Camera-shy deer caught for first time
...f local hunters. Researchers first discovered the rabbit in a fresh food market in Laos, in a small town ne...so involved in the discovery of the muntjac). The rabbit was subsequently photographed a few times in Vietnam, but this is the first wild photograph from Lao...Modified herpes virus keeps arteries 'free-flowing' following procedures
...g angioplasty therapy. The researchers studied a rabbit model that replicates the restenosis or renarrowing after angioplasty. Rabbits that underwent angioplasty alone experienced significant narrowing of the artery. Rabbits exposed to the herpes simplex virus during angioplasty had minimal changes in t...Engineered protein effective against Staphylococcus aureus toxin
...ly surprised that it showed effectiveness in every rabbit tested," Kranz said. He noted that the protein has some potential advantages and disadvantages when compared to antibodies, which might also be used to fight infection with SEB. One advantage is that the engineered protein is small, about one-tent...U of M researchers find new, more effective treatment for toxic shock syndrome
...rmacology, studied the effects of V-beta on SEB in rabbit models. The treatment of rabbits with SEB was successful when given V-beta following onset of disease, after SEB had caused a high fever and symptoms of TSS, and after rabbits had been exposed to SEB on a continuous basis. "Not only is SEB a major c...Genomic variation easier to identify with UCSD/Brown software
...e the same reversed sequence of DNA in the rat and rabbit genomes, it is more likely that the mutation is, indeed, shared. "What we've created is a more accurate tool for detecting microinversions," said Benjamin Raphael, an assistant professor of computer science at Brown and a member of the University's...Study finds the air rich with bacteria
...ing bacterium that causes tularemia, also known as rabbit fever. This especially potent bacterium is a possible candidate as a bioterror weapon. But it's also very common. Tularemia has been reported in all U.S. states except Hawaii. This natural background can confound the detection of a terrorist attack a...A green way to slag off bunnies
Bunnies beware: Britains significant rabbit problem could be eliminated simply by dusting slag on wheat fields, reports Tom Hopkinson in Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI. In the UK alone, rabbits cause an estimated 115m worth of damage annually. Researcher David Cowen and his ...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...evel of protection against inhalation anthrax in a rabbit model that is comparable to that achieved via i.m. injection using conventional needle and syringe technology," say the researchers. "The use of minimally invasive, easy-to-use delivery devices such as the microneedle-based system described herein c...Pheromone from mother's milk may rapidly promote learning in newborn mammals
By studying the ability of newborn rabbit pups to learn the significance of new odors, resea...tudies of this very early learning in the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) have shown that newborn pups engage in typical food-searching movements in r...Fruit fly study identifies gene mutation that regulates sensitivity to alcohol
.... The researchers further showed that the white rabbit mutation disrupted the function of the RhoGAP18B gene. They also isolated a number of gene variants of RhoGAP18B, each of which had a distinctly different effect on the response to alcohol. Manipulating these genetic variants, the researchers generat...Animals resistant to drunken behavior offer clues to alcoholism's roots
...hanol, he said. The team named the mutations white rabbit (whir) for their role in regulating responses to abused drugs as described in the song "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane. "Normally when you expose flies to ethanol vapor, they become hyperactive at first," Rothenfluh said. "Within five to ten m...Nanotechnology enables low-dose treatment of atherosclerotic plaques
...n this study, the single dosage of fumagillin each rabbit received was 50,000 times lower than the total fumagillin dose used in an earlier experiment by another research group and yet reduced the growth of new blood vessels in plaques by 60 to 80 percent. "Fumagillin can have neurocognitive side effects, c...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- July 19, 2006
..."The compound demonstrates excellent efficacy in a rabbit model of sexual arousal and was expected to be similarly efficacious in humans," the researchers state in the current issue [July 13] of the ACS Journal of Medicinal Chemistry . The compound is undergoing clinical evaluation as a potential treatment...NHGRI announces latest sequencing targets
...(Loxodonta africana); tree shrew (Tupaia species); rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus); and a bat species that will be determined based on the availability of a high-quality DNA sample and the selected bat's promise as a biomedical model. NHGRI has recently approved the sequencing of the horse (Equus caballus) t...Protein from the wrong side of the tracks aids cancer virus
...ity of the mutant virus to infect and persist in a rabbit model, one of the few animals that duplicates human HTLV-1 infection. Those results indicated that the HBZ protein was required for prolonged infection in the body. After eight weeks, rabbits that were infected with virus that lacked HBZ had one to ...... an ancient mammal family, to the Annamite striped rabbit and saola, a type of forest antelope. Nine amphibians have been discovered by Stuart and his collaborators since 2002. "Certainly much more remains to be found in Laos," said Stuart. With a high level of biodiversity, Lao PDR has some of the most ...Tips from the journals of the American Society for Microbiology
... Topical H2 antagonist prevents periodontitis in a rabbit model. Infection and Immunity, 74. 4: 2402-2414.) Artificial Illumination Using White or Green Light May Prevent Biofilm Formation on Artwork Using white or green light to artificially illuminate artwork may prevent biofilm formation and surface d...Cancer virus protein needed for successful infection
...ed p13. The researchers then infected one batch of rabbit T cells with the mutant virus and a second batch of rabbit T cells with a strain of normal HTLV-1. Last, they inoculated six rabbits with T cells infected wit...Rice bioengineers pioneer techniques for knee repair
...ere tailored three-dimensionally to fit a specific rabbit femur. "If you told me 10 years ago that we would be making entire articular end caps via self assembly I would have said you were crazy," said Athanasiou. "The fact that we can do this is an indication of how far the discipline of tissue engineering......ing heartbeat. Further, the authors examined adult rabbit ventricular myocytes to show that InsP3R release of local Ca2+ into the nuclear envelope is followed by CaMKII activation, which acts on HDAC5 to cause HDAC5 to leave the nucleus. In an accompanying commentary, Jeffery D. Molkentin from the Cincinnat...