DRTB & MS Reversed and More for Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Drug-resistant TB Could Become Widespread

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090810161957.htm

Multiple Sclerosis Reversed In Mice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090811143725.htm

MS

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

First Wi-Fi pacemaker in U.S. gives patient freedom

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5790ak-us-pacemaker/

First Standard Graphical Notation For Biology

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090811161341.htm

Le Novère N, Hucka M, Mi H, Moodie S, Shreiber F, Sorokin A, Demir E, Wegner K, Aladjem M, Wimalaratne S, Bergman FT, Gauges R, Ghazal P, H Kawaji, Li L, Matsuoka Y, Villéger A, Boyd SE, Calzone L, Courtot M, Dogrusoz U, Freeman T, Funahashi A, Ghosh S, Jouraku A, Kim S, Kolpakov F, Luna A, Sahle S, Schmidt E, Watterson S, Goryanin I, Kell DB, Sander C, Sauro H, Snoep JL, Kohn K, Kitano H. The Systems Biology Graphical Notation. Nature Biotechnology, 2009; 27 (8) DOI: 10.1038/nbt.1558

Humans 'Damaging The Oceans' In Profound Ways

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090729092538.htm

Himalayan treasures threatened (Slide show from the BBC News site)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8189000/8189937.stm

Stowaway mosquitoes threaten Galapagos wildlife

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre57b0oq-us-galapagos-mosquitoes/

Galápagos Islands

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gal%C3%A1pagos_Islands

Woodlands Suffer Large-scale Biodiversity Loss

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090722083727.htm

Bipedal Humans Came Down From The Trees

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090810162005.htm

'Taste test' for Neanderthal DNA

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8195762.stm

Homo neanderthalensis (Wikipedia has added new image of Neanderthal child reconstruction)

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

When Did Humans Return After Last Ice Age?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090727130600.htm

Cheddar Gorge

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

Killer whales visit 'social clubs'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8188000/8188071.stm

Orcinus orca

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

Orcinus orca (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/328534

Elephant rescued from drainage hole

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8195213.stm

Texting cows help wildlife study

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8195498.stm

'Alien-like' scenes of tadpoles feasting are caught on camera

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8185125.stm

Leptodactylus fallax

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

Leptodactylus fallax (IUCN Red List link – Critically Endangered)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/57125/0

Cleaner Seine brings wild salmon back to French capital

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8196801.stm

Salmo salar

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=236&genusname=Salmo&speciesname=salar&lang=English

Zombie ants controlled by fungus

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32388708/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Ophiocordyceps unilateralis

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


Ocean Health Plays Vital Role In Coral Reef Recovery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090721214633.htm

Making a national tree database

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8196615.stm

Giant 'meat-eating' plant found

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8195000/8195029.stm

Nepenthes philippinensis

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

Discovering Soybean Plants Resistant To Aphids And A New Aphid

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090810162011.htm

Potato Blight Plight Looks Promising For Food Security

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090810074236.htm

Understanding How Weeds Are Resistant To Herbicides

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090805120433.htm

Meteorite Found On Mars Yields Clues About Planet's Past (…Mars had a significant atmosphere…)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090810175658.htm

Mars

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

NASA Link to the Rovers and Images

http://www.nasa.gov/rovers

http://www.nasa.gov/rovers

Cetorhinus Winter Home Discovered and More for Sunday, May 10, 2009

Cooper, My Therapy Dog image licensed under Creative Commons by Marvin Kuo

Early cave bacteria hints at Mars life

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30649087/

Gorilla mums keep family in check

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8027000/8027622.stm

Gorilla

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

Orangutan escapes her enclosure at Adelaide zoo in Australia

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/090510/K051004AU.html

Pongo

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

Baboons Benefit From Strong Social Networks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507181225.htm

Papio

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

Right whales break birth record

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30660700/

Eubalena glacialis

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

Way To Cut Cattle Methane By 25 Percent

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507145752.htm

Methane

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

Domestication led to horse color explosion

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30628354/

Equus ferus caballus

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

World's smallest pigs 'thriving'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8036405.stm

Porcula salvania

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

'Gecko Vision': Key To Future Multifocal Contact Lens?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507164407.htm

Gekkonidae

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

Ultrasonic Communication Among Frogs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508192231.htm

Huia cavitympanum

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

Scientists Airlift Giant, Endangered Frogs

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/08/tech/main5002548.shtml

Leptodactylus fallax

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

Scientists discover winter home of world's second-biggest fish

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/05/07/eco.baskingsharks/index.html

Cetorhinus maximus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basking_shark_(Cetorhinus_maximus)

Could climate change spell the end of the prawn cocktail?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8037888.stm

Dendrobrachiata

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

Flight Of The Bumble Bee Is Based More On Brute Force Than Aerodynamic Efficiency

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507194511.htm

Bombus

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

Scientists Surprised By Unexpected Emergence Of Periodical Cicadas -- Four Years Early

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507142230.htm

Magicicada

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

Magi

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

Cicada/Cicadidae

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

Skeptic

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

Skepticada

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/05/skepticada-or-impacada.html

Honeybee Pollination Crisis 'A Myth'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507121949.htm

Mystery worms turn on northwest China herdsmen

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54735e-us-china-worms/

Filling The Gap In The Fossil Record

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504151505.htm

Fossil

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

Cave Painting Depicts Extinct Marsupial Lion

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090510/sc_livescience/cavepaintingdepictsextinctmarsupiallion;_ylt=Al07U1pNUEN9ukScqT.ETZUPLBIF

Thylacoleo carnifex Thylacoleo carnifex

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

Animals On Runways Can Cause Serious Problems At Small Airports

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504171955.htm

Small Brain Of Dwarf 'Hobbit' Explained By Hippo's Island Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507185535.htm

Homo floresiensis

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

Homo sapiens

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

Homo skepticis

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/05/homo-skepticis.html

Madagascan hippo

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

Toxic deformities case at High Court

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8039601.stm

Global Warming: Ocean Iron Disappoints

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090506131512.htm

Tree-Killing Hurricanes Could Contribute To Global Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090501201353.htm

Climate Adds Fuel To Asian Wildfire Emissions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430144710.htm

Bacteria Play Role In Preventing Spread Of Malaria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508103836.htm

Cytori signs stem cell deal with GE Healthcare

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5473sh-us-cytoritherapeutics/

Food Intake Alone Explains Rise In Obesity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508045321.htm

Pet Therapy Dogs May Carry MRSA And Clostridium Difficile Between Patients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507101820.htm

Therapy dog

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


MRSA

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

Clostridium difficile

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

From Rats To Humans: Around Thirty Europeans Infected With Cowpox Virus By Their Pet Rats

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507192933.htm

Fancy rat

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

Cowpox virus

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

NASA Nanosatellite To Study Antifungal Drug Effectiveness In Space

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430120746.htm

PharmaSat

http://microsatellitefreeflyer.arc.nasa.gov/pharmasat.html

First Swine Flu DNA Test Produced

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090509153309.htm

UK swine flu genetics unravelled

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8040000.stm

Possible Canadian connection in Japan's first cases of swine flu

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/09/swine-flu.html

3rd U.S. flu death reported in Wash. state

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30398682/

Costa Rica reports first swine flu death

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30471035/

Key Protein Keeps Chronic Infection In Check

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508103842.htm

New Food Safety Technology Developed For Eggs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090510102122.htm

Food Safety

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

Red Fungus Turned Orange May Help Tackle Vitamin Deficiency

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090510101752.htm

Monascus purpureus

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

Cigarette Smoke May Rob Children Of Needed Antioxidants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504151456.htm

Skin Color Clue To Nicotine Dependence

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508134951.htm

Nicotine

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

Meditate Your Way To Better Bladder Health

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504161657.htm

Cognitive therapy

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

Job Loss Can Make You Sick, New Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508045310.htm

Treatment For Extreme Nausea, Vomiting During Pregnancy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090506110200.htm

Carbon Nanotubes: Innovative Technology Or Risk To Health Or Environment?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504121921.htm

Metastasis Breakthrough? and The Secret of Life? and More for Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Molecular Switch May Prevent Cancer Spread

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316133436.htm

Metastasis

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

Clues To A Secret Of Life Found In Meteorite Dust

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317153047.htm

Nanotechnology sensors detect salmonella in food

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/18/nanotech-food-safety.html

Brain On A Chip?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090318090142.htm

Where Does Consciousness Come From?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316201459.htm

‘Smart drug’ may be habit-forming, study says

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29739760/

Modafinil

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

Heavy? You may live 3 to 10 years less

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29739036/

Salmonella outbreak has slowed, but isn't over

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29743527/

'Star Wars' laser kills mosquitoes

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090318/sc_livescience/starwarslaserkillsmosquitoes;_ylt=ApTxzGftDdudrA7FQUYHYz6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTMwYjE2bTNwBGFzc2V0A2xpdmVzY2llbmNlLzIwMDkwMzE4L3N0YXJ3YXJzbGFzZXJraWxsc21vc3F1aXRvZXMEcG9zAzE4BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xr




UV Light Cuts Spread Of Tuberculosis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316201505.htm

New Protein Identified In Bacterial Arsenal

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310135317.htm

Ubiquitin

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

Waking Up Dormant HIV

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316120848.htm

Key Sperm-binding Proteins Cloned

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317113816.htm

Cochlear implant surgery safe for seniors

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52g5la-us-cochlear-implant-surgery-safe-seniors/

Shellfish And Inkjet Printers May Hold Key To Faster Healing From Surgeries

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090318085923.htm

Making Wood A Clean, Efficient Energy Source With New Process

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311134802.htm

New government brochure explains climate science

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090318/ap_on_sc/sci_climate_literacy;_ylt=AtX2Yb.Be0TEGssXiXi7WAKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFla2dzc3BjBHBvcwMxMDUEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNuZXdnb3Zlcm5tZW4-

Climate Literacy: The Essential Principles of Climate Science

http://www.noaa.gov/climateliteracy.html

UN accuses EU over climate change

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7950211.stm

Robot Sub Searches For Signs Of Melting 60 Km Into An Antarctic Ice Shelf Cavity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317113818.htm

'Armed' chimps raid beehives How chimps armed with clubs plunder beehives for honey.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7946614.stm

Pan

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

Tracking Tigers In 3-D

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312134639.htm

Panthera tigris

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

Escaped lion shot dead at zoo

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090318/od_nm/us_australia_lion_odd;_ylt=AuexEnKF8beN0QpiVPT5YfCs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFmdTg5MDg0BHBvcwMxOTEEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9vZGRfbmV3cwRzbGsDZXNjYXBlZGxpb25z

Panthera leo

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

Wolf numbers up again, but expansion slowing

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090317/ap_on_re_us/endangered_wolves;_ylt=AtI_eDbS66bcmT7Q5smzrXis0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlcWFkc3JyBHBvcwMxMDcEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawN3b2xmbnVtYmVyc3U-

Canis lupus

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

Bill would ban nonmedical drug use in U.S. livestock

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52g5ul-us-agriculture-antibiotics-bill/

Petland accused of scheme to sell sick puppies

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29742068/

Beavers 'could thrive in England'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7949733.stm

Castor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_(genus)

Long, Sexy Tails Not A Drag On Male Birds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312115131.htm

Fife aquarium breeds deadly frogs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7950128.stm

Deep Sea World

http://www.deepseaworld.com/

Phyllobates terribilis

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

Fungus devastates 'chicken' frog

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7948124.stm

Leptodactylus fallax

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

Chytridiomycota

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

Discovery Of Color Perception In Deep-sea Fish

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317162844.htm

Callorhinchus milii

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

Cleaning Up Oil Spills Can Kill More Fish Than Spills Themselves

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316101430.htm

Cretaceous Octopus With Ink And Suckers -- The World's Least Likely Fossils?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317111902.htm

Most Diverse Animals Have Widest Size Range

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317200944.htm

Chernobyl 'shows insect decline'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7949314.stm

Chernobyl

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

Rare vine in Hawaii designated endangered species

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090318/ap_on_sc/endangered_plant_species;_ylt=Am5Yu.NxmE0HQ0QAFOZQyT2s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlM2o5aXBzBHBvcwMxMDYEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNyYXJldmluZWluaGE-

Process That Regulates Seed Germination Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311170637.htm

Rock Rose Leaves And Olive And Date Pits Make Up New Anti-pesticide Formula

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312153328.htm

New Microorganisms Discovered In Earth's Stratosphere

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090318094642.htm