Salmon tracking program expands to California
... 150 boats next year. "The other objective is to spread the word among the fleet that this research is not something to be afraid of," Goldenberg added. In Oregon, the fishing industry has gotten the message loud and clear and welcome the research, Sylvia said. Many of the fishermen are particularly int...Researchers develop way to calculate speed of bacterial sex
...s. This model will help scientists to quantify the spread of important bacterial traits. The swapping of g...aces is as important a controlling factor for gene spread as was the rate of conjugation itself. It is important to consider all natural processes together...Getting to the core of an emergent public health threat
...common cold in humans, could become so harmful and spread so quickly through health systems from China to Ca...es the cells machinery to make copies of itself to spread an infection. Hogue is collaborating with Zhong Huang, an assistant research professor also in Bi...Dinosaur hearing, listening to muscle noise, quieter cubicles
...urces, the growth in use of those sources, and the spread of those sources into previously quiet areas. (Session 4aNSa) CATCHING KILLER WHALES IN THE ACT Catching killer whales hunting their prey has been difficult, in part because they appear to strike at night. Among the most elusive of killer wha...Spreading viruses as we breathe
...y of Technology which reveals airborne viruses can spread far and wide. Professor Lidia Morawska, director...rrying," she said. "When we talk about infection spread we are talking about droplets emitted from humans being dispersed in the air." As part of the stud...Researchers create model of cancer-preventing enzyme, study how it works
...ore is important in preventing the development and spread of cancer. The protein proline dehydrogenase "opens up to allow oxygen to steal electrons" and create a superoxide, said Tommi A. White, an MU doctoral student in biochemistry. White worked with John J. Tanner, professor of chemistry and biochemist...New host species for avian influenza identified
...uld assist both in assessing the risk of the virus spread by wild birds and with the design of new surveillance studies for high and low pathogenic avian influenza in migratory birds....'Short-circuit' found in ocean circulation
... The researchers made use of a unique signal - the spread of helium released naturally from the Earths interior at deep vents in the Pacific. The helium dissolves in the deep sea and a plume of this marked water travels down the coast of Chile. It is injected at depth into the Antarctic current on the Pacif...LIAI scientists make important finding on cytomegalovirus transmission
... in vivo with the desired result of blocking virus spread to uninfected individuals. "The potential excite...ent in humans to block or significantly reduce the spread of cytomegalovirus and other chronic virus infections." Ware noted that the salivary glands are a ...WHO data confirms low level of resistance to Tamiflu
...uraminidase is inhibited, the virus is not able to spread to and infect other cells in the body. It is licensed for the treatment and prophylaxis of influenza in children aged one year and above and in adults....ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- May 2, 2007
...Meeting in Chicago. Here is a special 3-page photo spread in which C&EN lifts the veil on this unseen world. http://pubs.acs.org/cen/science/85/8519sci6.html For reprint permission, contact: Michael Bernstein ACS News Service Phone: 202-872-6042 Fax: 202-872-4370 Email: m_bernstein@acs.org ...Cancer cells 'reprogram' energy needs to grow and spread, study suggests
... to identify small groups of tumor cells that have spread throughout the body. Although changes in mitochondria have been described in many cancers, the Hopkins study shows for the first time how a cancer-causing mutation can block their production. "There must be a strong advantage to cancer cells t...Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers awarded $27M for TB research
...acterium tuberculosis, the causative bacterium, is spread person-to-person by droplets expelled from the lungs by coughing. According to World Health Organization statistics, those with active TB can infect 10-15 other people per year. The immuno-compromised, particularly those with HIV/AIDS, persons livi...New technique will produce a better chromosome map
...s two components: the use of mechanical devices to spread and flatten the cells, and the application of computer-based image processing to analyze hundreds of examples of the same chromosomes. With so many crisp images to analyze, computer algorithms can accurately calculate the number, shape and location o...Healthy coral reefs hit hard by warmer temperatures
...ulation about the impacts of global warming on the spread of infectious diseases among susceptible marine species has been brought to an end," said Don Rice, director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Chemical Oceanography Program, which funded the research through the joint NSF-National Institutes o...Is climate change likely to increase disease in corals?
...more quickly. The fact that coral diseases seem to spread faster in summer also provides support for the not...rich foundation for further work to understand the spread of coral disease in the Great Barrier Reef. It also provides valuable insights into marine epidemiol...Plant pathologists fighting global threat to wheat supply
...stem rust, Ug99, evolved in Uganda and has already spread into Kenya, Ethiopia and Yemen, with the potential to spread into Pakistan, India, and China, and eventually North America. "This new race could attack wheat ...Healthy reefs hit hardest by warmer temperatures
... among coral colonies could also make it easier to spread disease. The research was funded in part by grants from the National Science Foundation; an Environmental Protection Agency STAR Fellowship; the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program; the Australian Institute of Marine Science; and UNC-Chapel Hill. ...Vaccine prevents prion disease in mice
... He also noted that a vaccine that decreases the spread of prion disease in animals also reduces the possibility that the disease could infect humans. ......nting the release of new virus particles and their spread from one infected cell to another. The St. Jude...tion in the lungs and spleen, but did decrease the spread of virus to the brain. "Peramivir should be given as soon as H5N1 infection is suspected, since o...