UGA study explains peaks and troughs of dengue epidemics
...usly dengue-free when a mosquito bites an infected traveler and then spreads it to others. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Aedes aegypti and the related Aedes albopictus (the Asian tiger mosquito) have the potential to spread dengue in sporadic outbreaks in the Southern and Southe...Manatee traveler in northeastern waters not Chessie
...today been able to rule out Chessie as the current traveler through the use of the manatee photo-identification database. Yet the roving manatee's identity is still unknown. Photographs and video were sent to USGS manatee researchers in Florida, who used the manatee photo-identification catalog to compare s...Researchers figure out what makes a simple biological clock tick
...anize a dizzying array of biochemical processes. A traveler experiences jet lag when his or her internal clock becomes out of synch with the environment. Seasonal Affective Disorder, some types of depression, sleep disorders and problems adjusting to changes in work cycles all can occur when an individual's b......of their subtle effects. To identify such fellow traveler genes, the research team performed comparative analyses of the entire genomes of 1,411 people who were either Alzheimers-affected carriers of APOE epsilon 4 or unaffected controls. They searched for tiny genetic variations, called single-nucleotide p...