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the Campaign To end Antibiotic Overuse in Animal Agriculture believes that physicians and policymakers have overlooked the critical role played by the ongoing overuse of antibiotics in livestock and poultry.


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Through the use of animal models scientists and doctors are able to perfect techniques drugs and materials without risking human lives.

After the splint was placed the pigs'tracheobronchomalacia symptoms disappeared All of our work is inspired physician Wheeler said.

and throat surgeons but they didn't have any treatment options. They turned to us to engineer a cure.

and despite the aid of a mechanical ventilator he had to be resuscitated daily by doctors.

April and Bryan Gionfriddo believed their son's chance of survival was slim until Marc Nelson a doctor at Akron Children's Hospital in Ohio mentioned researchers from the University of Michigan were testing airway splints similar to those used in Wheeler's study.


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We chose the term'lobes'very carefully says Dr. Dave Mccomas IBEX principal investigator and assistant vice president of the Space science and Engineering Division at Southwest Research Institute.


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Above the large crack the glacier last flowed at a speed of twelve metres per day reports Humbert's colleague Dr. Dana Floricioiu from DLR.


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But as Dr. Bayer notes the health risk of exposure is far less certain than some supporters claimed.

In the argument for smoking bans in parks and on beaches the most striking aspect according to Dr. Bayer is the assertion that just the act of smoking in public poses a threat to the well-being of children

and hospitality industries and of people who invoke threats of Big brother writes Dr. Bayer. While the rules for bans on smoking in public are gaining in popularity

and death in the short term Dr. Bayer and co-author Kathleen E. Bachynski suggest that healthcare policymakers will need to make a stronger case with more conclusive evidence to gain the public trust.

Beach and park bans represent measures that contribute to those goals said Dr. Bayer. Tobacco is the number-one preventable cause of death in the United states


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which allowed Dr. Du to perform electrophysiological experiments with the clone. The team then spent nearly two years to discover the new pyrethroid-binding site she added.


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and carbohydrates for nourishing the newborn baby says Dr. Nommsen-Rivers. Considering that 20 percent of women between 20 and 44 are prediabetic it's conceivable that up to 20 percent of new mothers in the United states are at risk for low milk supply due to insulin dysregulation.

Dr. Nommsen-Rivers and her colleagues were able to use a noninvasive method to capture mammary gland RNA--a chain of molecules that are blueprints for making specified proteins--in samples of human breast milk.

While a drug is not an ideal way to solve the problem of sub-optimal glucose metabolism impairing breastfeeding according to Dr. Nommsen-Rivers it is excellent for establishing proof-of-concept through the use of a placebo controlled randomized clinical trial.

Dr. Nommsen-Rivers began her quest to understand why so many U s. mothers today struggle with low milk supply


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and carbohydrates for nourishing the newborn baby says Dr. Nommsen-Rivers. Considering that 20 percent of women between 20 and 44 are prediabetic it's conceivable that up to 20 percent of new mothers in the United states are at risk for low milk supply due to insulin dysregulation.

Dr. Nommsen-Rivers and her colleagues were able to use a noninvasive method to capture mammary gland RNA--a chain of molecules that are blueprints for making specified proteins--in samples of human breast milk.

While a drug is not an ideal way to solve the problem of sub-optimal glucose metabolism impairing breastfeeding according to Dr. Nommsen-Rivers it is excellent for establishing proof-of-concept through the use of a placebo controlled randomized clinical trial.

Dr. Nommsen-Rivers began her quest to understand why so many U s. mothers today struggle with low milk supply


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The goal of sustainable intensification is to increase food production from existing farmland says the article in the journal's Policy Forum by lead authors Dr Tara Garnett and Professor Charles Godfray from the University

Lead author Dr Tara Garnett from the Food Climate Research Network at the Oxford Martin School said:'

''Sustainability requires consideration of economic environmental and social priorities'added Dr Michael Appleby of the World Society for the Protection of Animals.'


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Six targets proposedthis is why Dr. Marco Steinacher Prof. Fortunat Joos and Prof. Thomas Stocker are proposing a combination of six different specific global and regional climate targets in their work


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The study led by Dr Reinhard Stã ger Associate professor in Epigenetics in the University's School of Biosciences was conducted under field realistic conditions

Dr Stã ger said: Although larvae can still grow and develop in the presence of imidacloprid the stability of the developmental process appears to be compromised.


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Dr. Kim Stackhouse National Cattleman's Beef Association Director of Sustainability said animal agriculture has reduced emissions through the use of technologies.


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but with a mechanism they had never been able to observe according to Dr. Hays Rye Texas A&m Agrilife Research biochemist.


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but with a mechanism they had never been able to observe according to Dr. Hays Rye Texas A&m Agrilife Research biochemist.


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Physicians and scientists from the university and from the California Department of public health found no increase in specific diagnoses that are considered most likely to be associated with pesticide exposure including respiratory gastrointestinal skin eye and neurological conditions.


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According to co-author PSW wildlife biologist Dr. Kathryn Purcell exposure of wildlife to pesticides has been documented widely

By increasing the number of animals that die from supposedly natural causes these pesticides may be tipping the balance of recovery for fishers says Dr. Craig Thompson a PSW wildlife ecologist and the study's lead author.


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According to co-author PSW wildlife biologist Dr. Kathryn Purcell exposure of wildlife to pesticides has been documented widely

By increasing the number of animals that die from supposedly natural causes these pesticides may be tipping the balance of recovery for fishers says Dr. Craig Thompson a PSW wildlife ecologist and the study's lead author.


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Dr Jon Blount from Biosciences at the University of Exeter who led the research said:

Dr Kate Plummer lead author of the paper said: There could be a number of different explanations for our results.


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because most doctors and scientists have thought that it was the fat in and around tissues in the body that caused the health problems.


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Our study reveals that so-called wax degradation on pine needles may develop from deposited particulate matter says Dr. JÃ rgen Burkhardt from the Institute of Crop science and Resource Conservation.

and 90s but sound explanations for both the degradation mechanism and the high correlation with forest damage have yet been missing Dr. Burkhardt reports.

This newly described mechanism was considered not in earlier explanations of Central European forest decline states Dr. Burkhardt.

Particularly because air concentrations of hygroscopic particles have increased largely within the last decades says Dr. Burkhardt.


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We're discovering that predators are having important effects on shaping the make-up of ecosystems says Dr. Oswald Schmitz professor of ecology

Dr. Schmitz and his team created several controlled ecosystems: some that contained only native grasses and herbs others that had plants

It's going to force some thinking about the vital roles of animals in regulating carbon concludes Dr. Schmitz pointing to the fact that the UN's body of scientific experts who study climate change don't consider these multiplier effects in their models.


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what that impact may be says Dr. David Tarpy an associate professor of entomology at North carolina State university

Co-authors of the study are Dr. Dennis vanengelsdorp of the University of Maryland and Dr. Jeffery Pettis of USDA.


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Dr. Patrick Mcgovern Director of the Biomolecular Archaeology Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and author of Ancient Wine:

and written in collaboration with colleagues from France and the United states. For Dr. Mcgovern much of

and Pinot noir were the best cultivars to grow in Burgundy Dr. Mcgovern noted. What we haven't had is clear chemical evidence combined with botanical and archaeological data showing how wine was introduced into France

The Broader Picturefor nearly two decades Dr. Mcgovern has been following the story of the origin

Dr. Mcgovern observes a common pattern for the spreading of the new wine culture: First entice the rulers who could afford to import


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ZSL's Dr. Trent Garner a co-author on the paper says: Existing practices in managing oil palm are not accommodating the highly threatened forest frog species in Malaysia


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The technique developed by Dr. Annemie Van der Linden and her laboratory at the University of Antwerp in Belgium will be one of the first published in Jove Behavior a new section of the video journal that focuses on observational and experimental techniques that seek to understand human and animal

By utilizing a high-resolution functional magnetic resonance imaging apparatus (fmri) Dr. Van der Linden and her colleagues can image the brains of live birds in a noninvasive environment.

and to a lesser extent on mice Dr. Van der Linden explains. Thus far songbird brains have been studied using electrophysiological and histological techniques.

and reproduce behavioral experiments such as bird fmri techniques as described in Dr. Van der Linden's article which are both novel and technically complex.

Proud to be included in this significant new section Dr. Van der Linden says MRI imaging techniques should in the near future lead to major conceptual advances in the study of how the brain changes behavior


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The Iowa State team replaced the initial steaming with ultrasound sonically smashing the corn into tiny particles in the same way physicians use ultrasound to shatter kidney stones.


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or because we think it might help our health in other ways said Dr. Kirsten Tillisch an associate professor of medicine at UCLA's David Geffen School of medicine

and neurological disorders said Dr. Emeran Mayer a professor of medicine physiology and psychiatry at the David Geffen School of medicine at UCLA and the study's senior author.


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Valet recommends that people with pollen allergies first try over-the-counter allergy medications before talking with their doctor about prescription medications and nose sprays.


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Dr. Zakri a national of Malaysia who cochaired 2005's landmark Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and serves also as science advisor to his country's prime minister cited fast-growing evidence that we are hurtling towards irreversible environmental tipping points that once passed would reduce the ability of ecosystems to provide essential goods and services to humankind.

but missing element in the international response to the biodiversity crisis Dr. Zakri told the 7th Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity.

Even barnyard diversity is in declinesome scientists have termed this the sixth great extinction episode in Earth's history according to Dr. Zakri noting that the loss of biodiversity is happening faster and everywhere even among farm animals.

but the latest data classify 22%of domesticated breeds at risk of extinction Dr. Zakri said.

Biodiversity and the Sustainable Development Goalsaccording to Dr. Zakri the most important outcome of last year's Rio+20 international environmental summit of nations was agreement to set new multi-year

For specifics Dr. Zakri commended the Aichi Biodiversity Targets already established through the Convention on Biological Diversity


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and Holocene says Dr Marã a Napal leading author of thepaper published in Forest Ecology and Management.


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#Future doctors unaware of their obesity biastwo out of five medical students have an unconscious bias against obese people according to a new study by researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical center.

and the doctor-patient relationship and even a patient's willingness or desire to go see their physician so it is crucial that we try to deal with any bias during medical school said David Miller M d. associate professor of internal medicine at Wake Forest Baptist

Previous research has shown that on average physicians have a strong anti-fat bias similar to that of the general population Doctors are more likely to assume that obese individuals won't follow treatment plans

Co-authors of the study are John Spangler M d. Mara Vitolins Dr. PH. Stephen Davis M. S. Edward Ip Ph d. Gail Marion Ph d. and Sonia Crandall


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Dr Luisa Carvalheiro lead author on the paper said: It is possible that by 1990 the most sensitive species had gone already.

Dr Carvalheiro said: If what we take from the Rio targets is that the investment in conservation gave us no results then that is a counsel of despair.


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The research team was led by NFB's Dr Wenxin Wang at the National University of Ireland Galway who said:

The new process developed by the team in collaboration with Dr Julien Poly from the Institut de Science des Mat riaux de Mulhouse France is called'vinyl oligomer combination'.

Dr Wenxin Wang is trying to uncover therapies for diseases such as diabetic ulcers and Epidermolysis Bullosa

Dr Wenxin Wang continued: It is interesting to note the period of difficulty often encountered with break through developments.


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For this study Dr. Torres-Duque and his colleagues used data from the PREPOCOL (Prevalencia de la Enfermedad Pulmonar Obstructiva Crã nica en Colombia) study which evaluated the prevalence

and men Dr. Torres-Duque said. In addition the prevalence of COPD was significantly higher in those who were exposed to both wood

which they're exposed Dr. Torres-Duque noted. Future studies might provide additional data regarding varying responses

and help clinicians determine specific treatments based on exposures he said. Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by American Thoracic Society (ATS.


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The research was the result of a two-year collaboration between Dr Huw Barton from the School of Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Leicester and Dr Xiaoyan Yang Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural resources

Dr Barton Senior Lecturer in Bioarchaeology at the University of Leicester described the find as'hitting the jackpot':

Dr Barton said: The presence of at least two possibly three species of starch producing palms bananas


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This treatment is part of this collaborative effort. explains Dr. Sandra Knapp the author of this extensive contribution.

The new species described in this revision Solanum agnoston discovered by Dr. Sandra Knapp Department of Life sciences The Natural history Museum UK comes from the inter Andean valleys of Southern Ecuador


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This treatment is part of this collaborative effort. explains Dr. Sandra Knapp the author of this extensive contribution.

The new species described in this revision Solanum agnoston discovered by Dr. Sandra Knapp Department of Life sciences The Natural history Museum UK comes from the inter Andean valleys of Southern Ecuador


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The work was led by Dr Manash Chatterjee an Adjunct Faculty member of Botany and Plant science at NUI Galway and has been published in the journal BMC Plant Biology.

Dr Chatterjee is currently a Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) ETS Walton Fellow at NUI Galway collaborating with the SFI Genetics and Biotechnology Lab of Professor Charles Spillane.

Dr Chatterjee's research uses an approach called TILLING (Targeting Induced Lesions In The Genome) an established non-GM method for creating

According to Dr Chatterjee: Over the centuries the sunflower has been cultivated for traits such as yield. However along the way many useful genetic variations have been lost.

Dr Chatterjee is involved also in research in the NUI Galway Plant and Agribiosciences Research Centre (PABC) to improve the bioenergy crop Miscanthus.


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--and ended up understanding how Faeo produces the HDMF flavor compound explains Dr. Andr Schiefner from The chair of Biological Chemistry.


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Based on our findings clinicians may wish to consider recommending the temporary use of small amounts of formula to new moms whose babies are experiencing significant early weight loss.


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Lead author of the study Dr Leydimere Oliveira said: We were interested initially in quantifying the environmental services provided by the Amazon and their replacement by agricultural output.

Beyond this limit the feedbacks that we demonstrated start to introduce significant losses in the agriculture production continued Dr Oliveira.


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An important next step Miller said will be translating this into a diagnostic test that may help doctors make more informed treatment decisions.

For doctors like Bayard Powell M d. chief of hematology and oncology at Wake Forest Baptist's Comprehensive Cancer Center new drugs designed to enhance anti-tumor immune responses are beginning to play a major


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or if people who develop Parkinson's disease are simply less apt to use tobacco because of differences in the brain that occur early in the disease process long before diagnosis. For the present population-based study Dr. Susan Searles Nielsen

and risk of developing Parkinson's disease said Dr. Searles Nielsen. Similar to the many studies that indicate tobacco use might reduce risk of Parkinson's our findings also suggest a protective effect from nicotine or perhaps a similar but less toxic chemical in peppers and tobacco.


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Dr Gagliano explained Our results show that plants are able to positively influence growth of seeds by some as yet unknown mechanism.


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Dr. Moreno and her colleagues randomly selected incoming college students from two universities--one in the Northwest

because in the past year we have seen legislation passed that legalizes marijuana in two states Dr. Moreno said.

Future work should involve designing educational campaigns highlighting the increased risks of using these substances together Dr. Moreno concluded.


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Our hypothesis is that whole grapes will be superior to any individual grape component in each of the areas being investigated said Dr. Seymour.


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A plan for dealing with allergy and asthma emergencies should also be shared with teachers coaches and the school nurse.


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As far as we know these are the first images of fish consumption by white-lipped peccaries said Dr. Alexine Keuroghlian of the Wildlife Conservation Society and an expert on peccaries.

While there was one reported account by Dr. Joe Fragoso of the white-lipped peccary dining on fish in the Amazon the behavior has been seen rarely

and small invertebrates such as insect larvae worms and snails when fruits are said scarce Dr. Keuroghlian.


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or more important in controlling blood pressure Dr. Kostis said. Our work describes the variability of blood pressure drop in response to weight loss according to a number of genetic polymorphisms added William J. Kostis Phd MD clinical

and the combination of weight loss and sodium restriction is more effective than either strategy alone noted Dr. William Kostis.

Physicians can put these findings to use today through a blood test or even saliva test that measures genotype Dr. John Kostis said They can compare the patient's genetic background with the polymorphisms that have been identified in the study

and counsel patients accordingly offering advice as to which type of intervention may be more successful in lowering that patient's blood pressure he said.

and less expensive evaluating weight sensitivity may be one way to identify individuals who may benefit more from weight loss as compared with other types of lifestyle interventions like cutting salt from their diet Dr. William Kostis said.

if he or she were to lose a given amount of weight Dr. John Kostis added In addition to Dr. John Kostis and Dr. William Kostis the research team included Nora M. Cosgrove RN;


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The new discovery was made by Dr Erica van de Waal and Professor Andrew Whiten of the University of St andrews

Dr van de Waal conducted the field experiments at the Inkawu Vervet Project in the Mawana private game reserve in South africa.


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It's a real paradox explain Dr Tom Reed and Prof Marcel Visser of The netherlands Institute of Ecology.


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Dr. Kit Macleod catchment scientist at the James Hutton Institute and one of the authors of the paper said:


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Dr. Yang's work answers some important and thorny questions about how to sell less


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what the doctor ordered according to new animal research from the University of Michigan Health System.

and glucose was considered promising by doctors who prescribed them for patients with metabolic syndrome--a collection of risk factors linked to heart disease

Steven Bolling M d. a U-M cardiac surgeon and the laboratory's director said the study adds to the group's growing body of research linking cherries to positive heart health.


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In the same way measures of optimism and pessimism can provide indicators for an understanding of animal welfare explains co-author Dr Elodie Briefer from Queen Mary's School of Biological and Chemical sciences.

Dr Briefer adds: In this case we found that female goats that had been neglected previously were the most optimistic of all the tested animals.

Dr Alan Mcelligott also from Queen Mary's School of Biological and Chemical sciences said: The study shows that animal rescue centres such as Buttercups Sanctuary for Goats where we collected our data can provide a vital role in reversing long-term neglect once the animals receive excellent care.


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#Vets and medical doctors should team up to tackle diseases transmitted from animals to humansa new study at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) in Antwerp analyses the impact of animal brucellosis and bovine tuberculosis (BTB) on animals

The World health organization (WHO) ranks them as major zoonoses infectious diseases transmitted between species. The research maps risk factors for transmission of these diseases from animals to humans indicating that closer collaboration between medical doctors


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Dr. Pongpisut Jongudomsuk Director of the Health Systems Research Institute Thailand and Chair of the APEIR Steering committee said:


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We are hoping it will translate to human studies as well said Dr. Barbara Shukitt-Hale the lead investigator conducting the human study.


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research physician Delia Dempsey MD; and staff research associates Chris Havel Margaret Peng and Lisa Yu.


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Research conducted by Dr. Nachum Ulanovsky and research student Michael Yartsev of the Weizmann Institute's Neurobiology Department published today in Science reveals for the first time how three-dimensional volumetric space is perceived in mammalian brains.


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Dr John Barr of the University of Leeds'Faculty of Biological sciences and co-leader of the study said:

Co-lead Dr Tom Edwards also from Leeds'Faculty of Biological sciences said: The shape of the nucleocapsid protein has shown us important details of how the individual proteins in these rings are interacting.


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& Health Foundation Clinician Scientist in the University of Bath's Department for Health and the UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies Tobacco companies use their price changes to win two ways in the UK:


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And soybeans are grown almost everywhere says Dr. Dominic Reisig an assistant professor of entomology at NC State


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The doctors will follow up the patients for at least a year. What we are trying to do is to tap into the reservoir of under-researched'illegal'drugs to see


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Explains Dr. Kobayashi Head of the Experimental Plant Division. The Bd21 Brachypodium distachyon line is an important addition to BRC's wide variety of bioresources


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In addition to naming the species after Dr. Chomsky to honour his many accomplishments I also have been a huge fan

and political views for a long time said Dr Cory Sheffield the author of the study. Story Source:


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but it's something that almost any animal could do in the right circumstances says Dr Elli Leadbeater from ZSL's Institute for Zoology.

Dr Leadbetter is co-author of the study published this week in Current Biology and joins Queen Mary's School of Biological and Chemical sciences later this year.


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In a paper published online in Nature on March 31 Dr. Lemon's team discovered that Hepatitis a virus does not have an envelope

No one has shown that previously for a virus. It really blurs that classic distinction between these two types of viruses said Dr. Lemon.

Dr. Lemon believes the dual nature of Hepatitis a virus allows it to use the advantages of both virus types to enhance its survivability.

While no other virus has been shown to exhibit this particular behavior Dr. Lemon said that it is likely that Hepatitis a virus is not unique in its dual nature.

I think this is one of the most important things to come out of the study said Dr. Lemon.

Future studies will investigate the mechanisms behind the vaccine's effectiveness Dr. Lemon said. While it was thought previously that vaccine-induced antibodies attacked the virus outside of the cell the new findings suggest antibodies may actually be able to restrict viral replication within a cell.

Understanding how this really good vaccine works will help us in the future to develop better vaccines for other viruses that we are having difficulty developing vaccines for said Dr. Lemon.


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If more studies confirm the technology's effectiveness the Nanovelcro Chip device could enable doctors to access

Researchers hope that by analyzing these CTCS doctors will be able to understand the tumor evolution in each individual.

and their invasiveness in a tissue culture dish doctors may be able to quickly adjust their treatment plans in response We are optimistic that the use of our Nanovelcro CTC technology will revolutionize prostate cancer treatment.

and may help doctors personalize therapies to a patient's unique cancer. To date CTC capture technologies have been able to do little more than count the number of CTCS which is informative but not very useful from a treatment planning perspective.


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The next step is to understand the regulation of the genes involved in making the coat said Dr Arjan Narbad who led the studies.


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