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Secret Of Worm's Poison Pill Box Protein Could Produce New Natural Insecticide (March 16, 2007) -- Researchers at the University of Warwick have discovered how a protein from a bacterium acts like a cunningly designed poison pill box that could now be used as a basis of a new range of natural ... > full story

Gene Therapy For Blindness Clears Hurdle In Mice (March 15, 2007) -- University of Florida researchers have used an experimental therapy in mice to shut down a gene that plays a crucial role in a leading cause of inherited blindness. The technique, detailed in an ... > full story

Disease Opened Door To Invading Species In California (March 14, 2007) -- Plant and animal diseases can play a major and poorly appreciated role in allowing the invasion of exotic species, which in turn often threatens biodiversity, ecological function and the world ... > full story

Scientists Find Genes Involved In The Battle Between Hessian Flies And Wheat (March 14, 2007) -- Wheat has ways to battle Hessian fly larvae that nibble on the plant's leaves and can destroy crops worldwide, but the larvae that survive eventually evolve methods to overcome plant defenses. Purdue ... > full story

Botanists Identify New Species Of North American Bamboo (March 13, 2007) -- Iowa State University botanists Lynn Clark and Jimmy Triplett and their colleague at the University of North Carolina discovered a new species of North American bamboo in the hills of Appalachia. It ... > full story

Malaria: The Right Vaccine In The Right Place? (March 13, 2007) -- A new study on a malaria vaccine used at a testing site in Mali calls into question whether the best vaccine was chosen to be tested at this particular ... > full story

G6PD Deficiency Is Associated With Significant Protection Against Severe, Life-threatening Malaria (March 13, 2007) -- A case-control study in two populations in Mali, West Africa has shown that glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is associated with significant protection against severe, ... > full story

Laying Sleeping Sickness To Rest (March 12, 2007) -- The parasite that leads to sleeping sickness can be lulled to sleep itself using a newly discovered pathway, according to research published online in EMBO ... > full story

How Plants Manage Calcium May Reduce Effects Of Acid Rain (March 11, 2007) -- A new understanding of how plants manage their internal calcium levels could lead to modifying plants to avoid damage from acid rain. The pollutant disrupts calcium balance in plants by leaching ... > full story

Researchers Discover Breakthrough In Malaria Treatment (March 9, 2007) -- An article published in 'The Lancet' by researchers from the Menzies School of Health Research (MSHR) in Darwin has revealed a breakthrough in the battle to treat malaria -- a disease which effects ... > full story

Human Pubic Lice Acquired From Gorillas Gives Evolutionary Clues (March 8, 2007) -- Humans acquired pubic lice from gorillas several million years ago, but this seemingly seedy connection does not mean that monkey business went on with the great apes, a new University of Florida ... > full story

'Mafia' Behavior In Cowbirds? Study First To Document Evidence (March 7, 2007) -- Cowbirds have long been known to lay eggs in the nests of other birds, which then raise the cowbirds' young as their own. Now, however, a University of Florida study finds that cowbirds actually ... > full story

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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology of Plants
Biochemistry Molecular Biology of Plants is a major contribution to the plant sciences literature, superbly edited by three distinguished scientists, Bob B. Buchanan, Wilhelm Gruissem, and Russell ... > read more

The Reef Aquarium: A Comprehensive Guide to the Identification and Care of Tropical Marine Invertebrates (Volume 1)
This book is the "bible" on the subject of Reef Aquarium keeping, covering the biology of coral reefs and relating it to the biological, chemical, and physical parameters considered when creating a ... > read more

West with the Night
One of the most beautifully crafted books I have ever read, with some of the most poetic prose passages I could imagine, such as the following, resonating with a stately and timeless quality so ... > read more

The Cure for All Cancers: Including over 100 Case Histories of Persons Cured
Cancer can now be cured, not just treated We are not accustomed to thinking about a cure for cancer. We think of remission as the only possibility. But this book is not about remission. It is about ... > read more

Diseases of the Breast
Completely revised and updated, with 24 brand-new chapters, the Third Edition of this definitive reference is a must for all clinicians who treat benign or malignant breast ... > read more

The River of Doubt : Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Doubt is the true story of Theodore Roosevelt’s harrowing exploration of one of the most ... > read more

Fundamentals of Entomology, Sixth Edition
Insects are one of the most remarkable animal groups on the earth, and they merit study for at least two major reasons. First, insects have unsurpassed diversity and niches; because of this ... > read more

Nonhuman Primates in Biomedical Research: Diseases (American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine)
This volume and its companion Nonhuman Primates in Biomedical Research: Biology and Management represent the most comprehensive publications of their type on nonhuman primates. This volume addresses ... > read more

The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night
A breakthrough approach for a good night's sleep--with no tears There are two schools of thought for encouraging babies to sleep through the night: the hotly debated Ferber technique of letting the ... > read more

The Reef Aquarium: A Comprehensive Guide to the Identification and Care of Tropical Marine Invertebrates (Vol 2)
This second volume in the series features the anemones and soft corals associated with reefs, detailing their biology and husbandry requirements, and featuring numerous species descriptions, with the ... > read more