http://www.mail.com/subjects/86-biology.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/86-biology.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2087606-stem-cells-recovered-cloned-human-embryos.html NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have finally recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos, a longstanding goal that could lead to new treatments for such illnesses as Parkinson's disease and diabetes. A prominent expert called the work a landmark, but noted that a different, simpler technique now under development may prove more useful. Stem cells can turn i... Wed, 15 May 2013 16:40:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2087606-stem-cells-recovered-cloned-human-embryos.html 2013-05-15T16:40:05Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2083682-wind-farms-pass-eagle-deaths.html CONVERSE COUNTY, Wyo. (AP) — Wind farms in this corner of Wyoming have killed more than four dozen golden eagles since 2009, one of the deadliest places in the country of its kind. But so far, the companies operating industrial-sized turbines here and elsewhere that are killing eagles and other protected birds have yet to be fined or prosecuted - even tho... Tue, 14 May 2013 21:47:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2083682-wind-farms-pass-eagle-deaths.html 2013-05-14T21:47:07Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2083742-idaho-spud-giant-bets-biotech-potatoes.html BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A dozen years after a customer revolt forced Monsanto to ditch its genetically engineered potato, an Idaho company aims to resurrect high-tech spuds. This month, tuber processing giant J.R. Simplot Co. asked the U.S. government to approve five varieties of biotech potatoes. They're engineered not to develop ugly black bruises. McDonald... Tue, 14 May 2013 18:27:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2083742-idaho-spud-giant-bets-biotech-potatoes.html 2013-05-14T18:27:21Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2083886-angelina-jolies-double-mastectomy-qa.html Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie disclosed Tuesday that she had a preventive mastectomy after learning she had a gene mutation that significantly raised her risk of breast cancer. A look at the procedure: Q: What kind of surgery did Jolie have? A: Jolie had a preventive double mastectomy, meaning she chose to have both her breasts removed even though ... Tue, 14 May 2013 17:15:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2083886-angelina-jolies-double-mastectomy-qa.html 2013-05-14T17:15:55Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2081768-high-court-rules-monsanto-patent-case.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday that an Indiana farmer violated Monsanto Co.'s patents on soybean seeds resistant to its weed-killer by growing the beans without buying new seeds from the corporation. The justices unanimously rejected the farmer's argument that cheap soybeans he bought from a grain elevator are not covered by the Monsanto ... Mon, 13 May 2013 20:26:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2081768-high-court-rules-monsanto-patent-case.html 2013-05-13T20:26:09Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2081698-uk-retailers-relax-rules-gm-poultry-feed.html LONDON (AP) — Three major British grocery chains have ended their bans on providing genetically modified feed to chickens. Sainsbury's, the Co-operative Group and Marks & Spencer cited short supplies of non-GM feed as the reason for the change. A Co-operative Group statement released Monday said it is no longer "feasible" to insist on non-GM feed. ... Mon, 13 May 2013 13:38:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2081698-uk-retailers-relax-rules-gm-poultry-feed.html 2013-05-13T13:38:03Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2070334-gene-test-help-guide-prostate-cancer-treatment.html A new genetic test to gauge the aggressiveness of prostate cancer may help tens of thousands of men each year decide whether they need to treat their cancer right away or can safely monitor it. The new test, which goes on sale Wednesday, joins another one that recently came on the market. Both analyze multiple genes in a biopsy sample and give a score for... Wed, 08 May 2013 13:57:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2070334-gene-test-help-guide-prostate-cancer-treatment.html 2013-05-08T13:57:52Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2069710-europeans-common-ancestors-1000-years-ago.html BERLIN (AP) — Europeans appear to be more closely related than previously thought. Scientists who compared DNA samples from people in different parts of the continent found that most had common ancestors living just 1,000 years ago. The results confirm decade-old mathematical models, but will nevertheless come as a surprise to Europeans accustomed to thin... Wed, 08 May 2013 00:28:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2069710-europeans-common-ancestors-1000-years-ago.html 2013-05-08T00:28:59Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2068706-scientist-cassava-disease-spread-alarming-rate.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Scientists say a disease destroying entire crops of cassava has spread out of East Africa into the heart of the continent, is attacking plants as far south as Angola and now threatens to move west into Nigeria, the world's biggest producer of the potato-like root that helps feed 500 million Africans. "The extremely devastating results ... Tue, 07 May 2013 17:59:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2068706-scientist-cassava-disease-spread-alarming-rate.html 2013-05-07T17:59:52Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2068892-critter-cams-provide-peek-lives-bears.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Biologists at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game are getting a peek into what city bears do all day. Six bears were equipped with rugged video cameras attached to collars around their necks, which are allowing biologists to get a good idea of how the four black and two brown bears spent their time last summer. Tue, 07 May 2013 17:08:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2068892-critter-cams-provide-peek-lives-bears.html 2013-05-07T17:08:20Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2068290-baxter-drug-fails-to-slow-alzheimers-big-study.html DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Baxter International Inc. says that a blood product it was testing failed to slow mental decline or to preserve physical function in a major study of 390 patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease. The company says that people who received 18 months of infusions with its drug, Gammagard, fared no better than others given inf... Tue, 07 May 2013 13:48:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2068290-baxter-drug-fails-to-slow-alzheimers-big-study.html 2013-05-07T13:48:16Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2066562-east-to-overrun-billions-cicadas.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Any day now, billions of cicadas with bulging red eyes will crawl out of the earth after 17 years underground and overrun the East Coast. The insects will arrive in such numbers that people from North Carolina to Connecticut will be outnumbered roughly 600-to-1. Maybe more. Scientists even have a horror-movie name for the infestation: Br... Tue, 07 May 2013 07:24:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2066562-east-to-overrun-billions-cicadas.html 2013-05-07T07:24:02Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2058558-feds-dramatic-bee-disappearance.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A new federal report blames a combination of problems for a mysterious and dramatic disappearance of U.S. honeybees since 2006. The intertwined factors cited include a parasitic mite, multiple viruses, bacteria, poor nutrition, genetics, habitat loss and pesticides. The multiple causes make it harder to do something about what's called c... Thu, 02 May 2013 19:43:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2058558-feds-dramatic-bee-disappearance.html 2013-05-02T19:43:13Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2053854-toddler-youngest-to-lab-made-windpipe.html CHICAGO (AP) — A 2-year-old girl born without a windpipe now has a new one grown from her own stem cells, the youngest patient in the world to benefit from the experimental treatment. Hannah Warren has been unable to breathe, eat, drink or swallow on her own since she was born in South Korea in 2010. Until the operation at a central Illinois hospital, she... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:43:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2053854-toddler-youngest-to-lab-made-windpipe.html 2013-04-30T19:43:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2053364-terrorist-sleeper-cell-dismantled-mali.html BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Police in Mali's capital have dismantled a terrorist cell belonging to the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, or MUJAO, three officials confirmed on Tuesday. The presence of the cell confirms fears that the jihadist groups, which sprang up last year in northern Mali, have succeeded in travelling past the numerous roadblocks... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:11:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2053364-terrorist-sleeper-cell-dismantled-mali.html 2013-04-30T15:11:14Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2047300-draft-rule-ends-protections-gray-wolves.html BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Federal wildlife officials have drafted plans to lift protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states, a move that could end a decades-long recovery effort that has restored the animals but only in parts of their historic range. The draft U.S. Department of Interior rule obtained by The Associated Press contends the roughly 6... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:47:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2047300-draft-rule-ends-protections-gray-wolves.html 2013-04-26T22:47:36Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2044768-monkey-see-monkey-do.html WASHINGTON (AP) — You don't have to be a teenager to want to fit in at the school lunchroom. Some wild animals seem to follow similar monkey-see, monkey-do behavior to follow the crowd and find the best eats, new research finds. South African monkeys switched foods purely because of peer pressure and humpback whales off the coast of New England copied a n... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:13:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2044768-monkey-see-monkey-do.html 2013-04-25T18:13:22Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2044466-newfound-hormone-holds-hope-diabetes-treatment.html NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have identified a hormone that can sharply boost the number of cells that make insulin in mice, a discovery that may someday lead to a treatment for the most common type of diabetes. People have their own version of this hormone, and the new work suggests that giving diabetics more might one day help them avoid insulin shots. Th... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:16:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2044466-newfound-hormone-holds-hope-diabetes-treatment.html 2013-04-25T16:16:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2027244-young-nkoreans-train-to-seek-revenge-us.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea's newest batch of future soldiers — scrawny 11-year-olds with freshly shaved heads — punch the air as they practice taekwondo on the grounds of the Mangyongdae Revolutionary School. Students and teachers here say they're studying harder these days to prepare for a fight. Across the country, banners, slogans and ar... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2027244-young-nkoreans-train-to-seek-revenge-us.html 2013-04-19T08:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2028902-nasa-sees-distant-planets-that-ideal-life.html WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA's planet-hunting telescope has discovered two planets that seem like ideal places for some sort of life to flourish. And they are just the right size and in just the right place. One is toasty, the other nippy. The distant duo are the best candidates for habitable planets that astronomers have found so far, said William Borucki, the... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:30:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2028902-nasa-sees-distant-planets-that-ideal-life.html 2013-04-18T21:30:15Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2028394-app-helps-icelanders-avoid-accidental-incest.html REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — You meet someone, there's chemistry, and then come the introductory questions: What's your name? Come here often? Are you my cousin? In Iceland, a country with a population of 320,000 where most everyone is distantly related, inadvertently kissing cousins is a real risk. A new smartphone app is on hand to help Icelanders avoid ac... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:56:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2028394-app-helps-icelanders-avoid-accidental-incest.html 2013-04-18T15:56:37Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2026260-scientists-decode-dna-living-fossil-fish.html NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have decoded the DNA of a celebrated "living fossil" fish, gaining new insights into how today's mammals, amphibians, reptiles and birds evolved from a fish ancestor. The African coelacanth (SEE-lah-kanth) is closely related to the fish lineage that started to move toward a major evolutionary transformation, living on land And... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:43:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2026260-scientists-decode-dna-living-fossil-fish.html 2013-04-17T18:43:24Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2020286-correction-thermo-fisher-life-technologies-story.html In an April 15 story about Thermo Fisher Inc.'s plan to buy Life Technologies Corp., The Associated Press misidentified the gender of Morningstar analyst Charlie Miller, who is a woman. The story should have referred to Miller on second reference as a "she," not "he." A corrected version of the story is below: Thermo Fisher to buy Life Technologies for $1... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:20:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2020286-correction-thermo-fisher-life-technologies-story.html 2013-04-17T17:20:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2019864-patenting-genes-justices-tackle-big-health-issue.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed worried Monday about the idea of companies patenting human genes in a case that could profoundly reshape the multibillion-dollar biomedical industry and U.S. research in the fight against diseases like breast and ovarian cancer. Justices argued not only about snipping DNA strands but also about chewing the leaves... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:42:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2019864-patenting-genes-justices-tackle-big-health-issue.html 2013-04-15T20:42:56Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2013314-infrared-camera-wild-aimed-montana-owl-nest.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Denver Holt has been studying the long-eared owl for 27 years. He's banded over 1,700 of the birds and found 225 nests in Montana. But he's never been able to see what the nocturnal birds do at night until now. An infrared camera and microphone on top of a pole in willow thickets on Montana rangeland is aimed at a long-eared owl nest. H... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:26:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2013314-infrared-camera-wild-aimed-montana-owl-nest.html 2013-04-11T15:26:27Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2012604-chinas-bird-flu-response-openness.html SHANGHAI (AP) — After a new and lethal strain of bird flu emerged in Shanghai two weeks ago, the government of China's bustling financial capital responded with live updates on a Twitter-like microblog. It's a starkly different approach than a decade ago, when Chinese officials silenced reporting as a deadly pneumonia later known as SARS killed dozens in the south. ... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:05:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2012604-chinas-bird-flu-response-openness.html 2013-04-11T12:05:34Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2011242-alarm-vanishing-frogs-caribbean.html PATILLAS, Puerto Rico (AP) — A curtain of sound envelops the two researchers as they make their way along the side of a mountain in darkness, occasionally hacking their way with a machete to reach the mouth of a small cave. Peeps, tweets and staccato whistles fill the air, a pulsing undercurrent in the tropical night. To the untrained ear, it's just a mis... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:12:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2011242-alarm-vanishing-frogs-caribbean.html 2013-04-10T21:12:16Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2009522-stephen-hawking-explore-space-humanitys-sake.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stephen Hawking, who spent his career decoding the universe and even experienced weightlessness, is urging the continuation of space exploration — for humanity's sake. The 71-year-old Hawking said he did not think humans would survive another 1,000 years "without escaping beyond our fragile planet." The British cosmologist made the rema... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:29:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2009522-stephen-hawking-explore-space-humanitys-sake.html 2013-04-10T19:29:17Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2010460-ivf-pioneer-robert-edwards-dead-age-87.html LONDON (AP) — Robert Edwards, a Nobel laureate from Britain whose pioneering in vitro fertilization research led to the first test tube baby and has since brought millions of people into the world, died Wednesday at age 87. The University of Cambridge, where he was a professor, said Edwards passed away peacefully in his sleep at his home just outside Camb... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:48:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2010460-ivf-pioneer-robert-edwards-dead-age-87.html 2013-04-10T17:48:32Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1997466-bird-flu-101-bad-h7n9-strain.html A bird flu virus never before found in humans has grabbed world attention this week after it infected and killed people in China. Scientists have been scrambling to understand how it happened and, more importantly, whether it poses a risk to public health or could potentially spark a global pandemic. The good news is that so far there's no sign that the H... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:31:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1997466-bird-flu-101-bad-h7n9-strain.html 2013-04-04T12:31:37Z