mind a nasally congested human asking "Whereare you? Where are you?" Neither males......cal similarities with the catalytic domain of a snake venom metalloproteinase previously elucidated by the same Martinsried group, with a number of large polypeptide insertion loops generating unique features at the molecular surface, however. The active site region of the TACE molecule also...