Emerging Scientific Discipline Of Aeroecology:
Aeroecology is the emerging discipline for studying how airborne organisms -- birds, bats, arthropods and microbes -- depend on the support of the lower atmosphere that is closest to the Earth's surface.
Fruit-fly Study Adds Weight To Theories About Another Type Of Adult Stem Cell:
It turns out that an old dog - or at least an old fruit-fly cell - can learn new tricks. Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found that mature, specialized cells naturally regress to serve as a kind of de facto stem cell during the fruit-fly life cycle.
Brain Plays Key Role In Appetite By Regulating Free Radicals:
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found the brain's appetite center uses fat for fuel by involving oxygen free radicals--molecules associated with aging and neurodegeneration. The findings, reported in the journal Nature, suggest that antioxidants could play a role in weight control.
How 'Hidden Mutations' Contribute To HIV Drug Resistance:
One of the major reasons that treatment for HIV/AIDS often doesn't work as well as it should is resistance to the drugs involved. Now, scientists at McGill University have revealed how mutations hidden in previously ignored parts of the HIV genome play an important role in the development of drug resistance in AIDS patients.
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