Premature births may be linked to seasonal levels of pesticides and nitrates in surface water
INDIANAPOLIS --The growing premature birth rate in the United States appears ...year's presentation expands upon that work. "A growing body of evidence suggests that the consequence of prenatal exposure to pesticides and nitrates as we...Is climate change likely to increase disease in corals?
...ed runoff from land. One threat that appears to be growing dramatically in Australia's famed Great Barrier Reef is white syndrome, a disease that is spreading rapidly, leaving stripes of dead corals like ribbons of death in its wake. In a new study published by PLoS Biology, John Bruno, Amy Melendy, and coll......" These are specialized structures at the tips of growing nerve fibers, called axons, which sense guidance signals in their environment and "steer" the axons. Cell movement also requires polarization to position the cell and help navigate its movement. Polarization is characterized by formation of a leadi...Gene malfunctions cause schizophrenia, depression symptoms in mice
...te that "our findings lend further credence to the growing recognition that schizophrenia and bipolar disorder share, at least in part, common genetic etiologies and thus underlying molecular mechanisms." ...Drought limits tropical plant distributions, scientists at the Smithsonian report
...s, traditionally viewed as water saturated, plants growing at dry sites were more drought-tolerant than plants growing at wet sites," Engelbrecht said. The team also evaluated the local distributions of both seedlings ...8 plants from South Africa may hold potential for treating high blood pressure
...rs has now examined the effectiveness of 16 plants growing in the country's Kwa-Zulu Natal region and concluded that eight plant extracts may hold value for treating high blood pressure (hypertension). The study, entitled ACE Inhibitor Activity of Nutritive Plants in Kwa-Zulu Natal, was conducted by Iren...MNI researchers find a new role for mitochondria in cellular copper regulation
...compartments. "These findings add two members to a growing list of bi-functional proteins that participate in copper metabolism." adds Shoubridge. "Identifying this new role for SCO1 and SCO2 is significant in developing better therapies for several neurological diseases....A cherry on top: Tart cherries may alter heart/diabetes factors
...vocate any course of action for humans. Still, the growing body of knowledge is encouraging." Bolling and Seymour performed the study using 48 male Dahl Salt-Sensitive rats, which are bred for their susceptibility to salt-linked high blood pressure, high cholesterol and impaired glucose tolerance. For ...Hearts of male and female rainbow trout are different
...the largest group of vertebrates) made. There is a growing appreciation of significant sex differences in cardiac characteristics and function in adult humans. A new research study begins to close the gender gap in fishes, and finds that sex differences in cardiac performance and metabolism exist in rainbow ...Enhanced environment restores memory in mice with neurodegeneration
...nd it," said Tsai. "However, there has also been a growing body of evidence that chromatin remodeling has a beneficial effect on learning and memory," she said. Chromatin is found in the nuclei of cells. It is composed of DNA spooled around bundles of histone proteins. The addition of small chemical tags to...Wellcome Trust and GlaxoSmithKline announce partnership to target drug-resistant hospital infections
...evelop new antibacterials, aimed at addressing the growing threat of resistance. Our partnership will further support its research programmes." The research will target Gram-negative bacteria, such as Pseudomonas, Klebsiella and Acinetobacter, which are increasingly resistant to available antibacterials an...Chinese medicinal compound stops formation of cysts in polycystic kidney disease in lab
...elopment, cells lining the kidney tubules continue growing and dividing until they receive a signal that the ... regulatory proteins, however, the message to stop growing never gets delivered, even when urine is flowing and the cilia are bending. It is as if the phone i...Fish growth changes enhanced by climate change
...ecies found at depths of around 1,000 metres, were growing 27.9 per cent slower than in the 1860s. There was no or little change in the growth rates of species found between 500 and 1,000 metres. Growth rates of the juveniles of the deep-water species all began decreasing well before the onset of commercia...Arming the fight against resistant bacteria
...n the first known antibiotic in a Penicillium mold growing in a discarded experiment. Nearly eight decades later, chemist Helen Blackwell and her research team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have devised a more deliberate method to tackle a newer bacterial conundrum - resistance to commonly used a...Nanotechnology provides 'green' path to environmentally sustainable economy
... spread to more industries and markets, there is a growing opportunity and responsibility to leverage nanotechnology to reduce pollution, conserve resources and, ultimately, build a "clean" economy, advises a new report from the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies. A "strong marriage" between nanotechnolo...Satellites play vital role in understanding the carbon cycle
...to witness the biology drawing down CO2 during the growing season and then releasing some of it back. "The exciting new area breaking from this sort of data is that we begin to be able to look at the tropics, which are the lungs of the atmospheric system," Monks said. "Using this data, we are going to be ...Liverpool scientists work to improve water quality in Ghana
Ghanas large and growing population relies on wetlands for food and water and so experts at the Universitys Institute for Sustainable Water, Integrated Management and Ecosystem Research (SWIMMER) have launched a research and training project near Accra, in Southern Ghana, to...UC researchers shatter world records with length of latest carbon nanotube arrays
...d students, led to the invention of the method for growing long nanotube arrays. Employing this invention, th...ine Print and Nano Details The UC substrate for growing CNT arrays is a multilayered structure with a sophisticated design in which a metal based catalyst a...How is the digitization of information impacting across the health service?
...ndford and Professor Peter Lunt have looked at the growing need to understand how digitisation of health information will impact upon patients, staff and managers across the health service. The main body of research focused on experiences and perceptions of digital libraries (sources of non-personal health ...New edition of touchstone microbiology reference book now available
...logy was a dramatic change from previous editions, growing from one to two volumes and increasing in length by more than 20 percent. Even though the changes in the ninth edition are not as obvious, they are no less substantial," says Editor-in-Chief Patrick R. Murray from the National Institutes of Health. ...