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BIOLOGY News, Feb 07, 2012

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Event that wiped out much of Earth's biology happened slowly: study
Vancouver Sun
Fresh evidence gathered from ancient rocks on an Ellesmere Island fiord has led a 14-member international scientific team — including a University of Calgary researcher — to conclude that the greatest mass extinction in Earth's history unfolded ...
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Biology results for 109 Mhlatane pupils withheld
Times of Swaziland
By MBONGISENI NDZIMANDZE on February 07,2012 PIGG'S PEAK - The Examination Council of Swaziland has withheld Biology exams results of 109 pupils who sat for the Swaziland General Certificate in Education (SGCSE) at Mhlatane High School.
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In Autism, Gene Findings May Help Explain Biology and Guide Drug Discovery
UCSF Today
By Jeffrey Norris on February 6, 2012 Autism and related disorders that profoundly affect behavior and development are diagnosed more often today than ever before. But despite its rising profile in the media and in the minds of parents, still little is...
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From Boobs To Baldness: Stem Cells Go Cosmetic
Science 2.0
Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy at UC Davis School of Medicine. Long-time stem cell and cancer scientist. Cancer survivor... The use of stem cells for cosmetics and cosmetic procedures is exploding even while many important ...
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RainDance Technologies and Sony DADC Develop Manufacturing Capacity for ...
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
LEXINGTON, Mass. and SALZBURG, Austria--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--RainDance Technologies, Inc., the Digital Biology™ Company, and Sony DADC Austria AG, today announced that the companies have further developed proprietary methods for the ...
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Parasite targeting fountain darter spreads to other area waterways
Herald Zeitung
David Huffman, a parasitologist in the Department of Biology at Texas State University, said the parasitic flatworm, an import from Asia, has caused the endangered fountain darters in the Comal River to suffer greatly since it first appeared in the ...
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DePauw Students Contribute to Heart Regeneration Study
Collegenews.org
Six DePauw University students who worked in Assistant Professor of Biology Pascal Lafontant's heart regeneration lab contributed to a recently published study. Appearing in the February 2012 issue of The Anatomical Record, their research used the ...
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Collegenews.org
Bionovo Announces Findings of Bezielle™ Anticancer Properties and Active ...
Sacramento Bee
"There are various strategies to exploit the differences between normal cells and cancer cells that may allow the selective killing of tumor cells," said Dr. Emma Shtivelman, Director of Cancer Biology at Bionovo. "Bezielle takes advantage of a crucial ...
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Y-90: Are you ready? -- comprehensive liver tumor treatment course returns
PhysOrg.com (press release)
an intensive course examining radiation biology, dosimetry, radiation safety, embolotherapy and clinical office management in the use of yttrium-90 in the treatment of cancer—is being offered by the Society of Interventional Radiology Feb.
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PhysOrg.com (press release)
Global warming could kill off snails
ScienceAlert
Biological Sciences postgraduate student Coraline Chapperon says any future policies for global warming must consider mobile organisms on rocky beaches – such as snails – and their capacity to survive the predicted rise in extreme conditions such as ...
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ScienceAlert
Unseasonably mild winter could be bad for allergy sufferers
Newsradio 620
Marquette Biology Professor Dr. Gale Schumann says trees have not bloomed yet, but this weather is aiding in the process. "Every day that's warm, they accumulate these heat units and even though you can't see it, they're starting to develop.
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Three student deaths hit community
The MIT Tech
His father, Susumu Tonegawa, was recipient of the 1987 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and is the current Picower Professor of Biology and Neuroscience at MIT. Tonegawa, an avid musician who played the piano and violin, has performed as a pianist ...
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Judge sides with HOVENSA on Red Mud data
Virgin Islands Daily News
In this case, DPNR and the VI government requested data and documents produced after HOVENSA and Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp. retained two "marine biology consultants" in the wake of the lawsuit being filed. HOVENSA and HOVIC "refused to produce any ...
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Tsunami mystery: Who is Meri Yulanda?
GlobalPost
More than just a testing lab, the institute is a state-of-the-art "molecular cell biology research center that also runs DNA tests for law enforcement agencies. “We do not want to speculate on who the real mother is,” Herawati said.
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GlobalPost
The Evolutionary Informatics Lab: Putting Intelligent Design Predictions to ...
Discovery Institute
They conclude that when trying to generate new complex and specified information, "in biology, as in computing, there is no free lunch," and therefore some assistance from intelligence is required to aid Darwinian evolution find unlikely targets in ...
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Things I Love About the Internet - Part 2
CurrentMom
Need to research plant biology? Have a yearning to learn about medieval society? Wonder how whales get the water out of their handy blow hole? Of course not every piece of information you find online is going to be true. And yes, it can be harder to ...
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Unknown man pops the question at Reggie's Bar
LSU The Reveille
Mason Triay, biology sophomore and vocalist for The Free Drinks, the band playing at the bar that night, said he was on stage when he noticed someone waving to him from the crowd. He checked with his bandmate, civil engineering sophomore Paul Wedig.
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Rotary sending three KHS students abroad | Rotary News
Kingston Community News
This year, his courses include three Advanced Placement classes: Biology, Chemistry, and Language and Composition. Simon is a self-taught piano player and is now taking a course in digital graphics. This fall, Simon was selected Homecoming “prince” by ...
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Scientists Manipulating Unborn Babies to Have Three Parents
LifeNews.com
LifeNews.com Note: Rebecca Taylor is a clinical laboratory specialist in molecular biology, and a practicing pro-life Catholic who writes at the bioethics blog Mary Meets Dolly. She has been writing and speaking about Catholicism and biotechnology for ...
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LifeNews.com
Main internal expansion cases of domestic pesticide enterprises in 2011
Teatro Naturale
On 31 Jan., 2011, Zhejiang Shenghua Biok Biology Co., Ltd. (Shenghua Biok), one of the leading abamectin manufacturers in China, released to expand its zircon business through setting up a new subsidiary, namely Zhejiang Gaogu Technology Co., ...
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Where SETI meets Intelligent Design
SmartPlanet.com (blog)
Then again, compelling as the math from astronomy might be, biologymight be less forgiving. Science can't even yet set meaningful numbers against how likely or not different stages in the evolution of intelligent life are. For example, as biochemist ...
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News Media Continue to Manipulate the MMR Controversy with Research ...
Age of Autism
The press release put out by Autistica, the charity funding biological studies of autism including the present study, warns that " there were cases in which individual babies who showed these differences in brain function were not later diagnosed and ...
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Teachers find aid online
The News-Press
Requests range from pencils for a poetry writing unit, to violins for a school recital, to microscope slides for a biology class. •Then, you can browse project requests and give any amount to the one that inspires you. Once a project reaches its ...
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Towards a Diabetes Cure: Beta Cell Updates from the PDRC Symposium
A Sweet Life (blog)
For all that scientists have learned about beta cell biology– and they've learned a lot– we still understand only the basics of the concert of cells and hormones that goes into natural regulation of insulin production and secretion.
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A Sweet Life (blog)
Precision BioSciences Announces Allowances in Fifth and Sixth U.S. Patent ...
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
“We are pleased that the PTO has now allowed these claims, which cover methods utilized for cleaving target DNA sites in isolated human cells,” stated Mike Nicholson, Precision BioSciences' Director of Cell Biology. “Issuance of these allowed patent ...
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Webinar Announcement: Solutions for De Novo Genome Assembly
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
Bio-IT World (http://www.bio-itworld.com) provides breaking news, analysis, and opinion on enabling technologies that drive biomedical research and drug development, with emphasis on predictive biology, drug discovery, informatics, ...
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LBSU Student Receives Award for Second-Hand Smoke Research
LBPOST.com
He will also use the award to support his research project, including supplies and travel to conferences such as the American Heart Association's Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Conference to be held in Chicago in April.
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LBPOST.com
Donaldson Foundation Supports Minnesota Zoo Investigator Program
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
Zoo Investigators is an out-of-school youth development program that introduces 5th - 8th grade low income and minority youth to important scientific concepts concerning animals and wildlife biology. The program provides students with opportunities to ...
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Teachers find aid online
The News-Press
Requests range from pencils for a poetry writing unit, to violins for a school recital, to microscope slides for a biology class. •Then, you can browse project requests and give any amount to the one that inspires you. Once a project reaches its ...
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Flu Pandemic Preparedness: Growing Vaccines In a Greenhouse
ThomasNet Industrial News Room
“Biology is the threat of the future,” said Giror. “Terrorist groups like al Qaeda have sophisticated personnel who will never build an aircraft to fight the US but could modify an existing bacteria or virus in a way that could be deadly to us.
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New canine cancer therapy could be mimicked in humans
Fox News
“A mouse model in terms of human biology can be very helpful, but can have limitations when understanding the human immune system.” The problem with mice and rodent models lies in the complexity of humans. Not only are humans so dissimilar from rodents ...
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Detroit area museums amp up the fun factor for curious kids
The Detroit News
More intrigued by biology? Take a deep breath and stroll through the Giant Eye, a 7-foot tall mock-up of an anatomically correct human eye. Or get the skinny on climate and weather with the "Magic School Bus Kicks Up a Storm.
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Dow AgroSciences, BioDuro to Collaborate on Crop Protection Discovery Research
MarketWatch (press release)
It provides high-quality, integrated preclinical research and development services to biopharmaceutical clients, ranging from medicinal chemistry, discovery biology, pharmacology, DMPK and biologics. For more information, visit www.bioduro.com .
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In autism, gene findings may help explain biology, guide drug ...
(Medical Xpress) -- Autism and related disorders that profoundly affect behavior and development are diagnosed more often today than ever before.
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Princeton University Molecular Biology - Molecular Biology News
Graduate News. Symposium enables early-career researchers to reach broad audience · Perspectives on grad-student diversity · Biology grad programs move ...
molbio.princeton.edu/news
β.Log [ Computational Biology News ]
Computational Biology News Î²Log is compilation of latest news related to Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Artificial Intelligence, Computational...
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The University of Akron : Biology News
UA biology honors alumna Holly Snyder is the lead author of “Iridescent colour production in hairs of blind golden moles (Chrysochloridae),” published in the ...
www.uakron.edu/biology/about.../news-detail.dot?...
Biological time-keeper linked to diabetes - Biology News Net | e ...
Researchers in Lille and Paris demonstrated that mutations in the melatonin receptor gene (melatonin or the "hormone of darkness" induces sleep) lead to an ...
esciencenews.com/.../biological.time.keeper.linked.diabetes
Biology News - WKU
The Biology Advising Center (BAC) accommodates the academic advising needs of students that have declared Biology as a major, second major, or minor as ...
www.wku.edu/biology/news/index.php?view=article...
Maned Wolf Pups Born At Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute ...
"Every pup born here helps us understand more about the biology of this incredible ... Follow LiveScience for the latest in science news and discoveries on ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../maned-wolf-pups-born_n_12469...
Woman, 24, Armenia: Biologist struggles with learning English to ...
06 February 2012 Woman, 24, Armenia: Biologist struggles with learning English to advance her career Double-click any word to find the definition in the ...
www.voanews.com/.../Woman-24-Armenia-Biologist-struggle...
Castaway lizards put evolution to the test
Instead of mourning the loss, Harvard University biologist Jonathan Losos... “Back then it was kind of big news that species could adapt very quickly,”...
www.washingtonpost.com/.../gIQAjrYJqQ_story.html
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Who's Reading Our Blog. Posts Tagged 'biology news'. New Study Says Fish Eyes Go Green! By the light of day, a greeneye fish seems ordinary: It has a long, ...
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