More on Human Genome and More for Sunday, May 17, 2009

* Corallium rubrum image licensed under Creative Commons by Axel Rouvin

Our Genome: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090514125146.htm

Human Genome

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

Children's Brains Organized Differently

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090515093228.htm

Progress Toward Artificial Tissue?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090515104227.htm

Study Demonstrates Link Between Appetite And Elderly Mortality

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090512093250.htm

Transplant Patients Have Worse Cancer Outcomes, Analysis Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090515191549.htm

Drug That Targets Vasculature Growth Attacks Aggressive Thyroid Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090515093232.htm

Pazopanib

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

*Derivative Of Red Sea Coral May Fight Skin Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090515152853.htm


Mathematical Model Developed To Predict Immune Response To Influenza

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090513121057.htm

Expression Of Infrared Fluorescence Engineered In Mammals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507141353.htm

Phytochromes

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

Galapagos scientists mount cameras on tortoises

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30772980/

Plants' Sex Life: Conflicts Between Sexes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508045726.htm

Space tomato packs nutritional super-punch

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30767047/

NASA grows algae for biofuel, treats waste

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30767086/

Secret to sea urchin's sharp teeth found

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30765006/

Echinoidea

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


Sweet Deception: New Test Distinguishes Impure Honey From The Real Thing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090511115627.htm

Viroids: Molecular Vestiges Of The RNA World

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090511091731.htm

Viroid

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

Environmentally-friendly Cooling With Magnetic Refrigerators Coming Soon

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090515083822.htm

Magnetic refrigeration

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

Filly’s Preakness win gives racing a boost

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/30784937/

Rachel Alexandra

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

Tiny stolen pet donkey devastates family

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/05/14/dnt.donkey.stolen.wjxt

Updated Dec. 14, 2008 - For Friday, December 12, 2008

Resurgent wolves killed, despite protection

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28212074/

Nearly frozen sea turtle heading to rehab

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081214/ap_on_re_us/stranded_turtles;_ylt=ApuFkDjbm48NQSibbv_tQq4PLBIF



New quotas for EU fishermen

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7782188.stm

Massive Jellyfish Swarms In Hawaii, Gulf Of Mexico And Other Locations

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081212170654.htm

Did magnetic blip trigger mass extinction?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28199059/

Ancient armored amphibian had world's oddest bite

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bb6yj-us-amphibian-jaws/

Orangutan's Spontaneous Whistling Opens New Chapter In Study Of Evolution Of Speech

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081211112004.htm

In The Animal World, Bigger Isn't Necessarily Better

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081211121833.htm

Elephants 'die earlier in zoos'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7777413.stm

2,000 Elephants Missing, Poaching Likely To Blame

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081211141928.htm

Predecessor of Cows, The Aurochs, Were Still Living In The Netherlands Around AD 600

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081212081544.htm

Bos taurus primigenius

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

Lost young seal rescued from field

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7778526.stm

Whispering Bats Are Shrieking 100 Times Louder Than Previously Thought

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081212080548.htm

Dwarf Crocodiles Split Into Three Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081212122943.htm

Cost Of Hatchling Turtles' Dash For Freedom

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081212080551.htm

Coral may predict future Indian Ocean quake: study

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4ba67a-us-indonesia-earthquake/

Scientists baffled by mysterious acorn shortage

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/12/12/acorn.shortage/index.html

Bush relaxes wildlife law limits

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7778749.stm

Climate Change Alters Ocean Chemistry

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081211141832.htm

'Oldest human brain' discovered

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7777385.stm

Last Neandertal Contact With Modern Humans?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209221750.htm

Lethal 'Lint Brush' Kills Cancer Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081211152518.htm

Ocular Oncologists Inject Drug Into Eye To Starve Tumors And Save Sight

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2008/1008-saving_eyes.htm

Boy Or Girl? It's In The Father's Genes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081211121835.htm

Possible Fertility Drug-Cancer Link Found

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/11/earlyshow/health/main4661991.shtml

Clomifene

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

Sugar Can Be Addictive, Animal Studies Show

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081210090819.htm

For Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Lascaux Longline image licensed under Creative Commons by Genista

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080701/ap_on_sc/sci_penguins

Scientists say ailing penguins signal sea problems - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080701/ap_on_sc/sci_psychedelic_study;_ylt=AndLRs6.T0zYNRQUhkzUD5is0NUE

Study finds long benefit in illegal mushroom drug - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080630/ap_on_sc/sci_naming_species;_ylt=Asi7Ahhd6mOuI.TLbKM7cQOs0NUE

Want scientific immortality? Name a sea worm - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080630/od_nm/tiger_odd_dc;_ylt=AiqrkvB4iOaIGDNygWlYaD6s0NUE

Controversial tiger photos faked - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080701/ap_on_re_us/chimp_escape;_ylt=An5pG63t4m7NM6eYm1vw3PXtiBIF

Domesticated chimp is missing in California forest

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080701/ap_on_re_us/makah_whaling;_ylt=AsX30EkYfZ85Ue7wU23PoJkPLBIF

5 Indian whalers sentenced for illegal whale hunt - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080628/sc_afp/usvotescience;_ylt=AsWIS_3pFWDSUeSz4vlqqbcPLBIF

Genes affect voter participation: study - Yahoo! News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7481026.stm

BBC NEWS Health Mother's junk food 'harms child'


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080630200947.htm

New Map IDs The Core Of The Human Brain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080630102737.htm

Fortified Cassava Could Provide A Day's Nutrition In A Single Meal

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

Manihot esculenta

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080630114209.htm

New Oral Angiogenesis Inhibitor Offers Potential Nontoxic Therapy For A Wide Range Of Cancers




http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080630165707.htm

Watermelon May Have Viagra-effect

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

Citrullus lanatus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080630201007.htm

United States Has Highest Level Of Illegal Cocaine And Cannabis Use

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080629074053.htm

Elevated Carbon Dioxide Boosts Invasive Nutsedge Plants

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

Cyperus


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080701083525.htm

Flaws Found In Hospital Barcoded Technology May Lead To Errors With Patient Medication

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25469429/

Moldy cave art prompts access debate - Washington Post- msnbc.com

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

Lascaux - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Lesser prairie hen photo licensced under Creative Commons by epburn

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080610095001.htm

'Cursus' Is Older Than Stonehenge: Archeologists Step Closer To Solving Ancient Monument Riddle

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

Cursus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080606105454.htm

School Of Robofish Communicate With Each Other In Underwater Robot Teams

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080609141215.htm

New Catfish Species Named For Museum Mail Supervisor

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=63775&genusname=Rhinodoras&speciesname=gallagheri

Rhinodoras gallagheri, : (NOTE: WRONG SPECIES IMAGE DEPICTED IN LINK!!!)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25061258

Cat-sized reptiles roamed ancient Antarctica - LiveScience- msnbc.com

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080607232647.htm

Fossilized Burrows 245 Million Years Old Suggest Lizard-like Creatures In Antarctica

Conn. police find pipe bomb stuffed inside chicken - Yahoo! News

Fighter jet hits UFO Metro.co.uk

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7447582.stm

BBC NEWS Business Corn prices surge to record high

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7447994.stm

BBC NEWS Americas Whale birth captured on video

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/north_yorkshire/7448006.stm

BBC NEWS UK England North Yorkshire Mud phobia pig gets its own boots

Limusphobia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7448215.stm

BBC NEWS Technology Honour for biomaterials pioneer

http://web.mit.edu/cheme/people/faculty/langer.html

:: MIT ChE :: People in the Department - Faculty - Robert S. Langer

http://www.millenniumprize.fi/

Millennium Prize - Frontpage

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7446112.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Fast fall of Mediterranean sharks

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7444266.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Chinese parks 'sell tiger wine'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7447381.stm

BBC NEWS UK Biologists call for balloon ban

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7446647.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Bird family trees predict decline

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7443534.stm

BBC NEWS Health Brain size 'not key to intellect'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7446348.stm

BBC NEWS UK Magazine Why do dolphins beach en masse?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080609115216.htm

Climate Change Hastens Extinction In Madagascar's Reptiles And Amphibians

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080610212404.htm

The Symbolic Monkey? Animals Can Comprehend And Use Symbols, Study Of Tufted Capuchins Suggests

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

Cebus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080605095616.htm

Otters Reveal Their Identity

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

Lutra lutra

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080610185204.htm

Technology Enrolled In Hunt For Life On Mars

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080605095623.htm

New Type Of Glass Can Dissolve And Release Calcium Into The Body

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

Bioactive glass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080610165057.htm

Early Humans Experimented To Get Bow And Arrow Just Right, Findings Suggest

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080609172919.htm

New Research Refutes Myth Of Pure Scandinavian Race

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080606145620.htm

Mystery Of Infamous 'New England Dark Day' Solved By Tree Rings

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England%27s_Dark_Day

New England's Dark Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/11/1130193.aspx

Google co-founder aims for space - Cosmic Log - msnbc.com

http://www.spaceadventures.com/index.cfm

Space Adventures

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25049471/

U.S. tobacco farming is bigger than ever - CNBC TV- msnbc.com

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

Tobacco - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25083233/

Death risk chart shows smokers should beware - Health care- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25085264/

Did food sellers overreact to tomato scare? - Food Inc.- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25075424/

FDA closing in on source of tomato outbreak - Infectious diseases- msnbc.com

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

Solanum lycopersicum

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/06/09/tiger.conservation/index.html

Stars come out to support tiger initiative - CNN.com

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080611/ap_on_re_as/hong_kong_bird_flu;_ylt=Ahs1L5kRzAxISVax0BuZg4Os0NUE

Hong Kong slaughters all market poultry - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080611/ap_on_sc/indonesia_fishing_macaques;_ylt=AnU0xEy_XXQezwifPA5ZzQis0NUE

Scientists find monkeys who know how to fish - Yahoo! News

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-tailed_macaque

Macaca fascicularis

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080610/ap_on_re_us/prairie_chicken;_ylt=AgOKFdTCcI3xZKkg2fWi6Eys0NUE

Report: Rare chicken's numbers on the decline - Yahoo! News

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

Tympanuchus pallidicinctus

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080611/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_india_tigers;_ylt=Am_GvvVBQOdAY_H7ukYNvCbtiBIF

Tigers spill out of Indian sanctuary - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080611/sc_afp/whalingusjapan;_ylt=Agnb36dxfUqfw1C2MJxkBrwPLBIF

US moves to plug loophole for slaughter of whales - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080610/ap_on_re_as/china_quake_pandas;_ylt=AjuaMEUkn5XYx8uKA25alfAPLBIF

Honors for Mao Mao the panda killed in China quake - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080610/sc_afp/wwfchinaenvironment;_ylt=AnJSPFgBh0A3WsEVUCfE6UoPLBIF

China consuming twice what its ecosystems can supply: WWF - Yahoo! News