Improved NIST SRM aids lead poisoning detection
...orth Center Lead Poisoning Laboratory, dosed adult goats with lead acetate to produce blood pools containing lead physiologically bound to red blood cells.* The new SRM provides a better match than its predecessor to the blood samples clinicians analyze. The lead concentrations were determined by NIST usin...New studies on goats' milk show it is more beneficial to health than cows' milk
...e Granada [ http://www.ugr.es ]) has revealed that goats milk has more beneficial properties to health than...e comparison between the nutritional properties of goats milk and cows milk, both with normal calcium content and calcium enriched, against the bioavailabili...Serica scientists win AOSSM Award for ACL (knee) tissue regeneration in preclinical study
...uring the AOSSM annual meeting. In this study, 43 goats were implanted with the SeriACL Graft and followed over 3, 6 and 12 months; results demonstrated the safety of the device, with initial indications of efficacy in the animal model. The SeriACL Graft, a new biomaterial made from natural silk protein,......ntaminated air and drinking contaminated water and goats milk. While the total radiation dose level is still being computed up to the time of the meeting, earlier measurements of direct radiation from the blast and the resulting radioactive cloud can provide some insights. At nearby ranches around 19 m...Reproductive speed protects large animals from being hunted to extinction
...ed mammals, including pigs, llamas, cattle, sheep, goats and antelopes, combining a global list of threatened species with data on hunting, land use and the animals' reproductive rates. Where hunting isn't a factor, habitat loss is the biggest issue. But whether the threat comes from hunting or habitat d...Oxford physiology professor earns APS' Walter B. Cannon Award
... cells can account for some astonishing phenomena: goats that fall flat on the ground when startled; pigs that shiver themselves to death; horses that suffer bouts of paralysis. Each of these conditions was traced to a malfunctioning ion channel. Oxford University Physiology Professor Frances M. Ashcroft...Study: Long legs are more efficient
...gy cost. To test his equation, Pontzer put people, goats and dogs on a treadmill in his lab, and measured how much oxygen each used during walking and running at various speeds.He found that the LiMB model explained more of a variation in locomotor cost than other predictors, including contact time and bod...Neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky will discuss stress, health, Feb. 17 at AAAS meeting
...r even been in the same village as him or seen our goats next to his. So the realm of space and time that we can extend our emotions means that there are a whole lot more abstract things that can make us feel stressed." Pursuit of happiness The Founding Fathers probably weren't thinking about health ...Human preference for other species could determine whether they survive
...ies, even invasive species. He noted that mountain goats introduced to Olympic National Park in Washington state have damaged park ecosystems, but because of their popularity it has been difficult for park managers to remove them. Likewise, while groups of conservationists gather on weekends to pull invasi...Powell River Project Symposium highlights coal mine reclamation efforts
...ions to be addressed at the conference include how goats can fight invasive plant growth on land once used for surface mining and how miners can re-establish native forests on these lands. "The symposium will feature Virginia Tech researchers who are studying methods for restoring mined sites to producti...Transgenic goat's milk offers hope for tackling children's intestinal disease
...ast milk, altered the intestinal bacteria in young goats and pigs that were fed the milk. The researchers ...lk are also present in milk produced by transgenic goats that carry the gene for lysozyme." Background Lysozyme is a protein found in the tears, saliva...Invasive exotic plants helped by natural enemies
...t exotic herbivores, including cattle, rabbits and goats introduced by Old World explorers, can encourage the spread of invasive exotic plants increasing their relative abundance by nearly 70 percent over native plants. "Exotic herbivores may facilitate the growth of exotic plants by selectively consumin...U of MN researchers develop tests for devastating cattle disease
...n cattle and other ruminant animals such as sheep, goats and deer. This research, scheduled to be published in the Aug. 30 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, also provides the foundation for a better understanding of the Johne's disease process and the design of vaccines to pre...First production of human monoclonal antibodies in chicken eggs published in Nature Biotechnology
... short as 8 months versus 18 months to 3 years for goats or cattle. The egg is sterile and stable, providing a good starting material for isolation and purification of the protein of interest. Moreover, conditions for good manufacturing practices have been long-established for vaccine production in chicken...Global warming's effects extend to world's smallest butterfly
...that live on the protectorate keep a small herd of goats and sheep that graze on the plants the butterflies thrive on. Global warming is the deadly culprit. "If the areas of habitat patches individually fall below certain prescribed levels, the butterfly is likely to go extinct,"the authors conclude.......e growth and skeletal mechanics in animals such as goats and emus to see how they change with age. "We know more about growth in some dinosaurs than we do about growth in large living mammals," Padian said....