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Mummy lice found in Peru may give new clues about human migration
02-07-2008 · EurekAlert!Lice from 1,000-year-old mummies in Peru may unravel important clues about a different sort of passage: the migration patterns of America's earliest humans, a new University of Florida study suggests.
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- Human pubic lice acquired from gorillas gives evolutionary clues
03-07-2007 · EurekAlert!
Humans acquired pubic lice from gorillas several million years ago, but this seemingly seedy connection does not mean that monkey business went on with the great apes, a new University of Florida study finds.
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- Ecology in an era of globalization
05-02-2007 · EurekAlert!
In a special issue, scientists from the Americas explore ecology in an era of globalization, looking at the impacts of human migration, production systems, and invasive species on ecosystems and people throughout North, Central, and South America.
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- Sperm's immune-protection properties could provide link to how cancers spread
12-13-2007 · EurekAlert!
Sugar-based markers on human sperm cells which may prevent them from being attacked by the female immune system could provide a vital clue to how some cancers spread in the human body, according to new research published on Dec. 14, 2007.
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- Study Offers New Clues to Brain-Stomach Interaction in Overeating
10-02-2006 · Brookhaven National Laboratory
Researchers at Brookhaven have found new clues to how the brain and the stomach interact with emotions to cause overeating and obesity. By looking at how the human brain responds to "fullness" messages sent to the brain, the scientists have identified brain circuits that motivate the desire to overeat in the obese - the same circuits that cause addicted individuals to crave drugs.
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- Rhesus macaque genome may hold clues for human health and evolution
04-12-2007 · EurekAlert!
An international consortium of scientists has completed a draft sequence of the rhesus macaque genome, a species of non-human primate widely used for creating models of human diseases and infections. The study paves the way for researchers to watch disease progression at the genetic level in macaques, a close relative of humans. The findings, which appear April 13 in the journal Science, will let us learn how humans and other primates evolved into distinct species.
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- Mouse model points to possible new strategy for treating rare muscle disease, kidney disorders
06-01-2007 · EurekAlert!
Based on clues provided by a study with transgenic mice, a research group at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has developed a strategy that will be tested as the first treatment for people with hereditary inclusion body myopathy (HIBM), a rare, degenerative muscle disease. In an unexpected finding, the research indicates that the approach also might benefit patients with certain kidney disorders.
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- Cell death in sparrow brains may provide clues in age-related human diseases
09-17-2007 · EurekAlert!
A remarkable change takes place in the brains of tiny songbirds each year, and some day the mechanism controlling that change may help researchers develop treatments for age-realted degenerative diseases of the brain such as Parkinson's and dementia.
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- Blind mice shed light on human sight loss
11-21-2007 · EurekAlert!
Mutant mice could provide genetic clues to understanding incurable human sight loss resulting from retinal degeneration. Research published in the online open access journal Genome Biology uncovers a role for microRNA in retinal disease, and may point the way to future therapies.
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- Blue eyes -- A clue to paternity
10-23-2006 · EurekAlert!
Before you request a paternity test, spend a few minutes looking at your child's eye color. According to studies, published this week in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, the human eye color reflects a simple, predictable and reliable genetic pattern of inheritance. The researchers show that blue-eyed men find blue-eyed women most attractive. According to the researchers, it is because there could be an unconscious male adaptation for the detection of paternity, based on eye color.
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- Past greenhouse warming events provide clues to what the future may hold
02-15-2008 · EurekAlert!
Scientists studying an extreme period of global warming 55 million years ago are piecing together an increasingly detailed picture of its causes and consequences. Their findings describe what may be the best analog in the geologic record for the global changes likely to result from continued carbon dioxide emissions from human activities.
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