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Showing releases 51-75 out of 451. << < 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 > >>
Public Release: 30-Nov-2012
 EthologyThe colour of love: Zebrafish perform colorful courtship displays Billy Ocean may not have been thinking of fish when he wrote "The Color of Love", but Sophie Hutter, Attila Hettyey, Dustin Penn, and Sarah Zala from the Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology of the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna were able to show that zebrafish males and females both wear their brightest colors while wooing a mate. Contact: Dr. Sarah Zala
Public Release: 30-Nov-2012
 Dissertations and FeaturesCould mistletoe give the kiss of death to cancer? Mistletoe has become an important symbol of Christmas but it also has the potential to play a vital role as an alternative therapy for sufferers of colon cancer. Contact: Gordon Howarth
Public Release: 30-Nov-2012
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and GynaecologyWhen eating for 2 becomes a weighty issue Two-thirds of Australian mums-to-be are in the dark when it comes to how much weight they should gain during pregnancy. Contact: Alita Pashley
Public Release: 30-Nov-2012
PLOS ONEElectrically spun fabric offers dual defense against pregnancy, HIV Electrically spun cloth with nanometer-sized fibers show promise as a cheap, versatile platform to simultaneously offer contraception and prevent HIV. New funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will further test the system's versatility and feasibility. 
National Institutes of Health, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Contact: Hannah Hickey
Public Release: 30-Nov-2012
Even brown dwarfs may grow rocky planets Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array have for the first time found that the outer region of a dusty disc encircling a brown dwarf contains millimetre-sized solid grains like those found in denser discs around newborn stars. The surprising finding challenges theories of how rocky, Earth-scale planets form, and suggests that rocky planets may be even more common in the Universe than expected. Contact: Douglas Pierce-Price
Public Release: 30-Nov-2012
BMC Ecology Grey-mouse lemurs serve as model for the early primates from which humans evolved Findings from the study that analyzed grey-mouse lemur calls provide the first evidence of paternal kin recognition through vocalizations in a small-brained, solitary foraging mammal. Grey-mouse lemurs serve as a model for the early primates from which humans evolved, she added. Early primates likely shared traits with the lemurs such as foraging in dense forests and hunting for food at night in solitude, but also engaging with each other in social groups. Contact: Julie Newberg
Public Release: 30-Nov-2012
PLOS ONE Men and women explore the visual world differently New research by scientists from the University of Bristol has found that men and women see things differently. Contact: Joanne Fryer
Public Release: 30-Nov-2012
Neurosurgical FocusConcussion and its association with contact sports The December issue of Neurosurgical Focus is dedicated to "Concussion: Pathophysiology & Sequelae." The issue focuses on methods of diagnosing concussion and evaluating its consequences, structural and functional changes that can occur in the brain following concussion, and changing attitudes and legislation concerning sports that traditionally carry risks of brain injury. Concussion has been called a "silent epidemic" because the event and its consequences may be subtle and are not always recognized. Contact: Jo Ann M Eliason
Public Release: 30-Nov-2012
Journal of NeurosurgeryMore neurologists and neurosurgeons are associated with fewer deaths from strokes in the US Researchers at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, have found an association in the United States between a higher density of neurologists and neurosurgeons and a decreased risk of death from stroke. The authors conclude that the availability of local neurologists and neurosurgeons may be important for the overall likelihood of surviving a stroke, and thus specialist education and practice throughout the US should be promoted. Contact: Jo Ann M. Eliason
Public Release: 30-Nov-2012
Journal of PediatricsObese children more vulnerable to food advertising Rates of childhood obesity have tripled in the past 30 years; food marketing has been implicated as one contributing factor. Every year, companies spend over $10 billion in the US marketing food and beverages to children; 98 percent of the food products advertised to children on television are high in fat, sugar, or sodium. In a new study scheduled for publication in The Journal of Pediatrics, researchers used neuroimaging to study the effects of food logos on obese and healthy weight children. Contact: Becky Lindeman
Public Release: 30-Nov-2012
American Society of Clinical OncologyIntermountain Healthcare Cancer research provides possible road map for improving healthcare Given the right equipment, training and skill, an individual surgeon can expect to provide the best possible care on a consistent basis. But how do you get an entire system of surgeons -- each with his or her own ideas, backgrounds, and routines -- to provide that same level of care? New Research by Intermountain Healthcare's Oncology Clinical Program shows that it's possible to improve care across the board if you tackle the problem in a standardized way, relying on the best evidence available. Contact: Jess C. Gomez
Public Release: 29-Nov-2012
New radio telescope could save world billions A small pocket of Western Australia's remote outback is set to become the eye on the sky and could potentially save the world billions of dollars. The Murchison Widefield Array radio telescope, unveiled today, Friday 30 November, will give the world a dramatically improved view of the Sun and provide early warning to prevent damage to communication satellites, electric power grids and GPS navigation systems. Contact: Kate Zappa
Public Release: 29-Nov-2012
PLOS ONEPrenatal intervention reduces learning deficit in mice Mice with a condition that serves as a laboratory model for Down syndrome perform better on memory and learning tasks as adults if they were treated before birth with neuroprotective peptides, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health.
National Institutes of Health
Contact: Robert Bock or Marianne Glass Miller
Public Release: 29-Nov-2012
New England Journal of MedicineClinical trial delivers good results in leukemia patients Huntsman Cancer Institute researchers Michael Deininger, M.D., Ph.D., and Thomas O'Hare, Ph.D., were part of a team that found a potent oral drug, ponatinib, effective in patients who have developed resistance to standard treatments for chronic myeloid leukemia and Philadelphia chromosome positive acute lymphoblastic lymphoma. The New England Journal of Medicine released results of the trial today. Contact: Linda Aagard
Public Release: 29-Nov-2012
Tobacco ControlAs cigarette taxes go up, heavy smoking goes down When cigarette taxes rise, hard-core smokers are more likely than lighter smokers to cut back, according to new research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
National Center for Research Resources, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH/Roadmap for Medical Research
Contact: Judy Martin
Public Release: 29-Nov-2012
Stress and Health Meditation with art therapy can change your brain and lower anxiety Cancer and stress go hand-in-hand, and high stress levels can lead to poorer health outcomes in cancer patients. The Jefferson-Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine combined creative art therapy with a Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction program for women with breast cancer and showed changes in brain activity associated with lower stress and anxiety after the eight-week program. Their new study appears in the December issue of the journal Stress and Health. Contact: Lee-Ann Landis
Public Release: 29-Nov-2012
A multi-wavelength view of radio galaxy Hercules A Spectacular jets powered by the gravitational energy of a super massive black hole in the core of the elliptical galaxy Hercules A illustrate the combined imaging power of two of astronomy's cutting-edge tools, the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3, and the recently upgraded Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array radio telescope in New Mexico.
NASA
Contact: Lynn Chandler
Public Release: 29-Nov-2012
Journal of the Neurological SciencesPromising drug slows down advance of Parkinson's disease and improves symptoms Treating Parkinson's disease patients with the experimental drug GM1 ganglioside improved symptoms and slowed their progression during a two and a half-year trial, Thomas Jefferson University researchers report in a new study published online Nov. 28 in the Journal of the Neurological Sciences.
National Institutes of Health
Contact: Steve Graff
Public Release: 29-Nov-2012
Nature CommunicationsGladstone scientists identify key biological mechanism in multiple sclerosis Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have defined for the first time a key underlying process implicated in multiple sclerosis -- a disease that causes progressive and irreversible damage to nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. This discovery offers new hope for the millions who suffer from this debilitating disease for which there is no cure.
National Multiple Sclerosis Society, American Heart Association, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, National Institutes of Health, Nancy Davis Foundation, Dana Program, H. Lundbeck A/S
Contact: Anne Holden
Public Release: 29-Nov-2012
NASA sees Tropical Storm Bopha moving through Southern Yap state NASA's TRMM and Aqua satellites captured images of Tropical Storm Bopha as it continues to move through Micronesia in the western North Pacific Ocean and trigger warnings and watches throughout.
NASA
Contact: Rob Gutro
Public Release: 29-Nov-2012
ScienceAltimeter built at Goddard helped identify ice on Mercury A Goddard-built instrument on NASA's MESSENGER mission provided one of three new lines of evidence that water ice exists near the north pole of Mercury. Most of the ice is covered by a thin layer of material that blankets and protects the ice, but in a few areas where sunlight never reaches, some ice lies exposed on the surface, the researchers announced Nov. 29 in three papers published by Science Express and at a NASA press conference.
NASA
Contact: Elizabeth Zubritsky
Public Release: 29-Nov-2012
American Journal of PathologySt. Joseph's researchers identify gene involved in lung tumor growth Lung cancer researchers at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Ariz., in collaboration with researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute and other institutions, have identified a gene that plays a role in the growth and spread of non-small cell lung cancer tumors, opening the door for potential new treatment options. Contact: Sara Baird
Public Release: 29-Nov-2012
Research in Autism Spectrum DisordersControversial treatment for autism may do more harm than good, Baylor University researchers find A controversial treatment for autism spectrum disorder is not only ineffective but may be harmful, according to a study conducted by Baylor University researchers. Contact: Tonya Lewis
Public Release: 29-Nov-2012
Journal of Biological ChemistryGarbage bug may help lower the cost of biofuel One reason that biofuels are expensive to make is that the organisms used to ferment the biomass cannot make effective use of hemicellulose, the next most abundant cell wall component after cellulose. They convert only the glucose in the cellulose, thus using less than half of the available plant material. University of Illinois researchers have been doing research at the Energy Biosciences Institute on an organism that they think could be used to solve this problem.
Energy Biosciences Institute
Contact: Susan Jongeneel
Public Release: 29-Nov-2012
Journal of Biological ChemistryActivating ALC1: With a little help from friends Chromatin remodeling -- the packaging and unpackaging of genomic DNA and its associated proteins -- regulates a host of fundamental cellular processes including gene transcription, DNA repair, programmed cell death as well as cell fate. In their latest study, scientists at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research are continuing to unravel the finicky details of how these architectural alterations are controlled.
NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences, Helen Nelson Medical Research Fund
Contact: Gina Kirchweger
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