Time running out for South Asian vultures, ecologists warn
... been listed as Critically Endangered, the highest level of extinction risk, by IUCN - The World Conservation Union. Diclofenac is widely used and distributed for livestock treatment in India and Pakistan, so it will probably take a considerable time to remove it from the vultures' food supply. According ...NIH awards new $14.5 million, five-year grant to the Scripps Research Institute
...s at a range of magnifications, from 60 times (the level of an ordinary light microscope) to 1,000,000 times. The final products of these electron images are representations of the biological structures at near-atomic resolutions -- up to about 3 to 4 angstroms under the best of circumstances. That's not q...National Science Foundation awards $2 million grant to UC Riverside
...nvasions primarily in the last 40 years, since the level of nitrogen deposition has increased," Allen said. "Some of these weeds have been present for the past 100 years, but they are just now becoming dense, and they are replacing native vegetation." The weeds are primarily from the Mediterranean region, ...Offspring at risk from maternal occupational exposure to solvents
...ime of testing). The exposed women reported a high level of protective equipment use at work. These women were matched with non-exposed women in a control group, and their children. "We found that the children of the exposed women had significantly lower verbal cognitive functioning than the non-exposed ch...Stanford researchers establish center for physics-based simulations of biological structures
...a problem at the molecular, cellular or organismal level may have questions about how the physics of their system affects its function. Using our software, they will, without having to establish new collaborations or going back to school, have a well-supported tool to do the initial modeling. We think this...Good news: As you age, leg blood vessels adapt so you can still exercise without fainting
...ealthy older and younger men undergoing a moderate level of leg (cycling) exercise. They used a simple, bu...ould be a compensatory mechanism for their reduced level of cardiac output during exercise," they reported. In other words, older adults may require a higher...New biosensor rapidly detects deadly foodborne pathogen
... refrigeration temperatures, so if a product has a level of Listeria low enough to evade detection when it'...teria still can grow in the home refrigerator to a level that makes it infective to people at risk." While Bhunia said there's no known pre...September/October 2004 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
..., Fiscella and colleagues suggest that educational level of less that 12 years should be incorporated into ...nt out that the risk associated with low education level is comparable in magnitude to many of the traditional risk factors, including cholesterol level, smo...Irwin Rose wins 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
... it is now possible to understand at the molecular level how modification by attachment of ubiquitin results in breakdown of unwanted proteins inside cells. In addition, it is now known that other modifiers, similar to ubiquitin, are used by the cell to regulate proteins in many ways. These findings are pl...Scientific organizations unite to influence science policy and promote the ERC
...nding mechanism for basic research at the European level that should be funded through the EC Framework Programme. This event comes only a few weeks ahead of the European Council meeting where the EU heads of state and government are scheduled to decide upon the creation of the ERC. The conference is organ...'Immediately open access' option for the leading journal Genome Research
...enome Research and the surcharge has been set at a level that anticipates the continuation of multiple revenue streams. "We recognize that if a large proportion of authors choose immediately open access, librarians may come to feel it is not worth continuing to subscribe to Genome Research" Inglis said. "W...Viruses found in untreated city water
...use these aquifers we would probably find the same level of viruses." In setting up the research project, Borchardt and Randy Hunt, Ph.D, co-author of the study and hydrogeologist at the USGS in Middleton, reasoned that if they could predict virus occurrence in wells based on Mississippi Ri...Interactive health information system to detect Japanese encephalitis in Asia
...nd in public health in India by providing district level managers access to timely data," said Madhu Krishna, country manager for Voxiva India. "This data will allow analysis of critical health information for rapid response and control of disease. It also will demonstrate how effective use of communicatio...The PSA bounce Does it have clinical significance?
..."PSA bounce" is a rise and then decline in the PSA level following radiation treatment for prostate cancer. The bounce phenomenon occurs in a third to half of men treated with radiation for prostate cancer. Urologists, radiation and medical oncologists have struggled with what a bouncing PSA means for ...U-M scientists see ubiquitin-modified proteins in living cells
...Itch doesn't recognize Jun, Kerppola explains, the level of Jun builds up in the cell, which can alter the regulation of gene transcription and cell growth. "Applying ubiquitin-mediated fluorescence technology to Jun made it possible to discover new information on how Jun turnover is controlled in...Report: How 10 top new technologies will help world reach globally-agreed goals by 2015
...ged diagnostic tools detect illness at a molecular level in blood or tissues -- thus improving a patient's chance of survival, conserving scarce resources in poor countries now wasted on inappropriate treatments, and better containing disease outbreaks, according to Genomics and Global Health, being launch...Emory chemists develop bacteria that may help decaffeinate coffee
... plants. One of the reasons that coffee has a high level of caffeine is that in the plant, caffeine is synthesized very quickly, but breaks down to theophylline very slowly. "We know that there is an enzyme that breaks caffeine down into theophylline, but we don't know much about it," says Gallivan, an as...Estrogen protects male rats from aortic aneurysms
...es more destructive MMP-9 protein and 10 times the level of MMP-9 gene expression compared to the same cells from female rat aortas. Known to be involved in AAA formation, MMP-9 is a cell-digesting enzyme that eats away at the wall of the aorta, leaving it vulnerable to expansion and rupture. However, whe...Study in Royal Society journals presents evidence for inherited factors in homosexuality
...nce for the health of populations. We examined the level of diversity at three MHC class II loci in the wol... that would otherwise be expected to maintain high level of variation. Contact: Dr Jennifer Seddon, School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, S...Health, food, new technologies featured during ACS meeting Oct. 17-20 in Peoria, Ill.
...hier alternative than corn syrup due to its higher level of antioxidants, compounds which are believed to fight cancer, heart disease, stroke and other diseases. Honey, which contains a number of antioxidant components that act as preservatives, also shows promise as a replacement for some synthetic antiox...