Report focuses on the role good microbes play in future medicine
... help reinforce the natural bacterial barrier that exists on the lining of the digestive tract providing additional protection against pathogenic organisms that can cause diarrhea. "Several probiotics have been shown to shorten the duration of acute watery diarrhea caused by rotavirus in children. Other c...Policy makers draw up list of 'top 100' ecological questions
...elp bridge the gap between science and policy that exists in many disciplines - including ecology - and could therefore have a major impact on future ecological research and its funding. According to the lead author, Professor Bill Sutherland of the University of East Anglia: "There is currently too little ...Biological diversity and human health; Rapid autopsy program; Snake bites and more
...e process in the brain, if such a process actually exists (in the way that insulin corrects diabetes). Citation: Moncrieff J, Cohen D (2006) Do antidepressants cure or create abnormal brain states? PLoS Med 3(7): e240. PLEASE ADD THE LINK TO THE PUBLISHED ARTICLE IN ONLINE VERSIONS OF YOUR REPORT: http://...ACS News Service weekly press package -- June 5, 2006
...aker in humid summer weather. Table salt normally exists in those familiar cube-shaped crystals. Pushpito K. Ghosh, P. Dastidar and colleagues describe a way of producing large quantities of salt in a nearly round, or spherical, form. Their research is scheduled for publication in the July 5 issue of Cryst...Highlights from the June 2006 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
...(per 1,000 calories). "Obviously, no magic formula exists for weight loss," the researchers write, "but our results indicated that a diet containing more than average amounts of fiber, complex carbohydrate and fruit was associated with normal body fat stores and standard weight for height." American Dietet...Common carp sheds new light on surviving in extreme environments
...scle cells of humans and vertebrate animals - also exists in many other tissues of the common carp, enabling...iscovered an entirely new form of the protein that exists only in the carp's brain, which is the first time any vertebrate animal has been found to possess mo...Survival of the selfless - scientists find cheats don't always prosper
...t because we live in a world in which cooperations exists at every level, from genes working together to build functioning individuals to individuals forming societies." The researchers suggest that the ideal organism type would be one that can switch between selfish and efficient metabolism. Dr MacLean add...Alcohol abuse increases the risk of suffering from pneumonia
... of suffering from pneumonia in alcoholic patients exists due to the fact that the activity of their immune system decreases. This decrease not only is observed in alcoholic, but also in ex alcoholic patients. The daily quantity of alcohol consumption in order to include patients in the group of alcohol abu...Arizona State University hosts 'Genomes, Evolution, and Bioinformatics' conference
...out disease. SMBE is an international society that exists to provide facilities for association and communication among scientists from molecular, evolutionary and computational biology. Sudhir Kumar, who directs the Center for Evolutionary Functional Genomics in the Biodesign Institute at ASU, will serve ...'Smart' genetic therapy helps the body to heal itself
...make use of the therapeutic potential that already exists in human biology. Professor Brunhilde Wirth, from the Institute of Human Genetics, University of Cologne, Germany, will describe to the conference her team's work on developing therapies for patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). This is a re...DNA conclusive yet still controversial, Carnegie Mellon professor says
...is that biological evidence from their cases still exists and can be subjected to DNA testing. But DNA's value to free the wrongfully convicted can be attained only if political leaders allow its full application," Roeder said. "Thousands currently await the evaluation of their cases." In the early phases,...Potential vaccine developed for deadly leishmaniasis disease
...ld Health Organization (WHO), no effective vaccine exists for the visceral, or internal, form of leishmaniasis. A milder form of leishmaniasis, which infects the skin, was reported among American military personnel during Operation Desert Storm and other conflicts in the region. Peter H. Seeberger, Ph.D., o...Some like it hot: Worms at deep-sea vents favor a fiery 45-55C
...reezing, a steep and variable temperature gradient exists around the thermal vents, making it difficult to measure precisely the deep-sea temperatures survived by Alvinellid worms. Rather than taking submarine-borne thermometers to the worms' remote habitat, Girguis and Lee brought the worms to their specia...Nature's strongest glue could be used as a medical adhesive
...tence as a common fixture in tap water. Because it exists in tap water at low concentrations and produces no human toxins, C. crescentus poses no threat to human health. Engineer L. Ben Freund wrote the model used to perform complex mathematical analyses of experimental forces. Peter Tsang and Guanglai Li o...Key nutrients critical for older infants' development
... date, in three species, suggest a critical period exists in early life that requires the adequate delivery of iron to the brain," he said. Krebs and Beard, along with other international and U.S. speakers presented yesterday to nutrition scientists at the Experimental Biology* meeting. The special session...Resident birds display migratory restlessness
...logical disturbances. With evidence that Zugunruhe exists in nonmigratory birds, researchers can continue exploring migratory behavior in any number of resident-migratory pairs to probe the many ways birds take flight to improve their chances of survival....New evidence questions the simple link between prion proteins and vCJD
...e are questioning whether this simple relationship exists at all. This paper adds new evidence that can inform the debate. Firstly, it is known that individual people and animals have different levels of genetic susceptibility to this group of diseases, but no one knows how this resistance is achieved. One ...New human retrovirus originated in mice
...s known as an endogenous virus because it normally exists as an integrated part of the mouse genome, rather than as independent, infective particle. MuLV is also a retrovirus, meaning its genetic material is in the form of RNA. The RNA is then reverse transcribed into DNA that is integrated into the DNA of ...Embryos tell story of Earth's earliest animals
...) is found in the fossils. Today, hydrogen sulfide exists in significant concentrations at the bottom of the ocean, especially in the vicinity of deep sea vents. Because hydrogen sulfide is extremely toxic (and flammable), the scientists used beta-mercaptoethanol, which exerts similar effects. The scientis...... assumptions: an economically viable timber supply exists in southeast Alaska; demand for lumber in the Pacific Rim nations increases in the next 20 years to a level similar to that in Japan in the last decade of the 20th century; Alaska continues to produce for home markets and for the lower 48 States. An ...