More Cancer Breakthroughs and More for Thursday, February 12, 2009

Africanized honey bees discovered in Utah for the first time

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1029499

Africanized bee

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africanized_honey_bee

Scientists map Neanderthal genome; may reveal human link

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1029517

Gene explosion set humans, great apes apart

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51a8ii-us-genes-humans/

Deducing Diet Of Prehistoric Hominid With Math

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211111005.htm

Australopithecus africanus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australopithecus_africanus

Fishermen in 'dolphin rescue' off Philippines coast

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7880375.stm

Jaguar Spotted In Central Mexico For First Time In 100 Years

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210134448.htm

Panthera onca

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar

Long-term Recovery Of Reefs From Bleaching Requires Local Action To Increase Resilience

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090203110520.htm

Pubic Hair Provides Evolutionary Home For Gorilla Lice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211101711.htm

Why Fruits Ripen And Flowers Die

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210162027.htm

France defends GM ban after report says safe in food

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51b3tb-us-france-gmo/

Discovery Fleshes Out Metabolism Of Key Environmental And Energy Bacteria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202174650.htm

On The Origin Of Subspecies

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211161842.htm

Peanut butter could be labeled high-risk food

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29158355/

Salmonella found at Ga. plant as early as 2006

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29138430/

Lax Regulation In Peanut Factories

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/11/eveningnews/main4793925.shtml

Peanut butter outbreak prompts tighter food safety

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090212/ap_on_go_ot/salmonella_outbreak;_ylt=Al5YCOM0CVnNpdlmh0IGLBes0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFldW9hOWNjBHBvcwM3NgRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3BvbGl0aWNzBHNsawNwZWFudXRidXR0ZXI-

Owner of peanut company in U.S. salmonella outbreak refuses to testify

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/02/11/peanut-recall.html

Peanut executives take the Fifth

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From Floor to Mouth: Sickening Peanut Info

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=6848906&page=1

Arachis hypogaea

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut

Victim: PCA has blood on hands

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Obama 'must act now' on climate

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7885036.stm

Dramatic Rise In Sea Level And Its Broad Ramifications Uncovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209205314.htm

UK's CO2 plan 'certain to fail'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7881868.stm

New Tool Gets Handle On Cropland Carbon Dioxide Emissions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209152420.htm

Electricity From Straw And Other Waste Materials

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090203081613.htm

Reducing Nitrate Discharge To Downstream Ecosystems

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090131123518.htm

The 'recession diet': Fast food sales up

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7885312.stm

Measles Vaccine Not to Blame for Autism?

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/AutismNews/wireStory?id=6862798

Drug Discovery Short-circuits Cancer Growth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209205052.htm

Sirolimus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapamycin

Compounds Could Be New Class Of Cancer Drugs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090203145513.htm

Exercise 'cuts colon cancer risk'


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7883480.stm

Study finds hidden phosphorous in fast food

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29141110/

Paying smokers to quit may boost success rate

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29141604/

Novel Benefits Of Fatty Acids In Arteries Shown

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205161105.htm

Arginine Discovery Could Help Fight Human Obesity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204161848.htm

Arginine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arginine

Butt-Boosting Jabs Send Women to Hospital

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/WellnessNews/story?id=6858351&page=1

Why Sleep Is Needed To Form Memories

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211161934.htm

High Level Of Adverse Drug Reactions In Hospitals Found

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211082403.htm

Genetics May Predict Risk For Relapse Among Alcohol-dependent Patients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090203162316.htm

Even Natural Perfumes May Cause Allergies

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090203110549.htm

Cotton candy may help grow human tissue

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29142079/

Threats send California octuplets mom into hiding

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090211/us_nm/us_octuplets;_ylt=AnSh0dMoKGJUdaFT8UN.zPKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFhNjByZzFsBHBvcwM3BHNlYwN5bl9tb3N0X3BvcHVsYXIEc2xrA3RocmVhdHNzZW5kYw--

For Friday, January 30, 2009

Locust swarm image licensed under Creative Commons by [niv]

Tadpoles may hold cancer clue

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7851932.stm

New Insights Into A Leading Poultry Disease And Its Risks To Human Health

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127094038.htm

How Ebola Virus Avoids The Immune System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127152838.htm

Five Cases Of Ebola Virus In Philippines

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/30/health/main4763711.shtml

Ebola

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola

New Disease, Comparable To BSE, Created In Laboratory Mice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127214430.htm

BSE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovine_spongiform_encephalopathy

Cases of sexually spread diseases on the rise

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28639521/

Lowly worm offers new clues on stroke, heart drugs

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50s5zo-us-heart-worms/

Caenorhabditis elegans

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenorhabditis_elegans

Physically Fit Kids Do Better In School

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128113246.htm

American Seniors Living Longer On Less

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128122816.htm

New Stem Cell-like Functions In Plants Found

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128132645.htm

Thirsty Plants Text For Help

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2009/0101-thirsty_plants_text_for_help.htm

Climate Change's Impact On Invasive Plants In Western US May Create Restoration Opportunities

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127112055.htm

Gene's Past Could Improve The Future Of Rice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090123164359.htm

Rice

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice



FrankenBeasts: Do Pet Clones Really Match?

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AmazingAnimals/story?id=6762235&page=1


Indonesia welcomes baby elephants


http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/ynews;_ylt=AlCONJFFZth5NAg.pzVyArSs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTE0dmZlMG5lBHBvcwM4BHNlYwN5bl92aWRlb3MEc2xrA2luZG9uZXNpYXdlbA--?ch=4226713&cl=11786829&lang=en

Locust swarms 'high' on serotonin

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7858996.stm

Serotonin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serotonin

Termite Insecticide Found To Be Potent Greenhouse Gas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090121144059.htm

Sulfuryl fluoride

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfuryl_fluoride

New Technology For Purifying Exhaust Gas From Diesel Engines

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090130084125.htm

Is Eight Too Much? Ethics Experts Weigh In

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=6767745&page=1

'Mittens' the cat hits slopes on sled

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/ireports/2009/01/29/vo.sledding.cat.ireport

'Green' light bulb fears rejected

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7858156.stm

Britain warned over air quality

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7858655.stm

Zimbabwe cholera cases pass 60,000

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/30/Zimbabwe.cholera.cases/index.html

MS stem-cell treatment 'success'


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7858559.stm

Bad peanuts found weeks before outbreak

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28931141/

Plants don't have to report contamination

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28919975/

Peanut plant problem forces fresh recall

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28899634/

"Filthy, Putrid" Substance On Peanuts

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/30/health/main4763753.shtml

Georgia wants answers for PB contamination

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/30/georgia.peanuts/index.html

Surgical Implants Coated With One Of 'Nature's Antibiotics' Could Prevent Infection
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090129180313.htm