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...ronmental quality issues may, in fact, be viewedas survival issues."......st important finding is theconfirmation that adult survival rates increased in populations with anincreased opportunity for sexual selection. The result is consistent with theidea that females choose males on the basis of relatively high genetic quality.It was clear that enforced monogamy was bad news for the...Chumminess Of Roundworms Linked To Single Gene, Offering Insight Into Mechanisms Of Social Behaviors
...ularly social behaviors. In contrast to survival skills, like mating and feeding, socialbehaviors can develop in more than one successful manner amongst species andwithin species, and have evolved relatively often through time. Such so-callednatural variations are dramatized in the big cats, tiger......an those for men with the disorder,eliminating the survival advantage that women generally have over men. ...in the same age group with the disease had amedian survival of 12.1 years compared to 21.3 years for women without it. "Within the age range we ...Combination Therapy For Brain Tumors Holds Promise For Longer Survival After Surgery
... "The goal of our research is to extend the survival of terminally illpatients and give them a better q...ery. "Following adiagnosis of brain cancer, median survival of patients is only 12 monthswith treatment." More than 17,000 new cases of brain cancer are reporte...... theislands, increased from 5 to 38. The fledgling survival rate increased after thefirst year, but then dropped below the first year's level by the end of thestudy period. ("Invasion of Created Habitats by Western Snowy Plovers in CoastalCalifornia," by Abby N. Powell, USGS, Fayetteville, Ark.; and Christine...Researchers Identify And Isolate First Gene For A Form Of Insulin-Dependent Diabetes
..., unusual protein that appears necessary fornormal survival of islet b-cells," he explained. "When examined...however,that the protein is required for long-term survival of these cells," he said. Permutt and colleagues think that defects in the gene trigger prog......egulation of ice crystal growth maybe important to survival of a carrot root in the field over winter," she said. Professor Dianna Bowles expects the carrot antifreeze protein to have a numberof potential applications. "Simple natural extracts from carrots may be usefulin enhancing the quality of frozen foo...Cold Virus With P53 Gene Tested To Combat Ovarian Cancer
...ont for fighting ovarian cancer because of the low survival rates with surgery and chemotherapy. "With this trial, we will learn a lotabout the how the gene works in humans, and we will be able to improve thetreatment strategy for future patients," Muller said. For further information, stage III and IV ovari...Cell Suicide Prevented By Survival Signals
...College in London, have advanced the idea that the survival ofall cells is governed by "social controls" that ...er cells in order tosurvive." "It seems that cell survival and cell death are subject to the samekinds of social controls that operate on cell proliferation; y...Veterinary Researchers Identify Accomplice Of Calf-Killing Parasite
...site kills the host, thenit is threatening its own survival in the long run." In the case of Neospora caninum, sporozoites, a life stage which followsoocysts, spread out throughout the body systems of the host, penetratingintestinal walls in some cases and central nervous system tissues in others. ......f killing its host--in fact, it wantsto ensure the survival of the host so that it will continue to replicate,...has also devised ways to harness the virus' unique survival abilities to fightother diseases. For example, HSV can use enzymes produced by certain kinds ofcanc...History Of The Rainforest Told In Song
...ory and mates. It may mark the distinctionbetween survival and genetic death for an individual bloodline. "From the song of a golden bower bird, we can pick its precise location -whether it belongs to Mt Eden, Mt Windsor, Mr Baldy or Mt Spec. When we analysethe song, the sonograms or sound graphs are quite ...Interferon Less Effective Against Hepatitis C For African Americans
...that is helping to detect liver cancer and improve survival rates. In late 1982, the Alaska Native Medical Cen...and treated when necessary. The five and ten year survival rate for those found to have Hepatitis C, were 45% and 24% respectively compared to 0% for patients ...New Insight Into Genetic Cause Of Infant Mortality
...e. In 1994, researchers discovered that the gene, survival of motor neurons (Smn), is deleted or mutated in almost all SMA patients. This observation strongly suggested that reduced levels of or mutations in the SMN protein cause spinal muscle atrophy. Dreyfuss and his colleagues have now answered two linger...Duke Study Shows Umbilical Cord Blood Transplant Is Viable Treatment For Genetic Disorders
...tology annual conference show an overall long-term survival rateof 68 percent for children with a variety of genetic diseases. "What we've seen is that diseases which in the past have been thoughtincurable can now be cured if recognized early and referred to appropriateresources - centers that can tr...UI Researchers Find Potential Gene Therapy For Cystic Fibrosis
...e expectancy of a person with CF.The median age of survival for a person with the disease is 31 years. CF is caused by the malfunction of an ion channel that regulates secretion ofsalt and water that protect the lungs. A specialized protein, known as the CFtransmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), makes the......imulate the host plant to reduce the fecundity and survival of Pacific mites....