Scientists discover global pattern of big fish diversity in open oceans
...are indicators of wider patterns of diversity. The emerging global hotspots map is a product of oceanographic patterns, but also of history, showing the distribution of big fish though space and time. It reveals that some areas recognized today as good fishing are perhaps even more important than we realize ...Discovery could be key to bioterrorism defense
...n to our concern about Nipah and Hendra viruses as emerging global health and economic threats, we worry about their potential use as bioterror agents," stated Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the arm of NIH that funded the research, in an NIH news...A bug's life: Exceptional genomic stability yet rapid protein evolution in a carpenter ant mutualist
...d by extension, to its host. "Overall, the picture emerging is one of genome deterioration, with the loss of many gene functions, and extreme genome stability," says Wernegreen. "This genomic stability may prevent the reacquisition of those lost functions or the evolution of new ones. In addition, rapid pro...New theory tests sex ratios under asymmetrical local mate competition among parasitoid wasps
...the mating environment will be influenced by wasps emerging from all the parasitised hosts, some related to each other but some not. In a new study featured in the September issue of The American Naturalist, David M. Shuker (University of Edinburgh) and colleagues show that females alter the sex ratio they p...Medical leaders meet to commemorate National Biocontainment Lab construction start
...ternational leaders in the field of biodefense and emerging infectious diseases. The symposium will also be he...o explore the challenges posed by bioterrorism and emerging infectious diseases, and to consider the future role of the GNL in meeting these challenges. Prese...National Academies news: DOE should consider enhancing cleanup and stabilization
...would give DOE time to overcome obstacles to using emerging technologies that could remove more of the residua...acility Agreement. Doing so will allow DOE to use emerging technologies to enhance tank cleanup, improve how the residual waste is immobilized, and better prev...... new model, however, confirms that related species emerging from a common ancestor quickly evolve in different directions. This leads to two distinct populations, which do not need to compete to the death in a survival of the fittest scenario. Evolutionary Explanation of Cooperation F. C. Santos and ...In some cases, genetic resistance takes on a life of its own
...drug or insecticide is suspended or withdrawn. But emerging research suggests that such assumptions need reconsideration. Working with the fruit fly Drosophila, researchers have obtained new evidence that in some cases, the mutations underlying resistance can actually offer an advantage to hosts, even in the ...Gradient guides nerve growth down spinal cord
...cord in newborn mice. This knowledge, coupled with emerging stem cell technologies, may provide the most promising current approach to nervous system regeneration. If Wnt proteins could be used to guide transplanted nerve cells -- or someday, embryonic stem cells -- to restore the connections between the bod...The body's biological clock: alcohol may lead to physiological anarchy
...cular underpinnings of circadian rhythmicity is an emerging concept with potentially important biomedical rami..." In summary, said Sarkar, new discoveries in the emerging field of Chronobiology of Alcohol Abuse indicate that alcohol consumption has long-term adverse effe...Animals warn of human health hazards in new 'Canary Database'
... disease events can be an early warning system for emerging human diseases. There have long been reports of an...animal health and human health professionals about emerging disease threats. This has made it difficult to assemble the evidence about linkages between animal d...Pall systems play key role in landmark NIH study on cord blood
... blood. Cord blood is now widely recognized as an emerging alternative to bone marrow as a viable source of hematopoietic (blood-forming) stem cells to treat pediatric and adult patients with leukemia, lymphoma, severe aplastic anemia and other lethal diseases of the blood or immune system and certain inheri...Boosting the BCG vaccine to beat tuberculosis
... is very limited, as is its efficacy against newly emerging isolates. In a study appearing online on August 18 in advance of print publication of the September 1 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation , Stefan Kaufmann and colleagues from the Max Planck Institute devise a strategy to boost the immu...JCI table of contents September 1, 2005
... is very limited, as is its efficacy against newly emerging isolates. In a study appearing online on August 18 in advance of print publication of the September 1 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation , Stefan Kaufmann and colleagues from the Max Planck Institute devise a strategy to boost the immu...Crisis in African fish supplies looms, experts warn Africa leaders
...cale fisheries and fish. However aquaculture, just emerging in Africa, offers new opportunities for farmers and small-scale enterprises, WorldFish says. Africa has massive untapped aquaculture potential that can yield affordable protein and nutrient-rich food together with jobs and economic opportunities. The...Inaugural meeting of Oligonucleotide Therapeutics Society highlights RNAi & antisense
...techniques and nucleic acidVbased therapeutics are emerging as important tools for genomics research and drug development. These technologies have the ability to target specific genes involved in the pathophysiology and etiology of various diseases. One result might be the production of safe, effective medi...Pinpointing the cause of a neurodegenerative disorder
...ce and motor coordination. The studies bolster the emerging theory that neurodegenerative disorders can be caused by having extra copies of a normal protein, not just a mutated one. People who are afflicted with the rare neurodegenerative disorder spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1) suffer damage to cerebell...Using computers and DNA to count bacteria
...h biosensors in development for homeland security, emerging diseases surprising our medical communities and lifesaving medicines being extracted from jungle plants, we still don't know what's under our feet. The bacterial communities of every day soil are intensely complex, so diverse and densely populated, t...Controlling the spread of invasive plants: a national effort one-day symposium, Aug. 30
... root out plants that may have been missed, plants emerging from seed and invasive plants migrating from other areas. ( AGRO 95 , Tuesday, Aug. 30, 4:05 p.m.) Other invasive threats: In California, yellow star thistle, a Mediterranean native, infests more than 20 million acres, or 22 percent of the s...A picture of progress: PET imaging and biomarkers explored at ACS meeting
..., when amyloid plaques are just beginning to form, emerging therapies might slow or even stop the disease. In ...a.m.) Picture Potential PET biomarkers offer an emerging tool that could one day be used to evaluate virtually any type of drug acting in an intact animal or...