Earth, sky tapped in unique global climate change study
...high and 3 feet deep near here may help scientists worldwide better understand the ecological impact of global climate change. It's an ecosystem where native plants must react to rain and temperature extremes along a dusty, winding road under an intricate, watchful plan of three Texas Agricultural Experiment ...Whales, seals or men? Who stole all the fish?
...tes put the amount of fish eaten by marine mammals worldwide at more than 800 million tonnes annually, or roughly 10 times the worldwide ocean fish harvest, says Kristin Kaschner, a marine biologist at the University of British Columbia ...Dramatic decline of California native frog linked to introduced trout in mountain lakes
...s, he said, including a fungus now attacking frogs worldwide and pesticides blowing into high-altitude lakes from the Central Valley. "We don't want to interfere with recreational fishing, but create reserves to help recover the species," added Harold Werner, wildlife ecologist for the two parks. "We want to g...Studies show success of Mectizan partnerships
...he drug Mectizan (ivermectin) and its distribution worldwide have radically altered the consequences of onchocerciasis, or river blindness, which once blinded millions in Africa, and Latin America. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health conducted four new studies evaluating the Mect...Wisconsin chemists find a new chink in TB's armor
...omplete treatments, a phenomenon contributing to a worldwide epidemic of multidrug-resistant TB. Adding to the problem, in less developed countries where TB is most common, health care is spotty and drug supplies are frequently inadequate. Kiessling and her colleagues, working with the support of the National...UCSD bioengineers develop first genome-scale computational model of gene regulation
...li metabolism that is now being used by scientists worldwide to design and interpret laboratory experiments as well as engineer strains for industrial purposes. In this more recent work, Covert modeled the regulatory network in E. coli representing how the cell responds to environmental cues and expresses gen...Traditional fishing destroys corals - new research
...on of the seas, such as fishing, has resulted in a worldwide decline in predators. However, surprisingly little is known of the impact of removing predators on marine biodiversity. "We were very surprised our research showed such light levels of exploitation by subsistence islanders fishing for food could caus...Fishing kills Fijian coral reefs
...hanges. Exploitation of the seas has resulted in a worldwide decline in predators. However, surprisingly little is known of the biodiversity impact of removing marine predators.It was previously thought that diverse ecosystems such as coral reefs would be relatively resilient to the low levels of predator remo...For a male sand goby, playing 'Mr. Mom' is key to female's heart
...coast, are among about 20 percent of fish families worldwide that display some form of care for eggs or hatchlings. But in experiments reported in the current issue of the journal Behavioral Ecology, a team that includes a University of Florida scientist reports that male sand gobies work harder at building ne...Closing in on the cellular culprits of schizophrenia
...zophrenia affects between 1 to 2 percent of people worldwide during their lifetime and about 2.2 million American adults have schizophrenia in a given year. Using quantitative immunohistochemistry in postmortem brain tissue, the Penn investigators found that the expression of dysbindin protein was reduced in m...PTC Therapeutics' researchers identify biochemical pathway important for modulating cell growth
...ities for therapeutic intervention. PTC has filed worldwide patent applications to secure its ownership rights in all aspects of this discovery. "This important finding adds to our repertoire of post-transcriptional mechanisms of RNA processing and illustrates our expertise in RNA biology. We are excited b...Annotation marathon validates 21,037 human genes
...for analysis of gene expression and human diseases worldwide through the publicly available H-Invitational database. There are estimated to be about 30,000 genes in humans, so having a detailed functional map of a majority of them will be a boon for geneticists, drug researchers and genome scientists around th...Delirium high in ICU patients, leads to death, morbidity
...mechanical ventilation. Thousands of institutions worldwide have contracted Ely's team to implement delirium monitoring, and many more have likely downloaded the materials from their Web site at www.icudelirium.org . For several decades, medical teams have known that organ failures in ICUs were frequent and...Cinnamon may help to alleviate diabetes says UCSB researcher
...in about six months. "More than 170 million people worldwide suffer from diabetes, and for many, drugs or other forms of treatment are unavailable," said Graves. "It may be possible that many of these people could benefit from readily available natural products such as cinnamon." Graves, an adjunct professor o...New method for determining age of artifacts fills chronological gap for scientists
...tz can be found at archaeological excavation sites worldwide from Africa's Olduvai Gorge to China's Choukoutien and even California's Mohave Desert. A ubiquitous mineral, quartz was used in toolmaking from the beginning of human history and also can be found in statues, bowls and ceramics. The new method, ho...New database aids medical device exporters
...dards identified in the database should facilitate worldwide comparability of clinical measurements, which, in turn, should improve patient care, reduce technical barriers to trade and reduce costs for both IVD manufacturers and medical testing in general. The European Union recently issued new regulations on...Researchers probe link between nanotechnology and health
...her, warns a University of Rochester scientist and worldwide expert in the field, who received a $5.5 million grant to conduct such research. Gnter Oberdrster, Ph.D., professor of Toxicology in Environmental Medicine and director of the university's EPA Particulate Matter Center, has already completed one stu...Three new South American fish identified
... study of cichlid fish, is important as scientists worldwide try to piece together and maintain stable ecosystems. South America is especially ripe for that kind of work on its rivers' fish. According to "Checklist of Freshwater Fishes in South and Central America," published in 2003, some 4,475 species have ...Immunity gene predicts severe adverse drug reaction
...tely to determine which of the 1.2 billion Chinese worldwide would be at risk for the reaction to the popular a...omparison to the U.S., said Chen. Many more people worldwide are at risk of SJS should they take particular prescription drugs, he added. Adverse drug reactions ...GenVec, U.S. NMRC, and PATH's Malaria Vaccine Initiative partner to expand malaria vaccine efforts
...ead. This selection process should give scientists worldwide a better idea about the components needed to produce an effective malaria vaccine." "The synergistic attributes of this partnership are powerful," commented Dr. Joseph Bruder, GenVec's Director of Vector and Vaccine Programs. "The partnership combine...