Evolving Defenses Rapidly Suppress Male Killers (August 27, 2006) -- Within Southeast Asian populations, a nymphalid butterfly has recently evolved a zygotically acting suppressor that prevents the killing of its male offspring by a Wolbachia parasite, according to a ... > full story

Childhood Sleep Apnea Linked To Brain Damage, Lower IQ (August 27, 2006) -- In what is believed to be the first study showing neural changes in the brains of children with serious, untreated sleep apnea, Johns Hopkins researchers conclude that children with the disorder ... > full story

A Wandering Eye: Single Cells Come Running To Form An Eye (August 27, 2006) -- Eyes are among the earliest recognisable structures in an embryo; they start off as bulges on the sides of tube-shaped tissue that will eventually become the brain. Researchers from the European ... > full story

Cooling Analgesia Harnessed To Relieve Chronic Pain (August 27, 2006) -- By experimentally activating a special protein involved in mediating sensations of coolness, researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding how the body's nervous system can be stimulated to ... > full story

Avian Flu Detection Information On Wild Birds Available (August 27, 2006) -- The public can now view a Web site showing current information about wild bird sampling for early detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the United States. Scientists are now using ... > full story

Elevated Rates Of Mental Health Problems Among Survivors Of Tsunami (August 27, 2006) -- Adult and children in the tsunami-affected areas in Thailand have elevated rates of mental health problems such as symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and depression up to 9 months after the ... > full story

Constant Lighting May Disrupt Development Of Preemies' Biological Clocks (August 27, 2006) -- Keeping the lights on around the clock in neonatal intensive care units may interfere with the development of premature babies' biological clocks. That is the suggestion of a new study of newborn ... > full story

Researchers Discover Brain Abnormality In Kids With Autism (August 27, 2006) -- Children with autism have altered brain anatomy thought to be due to abnormal brain development, according to a study published in the August 22, 2006, issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of ... > full story

Renewed Volcanic Activity In Southern Italy Tracked By Envisat (August 27, 2006) -- Satellite images acquired by ESA's Envisat satellite have revealed the volcanic region of the Phlegrean Fields, located in southern Italy near the city of Naples, has entered a new uplift ... > full story

Survivors Of Childhood Polio Do Well Decades Later As They Age (August 27, 2006) -- Mayo Clinic researchers have found that years after experiencing childhood polio, most survivors do not experience declines greater than expected in their elderly counterparts, but rather experience ... > full story

On The Track Of Tiny Larvae, A New Model Elucidates Connections In Marine Ecology (August 27, 2006) -- A computer model newly developed by researchers combines ocean current simulations and genetic forecasting to help scientists predict animal dispersion patterns and details of the ecology of coral ... > full story

Pure Novelty Spurs The Brain (August 27, 2006) -- Neurobiologists have known that a novel environment sparks exploration and learning, but very little is known about whether the brain really prefers novelty as such. Rather, the major 'novelty ... > full story

Toxic Molecule May Cause Most Common Type Of Muscular Dystrophy (August 26, 2006) -- Doctors at the University of Virginia Health System have shown for the first time that getting rid of poisonous RNA (ribonucleic acid) in muscle cells can reverse myotonic dystrophy, the most common ... > full story

Oxygen Deprived Brains Repaired And Saved (August 26, 2006) -- Scientists from Melbourne's Howard Florey Institute have found special proteins that protect the brain after it has been damaged by a lack of oxygen, which occurs in conditions such as stroke, ... > full story

Researchers Channel Microcapsules Into Tumour Cells And Release Their Contents Using A Laser Impulse (August 26, 2006) -- Medicines are most helpful when they directly affect the diseased organs or cells -- for example, tumour cells. Max Planck scientists have come one step closer to that goal: they have intentionally ... > full story

FDA Approves Over-the-Counter Access For Plan B For Women 18 And Older (August 26, 2006) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced approval of Plan B, a contraceptive drug, as an over-the-counter (OTC) option for women aged 18 and older. Plan B is often referred to as ... > full story

New Lab Technique Churns Out Fungus' Potential Cancer Fighter (August 26, 2006) -- For the first time, researchers have developed a way to synthesize a cancer-killing compound called rasfonin in enough quantity to learn how it works. Derived from a fungus discovered clinging to the ... > full story

Remarkable Physiology Allows Crucian Carp To Survive Months Without Oxygen (August 26, 2006) -- Cooling water temperature during the fall prompts the crucian carp to store vast amounts of glycogen in its brain and at the same time reduce the amount of energy its brain needs. These physiological ... > full story

Use Of Stone Hammers Sheds Light On Geographic Patterns Of Chimpanzee Tool Use (August 26, 2006) -- In a finding that challenges a long-held belief regarding the cultural spread of tool use among chimpanzees, researchers report that chimpanzees in the Ebo forest, Cameroon, use stone hammers to ... > full story

Researchers Discover Gut Tissue To Be A Major Reservoir Harboring HIV (August 26, 2006) -- UCLA researchers have found the human gut to be a major reservoir harboring the HIV virus -- holding almost twice as much as a person's blood. In addition, the virus stored in the gut does not decay ... > full story

Insect Predation Sheds Light On Food Web Recovery After The Dinosaur Extinction (August 26, 2006) -- The recovery of biodiversity after the end-Cretaceous mass extinction was much more chaotic than previously thought, according to paleontologists. New fossil evidence shows that at certain times and ... > full story

Gene Variants Reveal Susceptibility To Cardiovascular Disease (August 26, 2006) -- Variations in a gene that acts as a switch to turn on other genes may predispose individuals to heart disease, an international team of researchers led by Duke University Medical Center scientists ... > full story

Mitochondrial DNA Sequencing Tool Updated (August 26, 2006) -- High-tech laboratory tools, like computers, are often updated publicly as their analytical capabilities expand. In the September issue of the Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, NIH grantees report ... > full story

Adult Stem Cells Are Touchy-feely, Need Environmental Clues (August 26, 2006) -- Bioengineers at the University of Pennsylvania determine that mesenchymal stem cells "feel" their physical environment before turning into bone, muscle, neurons or other types of tissue. Their ... > full story

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