Uganda's mountain gorillas increase in number
...l, thanks to sustained conservation efforts by the guards and staff members within that landscape. The current total of mountain gorillas at both locations brings the worldwide tally to approximately 720 individual animals....Cracking open the black box of autoimmune disease
...as a kind of military unit, a defense network that guards the body from invaders. Seen in this way, a group of white blood cells called T cells are the frontline soldiers of immune defense, engaging invading pathogens head on. These T cells are commanded by a second group of cells called regulatory T cel...Scientists uncover critical step in DNA mutation
...," said Landman. "Perhaps such inherent complexity guards us from harmful mutagenetic events occurring more frequently, and it is possible that similar principles may hold in other important processes of biological relevance." "This type of research requires the development of new modeling strategies and ...JCI Table of Contents: July 13, 3006
...NTEROLOGY A gut reaction: neonatal Fc receptor guards against intestinal infection The neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) is involved in binding IgG and the embryonic acquisition of IgG from the mother through absorption across the lining of the intestine. Until now, the role that FcRn played in the intest...Elephants, large mammals recover from poaching in Africa's oldest national park
...in large part to the anti-poaching efforts of park guards who patrol this World Heritage Site at great perso...a high cost over the past few years. Over 100 park guards in Virunga Park have been killed since 1996 while trying to prevent poaching, and one was killed as ...Algae's protein 'tails' create motion and aid munching
...vocines make, a giant ball of flagella-waving body guards protecting a small cluster of reproductive cells. When the radius of the spherical colony increases by a factor of two, the area of the sphere increases by a factor of four. So it follows that the energy demands for Volvox would quadruple, too, as it...'Genetic network' guards against lethal DNA damage
...discovery in yeast cells of a genetic network that guards against lethal DNA damage is a first step in the creation of a database of disease-causing combinations of mutated human genes, according to researchers at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine led by Jef. D. Boeke, Ph.D. In a report in the......eras and sound the necessary alarms, helping human guards better protect their perimeter. The Smart Sensor Enabled Neural Threat Recognition and Identification (SENTRI) system from Safety Dynamics, Oak Brook, Ill., incorporates software developed by Dr. Ted Berger at the University of Southern California Ce...Study shows naturally occurring proteins protect against rapid tumor growth
...mors. We wanted to better understand the important guards and checkpoints that our bodies possess." To test the hypothesis that angiogenesis inhibitor molecules were responsible for reining in tumor growth, Kalluri and his colleagues studied the proteins tumstatin, endostatin and thrombospondin-1, natural i...Population of rare gorillas may be increasing in war-torn Congo
...WCS). WCS conservationists say that a band of park guards who have heroically defended the gorillas and thei...ay actually be increasing is a tribute to the park guards who have stood their ground against rebel armies and poachers. They are true conservation heroes," ...