Marine ecologists to help rebuild decreasing fish stocks
...nfluences on decreasing fish populations. Work has begun in the North East Atlantic, Baltic, North East Atlantic and Iberian Sea area to increase the level of scientific information available to fisheries. This will allow the fishing industry to produce new strategies for providing fish stocks for human c...Grand challenges, national lab-style
...f scientists John Zachara and Jim Fredrickson, has begun to map out how subsurface metal-reducing bacteria interact with and transfer electrons to the mineral surfaces on which they live. Zachara reported Friday that this grand challenge eventually "will provide an unprecedented, detailed view of how organ...Vital organs in the Earth system: What is the prognosis?
...ce sheet which sit on bedrock below sea level have begun discharging significant quantities of ice into the ocean. The processes involved are not well understood, making the timescale and ultimate volume of the discharge difficult to predict, but it is apparent the ice is more dynamic than had previously b...Westmead leads Australian bird flu research
...available antivirals." These projects have already begun and are anticipated to be successfully completed in the near future....International policy workshop on nitrogen in Paris March 8 10, 2006
...n integrated policy approach. The Initiative was begun through a series of groundbreaking scientific exercises, most notably the organization of the International Nitrogen Conferences: three held thus far, one in the Netherlands in 1998 focusing on Europe; one in USA in 2001 focusing on North America; an...Troubling times for embryo gene tests
...ld, and in the past few months her bone marrow has begun to deteriorate. "I make it through the day by not thinking about it," says Doreen Flynn. "But we're coming to the point when we're going to have to explain things. We'll have to tell her about her two sisters. I don't even know where we'll begin."...NIH provides $24 million to support research network
...plishments is that--through Function BIRN--we have begun to create the sociology and culture for data shari... and lessons learned. Collaborations have already begun with other NIH-supported organizations such as the Neuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative, t...Attractive birds more immune against bird flu
...ought to have any usefulness. Therefore, they have begun to look more and more at the genetics behind what are called secondary sexual characters, such as the tail of a peacock, the stripes of the female gulf pipefish, and the white spot on the forehead of the collared flycatcher. In many species both male...X chromosomes key to sex differences in health
...nes, Dr. Migeon writes. However, researchers have begun to recognize that diseases may be expressed differently in men and women, and that not all of the differences can be explained by hormones alone. For instance, male infants have a greater death rate than females and are more susceptible to infection...Moderate lifetime reductions in LDL cholesterol dramatically reduce risk of heart disease
...ver a lifetime, not just after statin treatment is begun typically when a patient is in middle age. This, ...ical intervention might also be more beneficial if begun earlier. "Our prediction would be if that if you were to treat people earlier, you would magnify the...Emory scientists discover unique binding method for essential cellular protein ubiquitin
...key role in cell survival, scientists have already begun to develop drugs to target parts of the ubiquitin pathway in treating diseases such as cancer. Emory biochemist Keith Wilkinson, PhD, senior author of the study published in the March 23 issue of Cell, has been investigating ubiquitin since the late ...Mars meteorite similar to bacteria-etched earth rocks
...nnoni, has collected rocks from the deep ocean and begun developing cultures to see if they can replicate the rock-eating bacteria. Similar environments usually produce similar strains of bacteria, Fisk said, with variable factors including temperature, pH levels, salt levels, and the presence of oxygen. T...Seagrass is in decline worldwide, says UNH researcher
...." In Thailand, where SeagrassNet researchers have begun investigating the impact of the 2004 tsunami on seagrass, the beds provide local fishers with significant shellfish. "If the seagrass beds disappear, so do the people's protein sources," says Short. His work in Thailand highlights the reason for the ...New beginning of 'natural spring' announced by UNH scientist, group
...e climate system will lead us. But we have already begun to see disruptions in traditional economies like maple sugaring and ski tourism, and it's likely these are harbingers of major disruptions to come." The remarkable thing about the findings, according to Wake, is the consistency. "Despite the fact t...Inducing melanoma for cancer vaccine development
...m Belgium, France and The Netherlands, has already begun characterizing a cancer antigen-specific immune reaction observed before the mice were even vaccinated, which they hope will lead to a further understanding of spontaneous melanoma regressions. Dr. Jill O'Donnell-Tormey, Executive-Director of New Yo...Public communications award recognizes malaria series
...oil company, authorities in Equatorial Guinea have begun a program to eradicate the endemic disease. Baron won the first ASM Public Communications Award, in 1996, for an NPR story on microbial diversity. de Guzman, The World's Southeast Asia Correspondent, covers the region from Bangkok. He examined a gro...Antioxidant tempol prevents pre-eclampsia, decreases fetal mortality in mice
...the condition, Hoffmann said. But the Iowa lab has begun using a mouse strain which has moderately elevated blood pressure, because women who have moderately elevated blood pressure have a five times greater chance of developing pre-eclampsia compared to women with normal blood pressure. "We discovered the...Researchers identify genes in fruitflies that may shed light on human cancer spread
...ose genes are involved in cell migration. Wang has begun to study some of these genes to further dissect their function. The researchers also hope to perform more whole genome analyses to identify genes that interact with those already known to play a role in cell migration and metastasis....Targeted therapies showing great promise against colorectal cancer
...ty Hospital in Belgium. Recently, researchers have begun to focus their efforts on developing cancer therapies that are not only effective, but also are easier on the body than current therapies. Using newer therapies that are derived from human protein sequences, investigators are finding that the body i......to pressure from regulators and consumers and have begun the process of internalizing principles to the point where they are an integral part of day-to-day decision-making. In a linked Perspective article, Carlos Novas of the London School of Economics BIOS Centre ( www.lse.ac.uk/collections/BIOS ), who ...