A giant among minnows: Giant danio can keep growing
...ans have the same ability before birth, but mostly lose it after birth. Because the zebrafish and giant d...s that human embryos exhibit hyperplasia, but then lose that ability after birth, with one exception. When humans injure a muscle, the muscle sends a signal...Report outlines funding to conserve half of Massachusetts's land
... benefits of forestland," Foster says. "With it we lose basic infrastructure and natural services that provide water, recreation, quality of life, resources, community character, and substantial environmental protection. The eastern forests are also a globally important sink for carbon dioxide that assist...Do These Genes Make Me Look Fat?
...end of the year not to mention our resolutions to lose weight next year. But how much of that weight gain is genetically determined? Do your genes doom you to a life of watching the scales with mounting dread, while the guy in the office next to yours can eat a pound of Twinkies a day and not gain an oun...Fires in far northern forests to have cooling, not warming, effect
...n leaves in the summer. In the winter, these trees lose their leaves, and white snow on the ground will re...n the winter the birches and other deciduous trees lose their leaves revealing even more reflective (white snow. The black spruce would eventually grow ba...University of Illinois scientist helping processors keep E. coli out of meat
...ation of their products. They have an awful lot to lose if such an outbreak occurs," she said. "But consumers should realize that the cook is the last point of control for eliminating these toxic organisms," she added. "If meat is cooked until it's well done, you won't have a problem. These organisms ...Accelerating loss of ocean species threatens human well-being
...orm of Dalhousie University. "In losing species we lose the productivity and stability of entire ecosystems. I was shocked and disturbed by how consistent these trends are--beyond anything we suspected." The 4-year analysis is the first to examine all existing data on ocean species and ecosystems, synth...Mutant gene causes severe kidney disease in infants
...ysicians told us they decided there was nothing to lose by trying a course of treatment. Based on this information, we now think that there may be a critical time window during which treatment can overcome the development defects caused by PLCE1's loss of function." The discovery has important implicati...Link identified between age, cardiovascular disease
...ental mechanism that causes aging blood vessels to lose their elasticity a literal "hardening of the arte...insight into how blood vessels change with age and lose much of their ability to relax, contract, and facilitate the circulation of blood in the body. ...Some key laboratory breast cancer cell lines are, indeed, good models for the 'real' disease
...of metastasizing, "in laboratory culture, they can lose those properties, because there is no selection pressure to retain the ability to spread," he said. "Cells are stimulated by their environment, and those that grow on plastic won't fully reflect what is growing in the breast. "These cell line models...Accelerating loss of ocean species threatens human well-being
...orm of Dalhousie University. "In losing species we lose the productivity and stability of entire ecosystems. I was shocked and disturbed by how consistent these trends are - beyond anything we suspected." The four-year analysis is the first to examine all existing data on ocean species and ecosystems, s...More species in the tropics because species have been there longer
...e may be far more loss of diversity going on as we lose tropical rainforests than would be suggested by the number of species alone."...Researchers determine why wolves not dispersing as fast as expected in Yellowstone
...s in their new environment it was easy for them to lose track of their mates, and the further they traveled the less likely it is for them to find a mate," said Dr. Mark Lewis, director of the U of A Centre for Mathematical Biology and a co-author of the study. "We've shown that a reduced probability o...Origins, spread of honeybees determined
...identified, the more dangerous bees can be bred to lose those characteristics. The National Research Council recently issued a report stating that pollinators, such as the honeybee, are on the decline, and one reason is the encroachment of the Africanized bee into the U.S. According to the report, in or...Orexigen reports positive phase II results for Excalia Combination-Therapy to treat obesity
...its other obesity compound, Contrave, continued to lose weight without an indication of the common diet "plateau" as they reached the 36 week mark of a phase III, multi-center clinical trial. Contrave is a combination of naltrexone and bupropion intended to provide a steady, sustained weight loss trajecto...How Rett Syndrome mutation targets the brain
...gh the first 6 to 18 months of life. But then they lose motor skills and speech, their heads cease normal growth, and they begin to show irregular breathing, obsessive hand-wringing, and autistic behaviors. Researchers had traced the RTT's cause to mutations in the gene for methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 ...Genomic comparison of lactic acid bacteria published
... bacterial contamination of spinach, it is easy to lose track of how bland and deprived our world would be without the contribution to our food supply of such benign microbial players as lactic acid-producing bacteria. Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) and the...Binghamton University researcher makes major biofilm dispersion breakthrough
...ing wounds. Davies watched his diabetic great-aunt lose both of her feet to amputation after bacterial biofilm infections set in. "If we can treat those kinds of wounds and clear up the infection, they will heal. We know that from wound debridement studies," he said. "I really think we can make a differ...OHSU eye doctor says laser surgery safer than contacts
...ogy. "Several times a year, I have patients who lose eyes from complications because they've been wearing contacts and they've gotten an infection. By this I mean their eyes have to be physically removed from their bodies," said Mathers, an eye surgeon with a strong background in contact lens issues an...Leveling the field for babies with persistent pulmonary hypertension
... in utero and endothelin levels increase. When you lose the vasodilator and you gain proliferative response, essentially the muscle cells just get bigger. The end result is these kids can die as soon as they are born." He and Dr. Jeffrey Fineman, a whole animal physiologist and physician at the Universit...Rising temperatures will lead to loss of trout habitat in the southern Appalachians
...ble in other parts of their range, the world could lose the brook trout strain unique to the region," she adds. "And, as a result, trout fishing in the Southern Appalachians may become a heavily managed experience."...