Gene hunters, patent prospectors leave indigenous communities in Pacific feeling besieged, betrayed
...larly attractive." The modern bio-economy crashes head on with traditional cultural and spiritual values in the South Pacific, she adds. "Plants and animals are not seen as mere physical or biological entities but also as embodiment of ancestral spirits," says co-editor Steven Ratuva of Fiji, a senior...Epigenetic studies will provide a better understanding of disease
... The co-organiser of the conference, Ferran Azorn, head of the "Chromatin Structure and Function" group at IRB Barcelona, comments that "deciphering and understanding the epigenome will shed light on fundamental processes in cell physiology. This knowledge will improve our understanding of the development...DOE JGI releases enhanced Genome Data Management System IMG 2.1 marking 2-year anniversary
...d improvement of the system," said Nikos Kyrpides, head of DOE JGIs Genome Biology program and IMGs scient...ical Data Management and Technology Center (BDMTC) head and IMGs system development lead. "The outstanding computing and data management expertise and infra...Chemical cues turn embryonic stem cells into cerebellar neurons
...ten, Rockefeller's Frederick P. Rose Professor and head of the Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology, has been studying granule cells for 30 years; she sees her results as a step toward understanding how embryonic stem cells could be regulated in vivo and ultimately used for cell replacement therapy, e...New species declared: Clouded leopard on Borneo and Sumatra
...d never realized it was unique, said Adam Tomasek, head of WWFs Borneo and Sumatra program. The fact that Borneos top predator is now considered a separate species further emphasizes the uniqueness of the island and the importance of conserving the Heart of Borneo. Clouded leopards are the biggest preda...Health care system for aging nerve cells
...or at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology and head of the research team. Animals that lack GDNF and its receptor in all neurons are not viable and therefore it was not possible to investigate the precise role of GDNF and its receptor in the adult and aging brain. "Surprisingly even without the Ret-...AACR hosts annual meeting 2007
...ncreatic cancer and squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck Latest in correlation of diet and cancer incidence Obesity and prostate cancer risk Cancer stem cells Personalized medicine Risks for second cancers Association of aspirin and cancer incidence and mortality Chronic infl...New UA / private partnership appraises climate and environmental risks by address
...mospheric sciences; Susan L. Beck, a UA department head and professor of geosciences; and Andrew Comrie, a UA professor of geography and regional development, are non-salaried partners, board members and the science advisors comprising the Scientific Advisory Committee for Climate Appraisal Services, LLC....Male reindeer inflate a large air sac in the neck region to emit their hoarse rutting calls
...le red deer, who are renowned for roaring with the head elevated, male reindeer emit a hoarse rattling with the head kept low. In this posture the inflated air sac expands the neck region. Both acoustic and optical di...Leicester researcher to lead global team tackling carbon 'time-bomb'
...al researcher at the University of Leicester is to head an international team to protect an area that stores up to 70 billion tonnes of carbon. Dr Susan Page, of the Department of Geography, has been awarded 458,000 Euros funding from the European Commission for the international project involving partn...Human pubic lice acquired from gorillas gives evolutionary clues
...ng host to two different kinds of lice: one on the head and body (Pediculus), which has become the bane of...crab lice (Pthirus). In contrast, chimps have only head lice and gorillas pubic lice. Understanding the history of lice is important because the tiny ins...Corals that can fight global warming may one day help fragile reefs
...otect other fragile coral reefs, Harvell said. The head of the Coral Disease Working Group of the Global Environmental Facility Coral Reef Targeted Research Program, Harvell describes these latest findings in detail in the March issue of the journal Oceanography. The working group is an international coll...A first glimpse of the influenza replication machine
... polymerase and importin interact, Stephen Cusack, head of EMBL Grenoble, and collaborators at the UVHCI, used the high intensity X-ray source of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility to generate a high-resolution image of the two proteins interacting with each other. The image revealed that mutatio...New therapeutic target for Alzheimer's could lead to drugs without side effects
...sion," says Greengard, Vincent Astor Professor and head of the Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. "We found that the key enzymes involved in beta-amyloid production called BACE and gamma-secretase were targets of casein kinase 1, so we investigated what role it might be playing." The s......ts response properties," says Robert Zatorre, PhD, head of the auditory cognitive neuroscience laboratory at McGill University. "The textbook-standard view of sensory systems as isolated from one another is no longer tenable." Zatorre did not participate in the study. Kaysers team used functional magnet...Environment and exercise may affect research results, UA study shows
...dilo, UA medical student; and Hamda Al Naemi, PhD, head of the Department of Physiology, University of Qatar....Nanotech leaders explore paths from research lab to marketplace
...," Goodnick said. ASU is joined as organizer and head sponsor by Anatoli Korkin, president of Gilbert, Ariz.-based Nano and Giga Solutions, which provides consulting services in computational nanotechnology. Korkin, a former senior scientist in Motorolas research and development division, was a lead o...A chemotherapy drug packs a one-two punch
...r University associate professor Madhav Dhodapkar, head of the Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy, shows that one form of chemotherapy a drug called bortezomib kills tumor cells in such a way that it may allow the immune system to recognize them. In a first edition paper published online t...Birth rate, competition are major players in hominid extinctions
...ablonski, professor of anthropology and department head at Penn State. "Through time we see a lot of lineages become extinct when environments where the species are found become highly seasonal or unpredictable." Primates evolved in the Paleocene and Eocene when worldwide climate was less seasonal. The...IDIBAPS participates in European Network on antibiotic resistances and hospital infections
...he participation of the group of Dr. Jordi Vila , head of the Bacteriology Unit of Hospital Clnic, and member of the Public health, epidemiology and international health group of IDIBAPS. The appearance and spread of resistant bacteria is one of the most alarming events of the last fifty years. Th...