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Ted Turner gets OK for Yellowstone bison on ranch (AP)

Ted Turner gets OK for Yellowstone bison on ranch

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- The head of Montana's wildlife agency has given preliminary approval to a plan calling for 74 bison from Yellowstone National Park to go to billionaire Ted Turner's private ranch.


Kan., Okla. conduct joint livestock disease drill

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Trucks that could be hauling livestock along the Kansas and Oklahoma border were detained and their drivers questioned Thursday, during a drill aimed at protecting the nation's food supply from foot-and-mouth disease.


Computational Analysis Helps Researchers Understand Emerging H1N1 Flu Strain

Computational Analysis Helps Researchers Understand Emerging H1N1 Flu Strain

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

As part of a broad-based effort to understand the precise genetic make-up of H1N1 - now being referred to as “swine flu” in North America - a group of virologists and computational biologists from Columbia ...





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Animal Models of Disease: Could Science Do Without Them?

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The use of animals in scientific research continues to be one of the most controversial issues in scientific research. Now Viewpoints, a new series of papers published in the European Journal of Immunology, brings ...


Scientists say animal rights extremists threaten researchers and health outcomes

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Two new expert commentaries released in the September 16 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience spotlight the increasingly violent animal rights attacks and the need for an educated public and engaged research community to ens ...


New stem cell research could reduce number of animal experiments

New stem cell research could reduce number of animal experiments

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers from the University of Bath are embarking on a project to use stem cell technology that could reduce the number of animal experiments used to study conditions such as motor neurone disease.


Amyloid beta protein gets bum rap

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

While too much amyloid beta protein in the brain is linked to the development of Alzheimer's disease, not enough of the protein in healthy brains can cause learning problems and forgetfulness, Saint Louis University scientists ...


Protecting humans and animals from diseases in wildlife

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Avian influenza (H5N1), rabies, plague, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), and more recently swine flu (H1N1) are all examples of diseases that have made the leap from animals to humans. As the list continues to grow, ...


UK starts study on using human DNA in animals

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- British scientists begin a new study on Tuesday to consider how human DNA is used in animal experiments and to determine what the boundaries of such controversial science might be.


Exploration by explosion: Studying the inner realm of living cells

Exploration by explosion: Studying the inner realm of living cells

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Scientists in Washington, DC, are reporting development and successful tests of a new way for exploring the insides of living cells, the microscopic building blocks of all known plants and animals. They explode ...


NC State vets lead way in disaster response for animals

NC State vets lead way in disaster response for animals

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Most people can picture the first responders who come to the rescue in the wake of a natural disaster. But who provides emergency help for the dogs, cats and horses that people love? And who takes care of ...


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Social networking study reveals threat to Tasmanian devils

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new study into the social networks of Tasmanian devils may help prevent the further spread of an extinction-threatening disease. The research, published in Ecology Letters, has produced an intricate social ...


Gene shut-down may offer early warning of chronic leukemia

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study shows that certain genes are turned off early, before clinical signs of the disease appear, in the development of chronic leukemia.



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