Amphibians in losing race with environmental change
...cur within some amphibian populations when a novel threat arises, other threats may be too intense and too new for amphibians to cope with them," the researchers wrote in their report. "Behaviors and ecological attributes that have probably persisted, and were probably beneficial, for millions of years . . ...Pharmaceutical compounds found in nation's fresh water
...le such low concentrations do not appear to pose a threat to human health, this research may help frame policy on the disposal of expired or unused compounds. ...Ape gestures offer clues to the evolution of human communication
...is a typical response for victims of intimidation, threat or attack. This is so for both bonobos and chimpanzees, and suggests the vocalization is relatively invariant," Pollick continued. By studying similar types of communication in closely related species, researchers are able to determine shared ance...TXNIP -- regulator of glucose homeostasis and potential diabetes drug target and more
... countries and by the newly emerging public health threat of overnutrition in industrialized societies. Citation: Schaible UE, Kaufmann SHE (2007) Malnutrition and infection: Complex mechanisms and global impacts. PLoS Med 4(5): e115. IN YOUR ARTICLE, PLEASE LINK TO THIS URL, WHICH WILL PROVIDE ACCESS T...Wellcome Trust and GlaxoSmithKline announce partnership to target drug-resistant hospital infections
...ew antibacterials, aimed at addressing the growing threat of resistance. Our partnership will further support its research programmes." The research will target Gram-negative bacteria, such as Pseudomonas, Klebsiella and Acinetobacter, which are increasingly resistant to available antibacterials and commo...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...dlife, livestock and humans and presents a serious threat as a potential biological weapon. Currently, there is a vaccine licensed for use in the US and the United Kingdom, and although effective, it requires multiple injections over several months, is expensive to produce and is only available to military...Genome-wide search unearths surprising clues for diabetes and triglycerides
...etes and cardiac risk factors constitute a looming threat to human health, particularly in industrialized nations. Solutions to this burgeoning problem must include new, more effective treatments and the ability to identify "at risk" individuals each of which requires innovative directions for future resea...Study shows food preparation may play a bigger role in chronic disease than was previously thought
...n of AGEs pose an immediate and significant health threat to the older adult population, they are also an invisible, lingering danger especially for younger people and this needs to be addressed. AGE levels should be shown on nutrition labels so everyone is aware of them when buying or preparing meals and...How to manage forests in hurricane impact zones
...iders all the potential disturbances in an areathe threat matrixthen assesses the risks of severe hurricanes...f disturbances such as major hurricanes are in the threat matrix of an area, policies and procedures should be in place to manage effects," says Stanturf. "Th...Will lemmings fall off climate change cliff?
...ct, they are quite fond of staying alive. A bigger threat to the rodents is climate change, which could deprive them of the snow they need for homes and lock up their food in ice, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society, which is launching a study to examine how these tiny but important players in th...Massive coral death atrributed to earthquake
...onitoring Indonesian corals reefs now have another threat to watch out for, and not all reef damage should be immediately attributed to human influences." Many other reefs, particularly in the Pulau Banyak, continue to be damaged by destructive fishing including bombing and the use of cyanide. These pract...Massive coral death attributed to earthquake
...onitoring Indonesian corals reefs now have another threat to watch out for, and not all reef damage should be immediately attributed to human influences." Many other reefs, particularly in the Pulau Banyak, continue to be damaged by destructive fishing including bombing and the use of cyanide. These practi...Veterinary scientists explore poultry virus as cancer killer
... use of poultry viruses as cancer therapy poses no threat to humans and several other oncolytic viruses are currently being explored to treat cancer. However, Subbiahs work is the first to alter Newcastle disease virus through a reverse genetic system to target prostate cancer specifically. Reverse genet...New studies link the environment to Parkinson's disease
...ogical statistics and laboratory evidence. The threat of toxic agents to damage neurons by causing the accumulation of harmful proteins. Intraneuronal protein aggregates as markers of Parkinson's pathology, based on work carried out at The Parkinson's Institute indicating that these aggregates could...UC Davis wins new national center for avian flu research
...centers will work togetherto reduce and manage the threat of influenza." The California-based center is one of six new federal influenzaresearch centers announced today. The others are based at: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis (principalinvestigator Robert Webster); University of M...Smithsonian-led Amazon research team wins scientific prize
...agmentation poses an even greater and more complex threat to Amazonian biodiversity than was previously thought."...UBC researchers find new superbug weapon for near-empty antibiotics arsenal
...s own immune system. "Antibiotics are now under threat because of the explosion in antibiotic-resistant bacteria. A third of all deaths on this planet are the result of infection so there is an urgent need to create new therapies," says Robert Hancock, principal investigator and Canada Research Chair in ...Pacific Rim researchers to collaborate on distributed bioinformatics analysis of avian flu
...an meet the needs of a global response to a global threat such as the avian flu." Much of the nitty-gritty work on the avian flu project will be done by students, at both the graduate and undergraduate level. "Well be engaging students from the above institutions as an international research team," said N...Researchers find best way to detect airborne pathogens
...rne pathogens may wrongly suggest that there is no threat to health when, in reality, there may be. But re...may be a more accurate assessment of its potential threat to human health. Even when damaged by the sampling process, pathogens have repair mechanisms that ...American Society for Microbiology to host 107th General Meeting in Toronto
...de Extreme drug-resistant tuberculosis: a greater threat than HIV? Diseases from produce and a possible source of the E. coli spinach outbreak The interface of science and art: microbial degradation of cultural heritage materials The keynote lecture will feature Edward O. Wilson of Harvard University....