Search Results for 'Animal'

Animal's genetic code redesigned

The technique, they say, could give biologists "atom-by-atom control" over the molecules in living organisms. One expert the BBC spoke to agrees, saying the technique would be seized upon by "the entire biology community&qu [...]

Posted On : Aug, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

What's human? What's animal? And what of the biology in betw...

Friday's report by the Academy of Medical Sciences on the increasingly fuzzy boundaries between the human and the animal is the latest in a long series of policy reflections on how to keep pace with developments in the biosciences. [...]

Posted On : Jul, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Take a nap — hibernating animals live longer!

Compared with the trudge to work through several feet of snow, winter hibernation sounds like a pretty cushy lifestyle. But it's not a dislike of cold, wet feet that drives some animals into a wintry slumber. It seems they hibernate [...]

Posted On : Mar, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

Systems biologists predict complicated behavior of cells in ...

To understand this great complexity, a growing number of biologists and bioengineers are turning to computational models. This approach, known as systems biology, has been used successfully to model the behavior of cells grown in laborat [...]

Posted On : Mar, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

MOST AMAZING EXTINCT ANIMALS

Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the largest land carnivores of all time, measuring up to 43.3 feet long, and 16.6 ft tall, with an estimated mass that goes up to 7 tons. Like other tyrannosaurids, Tyrannosaurus was a bipedal carnivore w [...]

Posted On : Mar, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

New Parkinsons Treatment Also Shows Promising results in Ani...

A new study shows that stimulating the spinal cords of rodents with Parkinson's-like symptoms, with high frequency electrical currents, helped them walk and move normally again. Called dorsal column stimulation. The technique researchers s [...]

Posted On : Mar, 21 2009 | Comments : 0

Scientist stem cells could end animal testing

As well as their potential for creating effective therapies for debilitating diseases, embryonic stem cells could open the door to improved pharmaceutical drug testing, according to a leading British stem cell researcher. Speaking at a rec [...]

Posted On : Dec, 23 2008 | Comments : 1

Modified Bone Marrow Cells Help Treat Multiple Sclerosis in ...

A new study has shown that modified bone marrow cells can help recovery in an animal model of multiple sclerosis (MS). Harald Neumann and colleagues from the University of Bonn modified myeloid precursor cells to express a protein (triggeri [...]

Posted On : Apr, 17 2007 | Comments : 0

Kingdom Animalia

Linneus developed the concept of binomial nomenclature, whereby scientists speaking and writing different languages could communicate clearly. For example Man in English is Hombre in Spanish, Mensch in German, and Homo in Latin. Linneus set [...]

Posted On : Apr, 11 2007 | Comments : 0

Scientists Discover Emotions In Animals

Researchers working in neurobiology and behavioral observation seem to be learning what pet lovers have known all along: animals have feelings. New evidence gathered from actually studying dogs, chimps and other animals, supports pet owners [...]

Posted On : Mar, 30 2007 | Comments : 0

Organization of the Animal Body

Animals are multicellular heterotrophs whose cells lack cell walls. At some point during their lives, all animals are capable of movement, although not all animals have muscles they use for this. In the most commonly encountered animals, th [...]

Posted On : Mar, 28 2007 | Comments : 0

Animal Organs

We are all familiar with many of the organ systems that comprise the body of advanced animals such as the circulatory system, nervous system, etc. More of us are aware of the essential nature of the immune system in these days of HIV, AIDS, [...]