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

Beatragus hunteri Still Critically Endangered & More for Sunday, July 5, 2009

A sanctuary threatened

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8130261.stm

Pantanal

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

Chimpanzees learn from video demo

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8128325.stm

Pan

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

California water plan aims to save Puget Sound orcas

http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20090705/sc_mcclatchy/3264807;_ylt=AnrKT5VQXe7UQ7nWiw2G7ogPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJwbGlxNnRoBGFzc2V0Ay9tY2NsYXRjaHkvMjAwOTA3MDUvc2NfbWNjbGF0Y2h5LzMyNjQ4MDcEcG9zAzQEc2VjA3luX21vc3RfcG9wdWxhcgRzbGsDY2FsaWZvcm5pYXdh

Orcinus orca

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

Orcinus orca (EOL Link)

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

Orcinus orca (IUCN Red List Link – ‘Data deficient’)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/15421/0

First Asian elephant born in Australian zoo

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090705/ap_on_re_au_an/as_australia_baby_elephant;_ylt=ApHfGJJD_3bb9kewJamPurgPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJyMzczODMxBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNzA1L2FzX2F1c3RyYWxpYV9iYWJ5X2VsZXBoYW50BGNwb3MDMgRwb3MDNQRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3J5BHNsawNmaXJzdGFzaWFuZWw

Elephas maximus

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

Elephas maximus (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/997407

Elephas maximus (IUCN Red List Link – Endangered)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/7140/0

Thai zoo's 1st baby panda goes on display

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_as/as_thailand_panda_cub;_ylt=AgiPPK3XR7S31f_pr9r_9IIPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJxNnR2ZGxvBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNzA0L2FzX3RoYWlsYW5kX3BhbmRhX2N1YgRwb3MDNgRzZWMDeW5fYXJ0aWNsZV9zdW1tYXJ5X2xpc3QEc2xrA3RoYWl6b29zMXN0Yg--

Ailuropoda melanoleuca

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

Ailuropoda melanoleuca (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/328070

Ailuropoda melanoleuca (IUCN Red List Link – Endangered)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/712/0

No safe haven for rarest antelope

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8132000/8132835.stm

Beatragus hunteri

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

Damaliscus hunteri (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/308533

Beatragus hunteri (IUCN Red List Link – Critically endangered)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/6234/0

Afghanistan's only pig freed after flu scare

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8135116.stm

Sus

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

Twin koalas born in Australia

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Phascolarctos cinereus

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

Phascolarctos cinereus

http://www.eol.org/pages/128425

Obama’s Namesake Rescue Turtle Freed

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_obama_turtle;_ylt=AnhzQ3T5DNzlgTcTo8GbBJ_tiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJvOG5nNmM2BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNzA0L3VzX29kZF9vYmFtYV90dXJ0bGUEcG9zAzgEc2VjA3luX2FydGljbGVfc3VtbWFyeV9saXN0BHNsawN0dXJ0bGVuYW1lZGY-

Caretta caretta

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

Caretta caretta (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1056566

Caretta caretta (IUCN Red List Link – Endangered)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/3897/0

Honeybee mobs overpower hornets

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8129536.stm

Apis cerana japonica

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

Vespa mandarinia

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

Human-like Brain Disturbances In Insects

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090702170207.htm

Bugs: The Forgotten Victims of Climate Change

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090704/sc_livescience/bugstheforgottenvictimsofclimatechange;_ylt=AlMfAp53IQOOkzAhD1hJShQPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTN0YjkxNmpkBGFzc2V0Ay9saXZlc2NpZW5jZS8yMDA5MDcwNC9zY19saXZlc2NpZW5jZS9idWdzdGhlZm9yZ290dGVudmljdGltc29mY2xpbWF0ZW

Researchers Describe The 90-year Evolution Of Swine Flu

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090629200641.htm

Methane-producing Molecule Can Also Repair DNA

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090702080527.htm

Castor-oil Plants Genetically Altered To Produce New Bio-lubricants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090625074514.htm

Ricinis communis

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

Ricinus communis (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1151096

Up to 6,000 exposed to hepatitis at hospital

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31726793/ns/health-health_care/


Mars More Like Earth Than Thought? New Details About History Of Water On Red Planet

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090702140841.htm

How Martian clouds create snowfall

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31713000/ns/technology_and_science-space/

'Earth-like' snow falls on Mars: study

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/03/tech-snow-mars-whiteway-clouds.html

Scientists explain Martian soil surprises

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31712980/ns/technology_and_science-space/

Researchers Unveil Whiskered Robot Rat

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090630163538.htm

New Anuran Species & BSE Death + More for Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Dutch report 3rd death from mad cow

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28992988/

BSE

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

Fur flies as English and Scottish animal charities clash

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7865965.stm

Cell-building: Less Need For Animal Research?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202175327.htm

Google Earth dives under the sea

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7865407.stm

Animal-human clones don't work: study

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5120c7-us-cloning-hybrids/

Biodiversity Hotspot Helped Neanderthals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202140046.htm

Early Humans Had 'Jaws Of Steel'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090203093125.htm

Mammals That Hibernate Or Burrow Less Likely To Go Extinct

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128160935.htm

Hibernation

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

Older is better for whale moms: study

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5120b9-us-whales-menopause/

Small Male Chimps Use Politics, Not Aggression

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202174958.htm

Orphan Chimpanzees Cleverer Than Humans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202140437.htm

Tiger cubs see first snow

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7865416.stm

10 New Amphibian Species Found In Colombia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202175052.htm

Dozen New Tree Frogs Discovered In Rapidly Vanishing Habitat In India

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202183805.htm

9 links in the dino-to-bird transition

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28985201

Shedding light on vitamin D deficiency ‘crisis’

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28894095/

Alzheimer's 'is brain diabetes'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7866022.stm

Alzheimer’s disease

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alzheimer%27s_disease

Scientists Develop 'Crystal Ball' For Personalized Cancer Treatment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202174936.htm

Hormone may predict 'baby blues'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7861203.stm

Common antidepressants cut adult suicide risk: study

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5115yf-us-depression/

Teen Media Exposure Associated With Depression Symptoms In Young Adulthood

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202174816.htm

Fracture Putty Being Developed For Traumatic Leg Injuries

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127212101.htm

Surprising Discoveries Contribute To Memory Research

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128122819.htm

For Monday, January 12, 2009

Alces alces image licensed under Creative Commons by An en Alain

Senate boosts wilderness protection across US

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090111/ap_on_go_co/congress_wilderness;_ylt=Ask1KSZTrjiv.O0B.s5e4T0PLBIF

New Zealand man surfs with killer whales

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090111/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_newzealand_orca;_ylt=AolTXzh574pD5jvq3aPxGF_tiBIF

NJ's wayward dolphins head to sea, then turn back

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090112/ap_on_re_us/wayward_dolphins;_ylt=Al0XEAsEiH190k1y1aGUnpes0NUE

Baby moose falls through Wash. family's window

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090110/ap_on_re_us/odd_baby_moose;_ylt=AjCH0_55_YQIc6FL4xZHX3ftiBIF

Alces alces

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

Why The Swamp Sparrow Is Hitting The High Notes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090109125636.htm

UK fungi get protection strategy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7823970.stm

Baby selected to be free of cancer gene

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2009/01/is-this-the-start-of-designer.html

Keeping home life-support up when power goes out

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090112/ap_on_he_me/med_electricity_for_life;_ylt=Av4QvzOQeEbOZ5yUdvhsFYqs0NUE

Clothing To Crow About: Chicken Feather Suits And Dresses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090112094607.htm

Flu shot mismatched on B virus, early data suggests

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/12/flu.html

What Is The Connection Between Sleep Apnea, Stroke And Death?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090106100009.htm

Women-only gene link to dementia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7820650.stm

Operating on the virtual human

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7774016.stm

'Carbon cost' of Google revealed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7823387.stm

Sea Level Rise Of One Meter Within 100 Years

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108101629.htm

Top 11 Compounds in US Drinking Water

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16397-top-11-compounds-in-us-drinking-water.html

Ground-based bacteria may be making it rain

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126903.800-groundbased-bacteria-may-be-making-it-rain.html

60 arrested over China's tainted milk

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/12/china.milk/index.html

For Saturday, October 25, 2008

Orcinus orca image licensed under Creative Commons by Sleepless in Somerset

Japan recalls noodles over scare

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7690591.stm

Rashes prompt warning over baby clothing

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27366694/

Many moms risk SIDS by sharing bed with baby

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27363259/

Action call over maternal deaths

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7690434.stm

Potent Greenhouse Gas More Prevalent

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081023120230.htm

Nitrogen trifluoride

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

Seven orcas missing from Puget Sound, researchers say

http://www.yahoo.com/s/976392

Orcinus orca

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

Polar bears dying out in Russian region: expert

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081024/sc_afp/russiaenvironmentclimatewarminganimal;_ylt=Ap3SChxJEkbTAvEHBGS3k9sPLBIF

High deer population may benefit forest critters

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27366401/

Lightning strikes only once — but kills 52 cows

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081024/ap_on_fe_st/lt_odd_uruguay_zapped_cows;_ylt=ApkEdnzr69wDoweeeZyGPa7tiBIF

Hawaiian Cave Reveals Ancient Secrets

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081025/sc_livescience/hawaiiancaverevealsancientsecrets;_ylt=ApFri0DZe7mybt2fbqAgvXUPLBIF


Study Shows How Antibiotic Sets Up Road Block To Kill Bacteria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081022135615.htm

Caste In Ant Colonies: How Fate Is Determined Between Workers And Queens

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081021093944.htm

Origin Of Root Offshoots Revealed; Possible Basis For New Ecological Agricultural Applications

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081023144046.htm

Development Puts An End To Evolution Of Endless Forms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081023222252.htm