SFSU Biologist Deciphers Desert Animals' Whistles And Drumbeats
... approaching snake or other predator that they are vigilant and can't be caught," says Janet Randall, an animal behaviorist and SFSU professor of biology. "But gerbils warn each other of risk. Adults appear capable of communicating the degree of danger to their colony." An upright posture or moderate rhythmic......ll catch the occasional cheater." A combination of vigilant disease monitoring and follow-up pathological studieswould help accomplish that, Zelicoff says. Once a mysterious outbreak isidentified, the tools of modern epidemiology would be sufficient to determineits origin, he says. In the hantavirus case, it ...Persistent Organic Pollutants, The Danger Is Not Over
... "There is every reason to continue keeping a vigilant eye on what these chemicals are doing to the environment and to ourselves. We know, for example, that they can disrupt hormonal systems and we suspect that they can contribute to birth defects and health damage in infancy. Furthermore,...Invading Beetle Threatens Canada's Pine Forests
...tle, she says. "People who own pine stands must be vigilant when it comes to tree sanitationand maintenance," warns Smith. "That means knowing when to harvest and how toleave an area free of dead limbs and bark which the beetle can burrow under."Smith adds that the lumber industry will have to reassess how tr...Major grants support immunology, transplant and diabetes research at the University of Chicago
...tem to accept certainbeneficial tissues yet remain vigilant against harmful invaders. The Networkwill initially focus on the challenges presented by the rejection of foreigntissues such as a transplanted kidney or insulin-producing beta cells and on theautoimmune diseases such as type I diabetes, rheumatoid a...Strict diets required for chronic disease management may increase risk of unhealthy eating behaviors
... those without such problems. They were also less vigilant about monitoring blood sugar levels, following a meal plan, and properly treating hypoglycemia. PKU study participants with eating problems demonstrated poorer psychological judgement as well as lower self-esteem, the researchers found. Their study...Genome project finds the 'triggers' for E. coli illness
...ia to develop antibiotic resistance. We need to be vigilant in finding the mechanisms that allow these pathogens to emerge." The study implicates viruses as a key transfer mechanism for introducing virulent genes into E. coli. Some viruses, called bacteriophages, specifically target bacteria, and can carry wi...Major unique new study shows infrequent inspections lead to greater stream pollution
...nable, inspectors in Orange and Wake could be more vigilant and were tougher on developers, sometimes issuing stop-work orders. "The problem for District Four is that inspectors, who are good people doing their best, can't possibly keep up there, and it's likely they can't visit a construction site more t...NIH launches online AIDS oral history project
... be accomplished, especially in terms of remaining vigilant in our fight against HIV/AIDS in the United States and in bringing the benefits of AIDS research to poorer countries around the world," comments Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. "Dr. Harden's office has done a great service to the public and to medical histor...Study examines how prion disease adapts to new species
...widespread than we thought. So we need to be more vigilant in monitoring the spread of TSE diseases. In particular, we need more sensitive diagnostic tests." Researchers at RML and other institutions around the world are already working on such laboratory tests, he notes. The research also showed that, und...A little larceny comes naturally to Northwestern crows
... lurking around.' It has been dogma that crows are vigilant for predators, but they really are vigilant about each other." To observe crows, the Has needed an open, non-wooded site where the birds' behav...DNA arrays give clues to better vaccines
...ine of defense, recognize and engulf microbes in a vigilant effort to keep the body healthy. The researchers found that macrophages respond to a broad range of bacteria by sending off an alarm to the rest of the immune system and transforming into a cell primed to mount an immune response. Further study revea...Prenatal alcohol exposure affects visual processing
...ter "A" precede the "X." Their task was to remain vigilant for the "A," which would alert them to respond to the "X." The auditory task was identically presented through earphones. Most of the adolescents processed visual information more effectively than auditory information. In contrast, the dysmorphic a...Children from risky families suffer serious long-term health consequences, UCLA scientists report
... high-conflict or abusive homes are also much more vigilant to threats than other children and may overreact to minor threats. That vigilance, which may protect them from dangers at home, can cause them social problems later when they make hostile attributions to what may be innocent actions by others. When t...'Vigilant vector' could insert genes that sense, prevent heart attacks
...but UF researchers say the technique of using such vigilant vectors to transmit gene switches could be transla... vector research raises the possibility of similar vigilant vectors for other maladies, Phillips said. For example, its possible that a DNA switch could be crea...Scientists discuss microbial pathogenesis in era of bioterrorism, drug resistance
...ine of defense, recognize and engulf microbes in a vigilant effort to keep the body healthy. The researchers found that these cells respond to a broad range of bacteria by sending off an alarm to the rest of the immune system. Further study revealed that the macrophage didn't have to "see" the whole bacteri...Scientists find protein at the intersection of genetics, development, and environment
...old into a vast array of complex shapes. Cells are vigilant about getting these folds right because misfolded proteins will affect the well-being of the cell. Among the chaperone proteins, Hsp90 is particularly interesting because its activities are focused on proteins that play key regulatory roles in growth...Rare, smelly 'corpse plant' ready to bloom at Virginia Tech
...nly two to three days, so visitors will have to be vigilant to see and smell it. A flowering stalk can be seven to 12 feet in height and three to four feet in diameter. After the bloom dies, a leaf stalk resembling a tree sapling will begin to emerge. The plant was first discovered in 1878 in Indonesia, fir...2 US doctors stop blood clot drug study early because better results seem clear
...lagatran is that it will allow patients to be less vigilant about their diets, the physician said. Warfarin interferes with vitamin K, and so patients have to watch what they eat. Ximelagatran thins the blood through a vitamin K-independent mechanism.......nd suburban neighborhoods, but they just aren't as vigilant and wary of predators as other squirrel species are, and that can get them into trouble in other settings," Swihart said. That kind of trouble becomes apparent when gray squirrels try to travel across the agricultural fields that separate many of the...