Tiny male mice sing songs to impress females
Through analyses of the vocalizations of wild house mice, researchers at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, have found that the songs of male mice contain signals of individuality and kinship. It has been known for some time that house micemore
Senegalese fishermen fight back against factory fishing
All rights reserved . Credit: Clement Tardif / Greenpeace Senegalese fisherman join Greenpeace campaigners in defending fish stocks from industrial trawlers Image caption: Senegalese fisherman join Greenpeace campaigners in defending fish stocksmore
Ship sounds act as magnets to hull-fouling organisms
Science Centres: Aquatic Biodiversity and Biosecurity Scientists at NIWA and Auckland University have discovered that the fouling of vessels by marine creatures is greatly increased by the underwater sounds generated by the vessels themselves. Marinemore
Study of fruit fly sleep reveals a genetic basis of insomnia
Sleepless nights. A fly's nervous system is tagged to show individual cells that express the insomniac gene (green). Researchers have found that a specific mutation in insomniac is associated with a dramatic reduction in sleep. (Medical Xpress) -- On themore
Precision BioSciences Announces Allowance of Third U.S. Patent Related to Engineered Meganucleases
Precision BioSciences, Inc., a leader in the field of genome engineering, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has issued a Notice of Allowance for U.S. Patent Application 13/245,607 ("the '607 Application"). Themore
Complete Genome Sequences of 138 Mycobacteriophages.
- Complete Genome Sequences of 138 Mycobacteriophages. J Virol. 2012 Feb;86(4):2382-2384 Authors: Hatfull GF, , , Abstract Bacteriophages are the most numerous biological entities in the biosphere, and although their genetic diversity is high, itmore
Tracking The Birth Of An Evolutionary Arms Race Between HIV-Like Viruses And Primate Genomes
- Using a combination of evolutionary biology and virology, scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have traced the birth of the ability of some HIV-related viruses to defeat a newly discovered cellular-defense system in primates. Themore
Whole Genome Profiling provides a robust framework for physical mapping and sequencing in the highly complex and repetitive wheat genome
BMC Genomics 2012, 13:47 doi:10.1186/1471-2164-13-47 Abstract (provisional) Sequencing projects using a clone-by-clone approach require the availability of a robust physical map. The SNaPshot technology, based on pair-wise comparisons of restrictionmore
Pneumococcus Bacteria Swap Genomes to Prevent the Effects of Vaccine, Say Study
It has been found in a recent study that in many cases bacteria tend to prevent the efforts of a vaccine through swapping some of the quantity of their genomes with other bacteria. The findings of the study have been published in the Nature Genetics. Itmore
Whole Genome Profiling provides a robust framework for physical mapping and sequencing in the ...
Whole Genome Profiling provides a robust framework for physical mapping and sequencing in the highly complex and repetitive wheat genome Sequencing projects using a clone-by-clone approach require the availability of a robust physical map. The SNaPshotmore
A risk score for early cytomegalovirus reactivation after allogeneic stem cell transplantation identifies low-, intermediate-, and high-risk groups: reactivation risk is increased by graft-versus-host disease only in the intermediate-risk group
Abstract: Background This retrospective study was aimed at establishing a clinical score to stratify the risk of cytomegalovirus (CMV) reactivation in patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in order to directmore
Chryseobacterium indologenes subcutaneous port-related bacteremia in a liver transplant patient
Abstract: Chryseobacterium indologenes is a rare cause of infection in select immunosuppressed hosts. Most prior reports are from Taiwan, in patients with diabetes mellitus or malignancies. Infections caused by C. indologenes are generally associatedmore
Finance For Biodiversity is a ?new face for capitalism?
?Conserving the planet?s species and habitats is central to sustainable developmentyet the global decline in biodiversity is accelerating,? says UN Secretary General, Ban-Ki Moon. ?The United Nations decade on biodiversity is an opportunity tomore
How bacteria behind serious childhood disease evolve to evade vaccines
London, Jan 30 (ANI): The study of genetics has provided surprising insights into why vaccines used in both the UK and US to combat serious childhood infections can eventually fail. The study, which investigates how bacteria change their disguise tomore
Solid-State NMR Catches Protein Misfolding
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Small Molecule Inhibits Specialized Form Of Cell Death
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Genome Cure for Ill Twins Paves Breakthrough to Doctor?s Office
12:55 AM EST By Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) -- By the time his twins Noah and Alexis were 12 years old, Joe Beery and his wife Retta had spent a decade trying to figure out what made their children so ill. After Joe took a job at Life Technologies Corp., amore
Thermo Fisher Scientific Simplifies Gas Chromatography Column Selection
Pressbox (Press Release)- Choose the Correct GC Column Every Time with the Fast, Easy-To-Use, Online GC Column Configurator Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, provides you with easy access to its GC Column Configurator,more
Lost Ladybug Project tracks insects
ITHACA, N.Y. (UPI) -- Scientists at Cornell University in New York are trying to figure out why some species of ladybug are vanishing and what can be done to save them. Leslie Allee, one of the leaders of the Lost Ladybug Project, said the insects, cutemore
COSMOS Special: Mammoth Week
What killed the mammoths, should we bring them back to life and how much does a mammoth skeleton sell for these days? This week COSMOS explores the phenomenal mammal that could one day be resurrected if a team of ambitious scientists get their way.more
The mammoth experiment
With scientists attempting to resurrect the woolly mammoth within the next five years, it's time to get familiar with this formidable prehistoric pachyderm. read moremore
Genome Cure for Ill Twins Paves Breakthrough to Doctor?s Office
Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) -- By the time his twins Noah and Alexis were 12 years old, Joe Beery and his wife Retta had spent a decade trying to figure out what made their children so ill. After Joe took a job at Life Technologies Corp., a California companymore
Abnormal repetitive behaviours: shared phenomenology and pathophysiology
Abstract Background Self-injurious behaviour (SIB) is a devastating problem observed in individuals with various neurodevelopmental disorders, including specific genetic syndromes as well as idiopathic intellectual and developmental disability.more
Journal Highlight: Proteomics applied to exercise physiology: A cutting-edge technology
This review gives an overview of the directions in which exercise-proteome research is moving and examines the main tools that can be used as a novel strategy in exercise physiology investigation. [Mon Jan 30 00:00:00 GMT 2012] Improving bioimplants:more
New species of 'Pac-Man frog' discovered in South American jungle
By A new species of frog has been discovered by scientists hidden deep inside the South American jungle. Scientists also unearthed another 45 species during a three-year project where they were helped by tribes who live in villages along the Kutari andmore
Sonicating sperm -- the future of male contraception
...The ideal male contraceptive would be inexpensive reliable and rever...Ultrasound's potential as a male contraceptive was first reported near...The team led by James Tsuruta found that by rotating high frequency (3...The World Health Organization hasmore
What do killer whales eat in the Arctic?
Biology NewsMedicine NewsBiology ProductsMedicine ProductsBiology DefinitionMedicine DefinitionBiology TechnologyMedicine TechnologyBiology DictionaryMedicine Dictionary HOME >> BIOLOGY >> NEWS ...Killer whales ( Orcinus orca ) are the top marinemore
Gene breakthrough to help farmers hit by tsunami
Scientists in Britain and Japan have unveiled a fast-track way toward breeding crops with higher yields or resistance to climate change. Early beneficiaries should be Japanese farmers who need salt-loving rice plants after their fields were submerged inmore
The good news about carbon storage in tropical vegetation
...A study published in Nature Climate Change today finds that tro...Tropical deforestation is considered a major source of the greenhouse ...Lead author Alessandro Baccini an assistant scientist at WHRC explai...In many developing nations deforestationmore
Brazilian fish genome to be sequenced
Under the Animal Genome Network Project from Embrapa, a team of scientists will begin the genetic sequencing of the species tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) and cachara (Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum). These fish, which are of great commercial importancemore