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77 percent of European pigs are castrated without anesthetic

77 percent of European pigs are castrated without anesthetic

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The castration of pigs prevents the "boar taint" smell in the meat and allows them to contain more fat. However in practice this can be very different. Now, for the first time, a scientific team has collected ...


The battle of the sexes

Ovaries must suppress their inner male

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 0

For an ovary to remain an ovary, the female organ has to continuously suppress its inner capacity to become male. That's the conclusion of a study in the December 11th issue of the journal Cell revealing that t ...


Researchers Identify the Most Promiscuous Birds in the World

Researchers Identify the Most Promiscuous Birds in the World

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- UConn ornithologist Chris Elphick and his colleagues carried out DNA tests to discover the paternity of Saltmarsh Sparrow nestlings.


Penn researchers find reproductive germ cells survive and thrive in transplants, even among species

Researchers find reproductive germ cells survive and thrive in transplants, even among species

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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

Reproductive researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have succeeded in isolating and transplanting pure populations of the immature cells that enable male ...


Bones of T. rex to make museum debut in Oregon

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex will make its museum debut at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry along the banks of the Willamette River.


More blood vessels in hormone-resistant prostate tumors

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients with advanced prostate cancer are often treated with hormones, but when the tumours start growing again they have more and different blood vessels, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy, at the University ...


Spontaneous liver rupture in a patient with peliosis hepatis

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Peliosis hepatis (PH) is a rare pathological entity. PH varies from minimal asymptomatic lesions to larger massive lesions that may present with cholestasis, liver failure, portal hypertension, avascular mass lesion, or even ...


Easily led 'ash-tray': Adolescent smokers prone to drug abuse

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

It is common knowledge that smoking is a health risk but why do teens become addicted to smoking more easily than adults? In an evaluation for Faculty of 1000 Biology, Neil Grunberg looks into why adolescents are more prone ...


Biologist Shows Female Birds of a Feather Compete Together

Biologist Shows Female Birds of a Feather Compete Together

Biology / Plants & Animals

created 23 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- With its flamboyantly decorated plumage, the peacock is a classic example of how males among many bird species are more visually eye-catching than their female partners. But new research, ...


ARS Scientists Help Fight Damaging Moth in Africa

ARS Scientists Help Fight Damaging Moth in Africa

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have launched a preemptive strike to combat the false codling moth, a major pest in its native Africa.



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