Tufts Veterinary School scientists decode Cryptosporidium genome
...sed by the organism, it can be life threatening to malnourished children and people whose immune systems have been compromised because of cancer, AIDS, etc. The Cryptosporidium pathogen, which can be found in the feces of both humans and animals, is difficult to work with, thereby impeding the efforts of inve...UC researchers discover gene that causes heavy metal poisoning
...r many Third World countries. When populations are malnourished or have iron-deficient anemia, the damaging effects of cadmium increase dramatically. Humans need certain essential metals--including zinc, calcium, magnesium, iron, copper, cobalt and manganese--for normal metabolism and biological processes. Indus...Radio-tracking associated with 'dramatic shift' in water vole sex ratio
...ewed sex ratios have been reported in stressed and malnourished females of various species, including water voles. The ecologists suggest this could be explained in terms of the local resource competition hypothesis, which predicts that mothers with access to poor resources will produce offspring of the sex most ...Borlaug elevates agriculture as reason for National Medal of Science honor
...riest, poorest nations. And for all the miserable, malnourished multitudes, he holds this hope: accessible education for everyone in every country on Earth. His much touted talent for agricultural development coupled with his keen awareness of societal ailments in Third World countries have brought many honors. T...Some good news for the world's poor
...ng turned into farmland, and reduced the number of malnourished children. The research, led by respected American ...en 1.5 and 2 percent more children would have been malnourished in developing countries. This seemingly small figure in percentage terms translates into millions of...New research may explain why some who receive growth hormone therapy develop colon polyps
...removed. Many people with short bowel syndrome are malnourished because their remaining small intestine is unable to absorb enough water, vitamins and other nutrients from food. "What has been a puzzle there is that the response to growth hormone in these patients is very variable. Some seem to respond well and ...In 3D, early fat development first requires 'remodeling'
... Weiss first suspected the mutant mice were simply malnourished as a result of their other deficiencies. However, the seemingly normal quantities of heat-generating brown fat retained by the developing mice challenged that notion. To get to the root of the problem, the team screened the activity of genes in the w...Intensified research effort yields climate-resilient agriculture to blunt impact of global warming
...ch are already home to most of the worlds poor and malnourished people and have contributed relatively little to the causes of global warming, are going to bear the brunt of climate change and suffer most from its negative consequences," said Dr. Verchot of the World Agroforestry Centre. Meanwhile, a second s......by the degraded soils, or the crops themselves are malnourished and thus unable to draw water efficiently from the soil. Researchers at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) are remedying the situation by rectifying the soil's severe phosphorus and nitrogen deficiency wit...Deaths of severely malnourished children: identifying those most at risk
... has shown that certain clinical signs in severely malnourished children can predict those who are most likely to ...e current guidelines for treatment of the severely malnourished child could be changed. ...Researchers discover master metabolism regulator with profound effect on fat metabolism
...ted Nations estimates that 850 million people were malnourished between 1999 and 2005.[1] Those who eat a diet with sufficient calories that is lacking in an essential amino acid may suffer from stunted growth, developmental disorders, or even death. On the other hand, obesity is reaching near-epidemic proporti...