Fat horses face health problems
Blacksburg, Va. --Americas growing obesity problem has alarmed physicians and public health officials, and veterinarians have recently focused their attention on fat dogs and cats. Now, a team of researchers in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine (VMRCVM) an...A spoonful of sugar helps your waistline go down
...icantly improved. This research contributes to the growing body of evidence that an effective way to lose weight is by adhering to a high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet and by being physically active. commented Dr Drummond, adding it also provides evidence that the exclusion of sucrose, as is normally advocated...Neutral evolution has helped shape our genome
Johns Hopkins researchers have added to the growing mound of evidence that many of the genetic bits and pieces that drive evolutionary changes do not confer any advantages or disadvantages to humans or other animals. For a long time, the basic belief of evolution was that all random genetic changes ...'Virtual' mouse brains now available online
...d the computer infrastructure to collect a rapidly growing library of 3-D mouse brain data, and make all the data available on the web http://tinyurl.com/3cgj6z . The goal is to use mouse brains as surrogates for human brains to study the connections between genes and brain structure. Investigators from all...It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that (modern) swing
...same direction, with the trill portion of the song growing slower and broader, just as it did over those 24 y...h thicker foliage, and the foliage has indeed been growing thicker in many of her study areas. But there is also some sexual selection at work, of course....Engineered blood vessels function like native tissue
...research demonstrates the potential for eventually growing tissue-engineered vessels out of stem cells harvested from the patients who need them, providing a desirable alternative to the venous grafts now routinely done in patients undergoing coronary bypass operations. Disadvantages with venous graft...Researchers identify genetic mutation that may alter tumor cell proliferation
...ment efforts. This discovery adds to the short but growing list of molecular features that may help guide both current and future cancer drug development, said John Carpten, PhD, Senior Investigator and Director of TGens Integrated Cancer Genomics Division and the studys lead author. The next step is to dete...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- June 27/July 3, 2007
...tion Environmental Science and Technology Amid growing public concern about mold contamination of homes a...ste creatures Journal of Natural Products Amid growing concern about how to dispose of a booming population of jellyfish including 6-foot-long monsters we...Mother-of-pearl -- Classic beauty and remarkable strength
...rvations, they predict that mineral crystals start growing inside the shell and extend horizontally until they contact another growing crystal and vertically until they hit the overlying mortar. If that crystal contacts another of the...Personalized approach to ovarian stimulation achieves high ART pregnancy rates
...FSH), body mass index, age and the number of small growing (antral) follicles in the ovary detected during screening. This FSH dose algorithm is simple and easy to use and utilises readily available patient characteristics, said Prof Olivennes, coordinator of the Centre de FIV Eylau La Muette, Paris, Fran...New approaches to endometriosis treatment -- mouse experiments point the way
...tio of new/old blood vessels, the numbers of cells growing in the endometrial area, and the area lesions were totally different, suggesting that there was inhibition of blood vessel replacement in the treatment group. The team now intends to follow up the work in humans. Our initial experiments have confi...Doing nature one better: Expanding the genetic code in living mammalian cells
...les known as transfer RNAs (tRNA) and added to the growing protein chain according to the instructions spelled out in the genetic code till a stop codon for which no corresponding tRNA/amino acid pair exists lets everybody know that this particular job is done. From a large pool of mutated aminoacyl-tRN...Extracting eggs from pre-pubertal cancer patients brings hope for future fertility
...versity Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel, said that the growing number of survivors of childhood cancers meant that such techniques would become increasingly important in preserving fertility in young patients. Childhood cancers usually result in cure rates of between 70% and 90%, and are generally more respons...Autism theory put to the test with new technology
...tion and treatment of a condition that seems to be growing at an alarming rate. What I think is very interesting, says Welsh, is that the same experimental set-up can effectively be used to test two theories, and in many ways the two groups we are working with a typically-developing population and an au...Damon Runyon names new class of rising stars in cancer research
...ing - providing fundamental knowledge to frame the growing health crisis of obesity. Ryan C. Heller, PhD, with his sponsor Stephen P. Bell, PhD, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, is identifying the determinants of proper DNA replication - a key issue for understanding ...Bisphosphonate treatment is associated with jaw bone problems
...spital in Boston write that this study adds to the growing body of evidence linking intravenous bisphosphonates and osteonecrosis of the jaw. Nonetheless, they point out that the study design makes it difficult to determine whether there is a causal relationship. Do bisphosphonates predispose toward infla...UC Davis is partner in new $125 million federal bioenergy research center
...BEI is a major vote of confidence in theBay Area's growing leadership in the national effort to develop newand cleaner sources of renewable energy," said Jay Keasling, directorof Berkeley Lab's Physical Biosciences Division and a UC Berkeleyprofessor of chemical engineering, who will be the chief executiveof...The BBVA Foundation commits 2.4 million euros to research in Ecology and Conservation Biology
...GICAL VALUE The last few decades have witnessed a growing concern about the environmental problems associated with mercury. Its long residence time and long-range atmospheric transport mean the element inevitably finds its way into food chains, and thus becomes a global threat to health and the environment....Stem cell licensing deal positions Toronto as world leader in technology
...tioned above and more. What excites me is that our growing stem cell company in Canada is now offering its services to the U.S., which is essentially half the world market, Turner says. We are now currently looking to expand into the Middle Eastern and Australian markets. The HUCPVC breakthrough was announ......on dioxide toward ground level in the summer, when growing trees and other plants take in the gas, and not enough carbon dioxide up in the winter. As a result, scientists believed that there was relatively less carbon in the air above mid-latitude and upper-latitude forests, presumably because trees and othe...