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In South American Highlands, Disease is Killing Frogs While Climate Change Threats Loom
2013-12-14 00:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: A study of declining frog populations in the Andes Mountains reveals that disease is accelerating their death. A deadly fungus is striking the mountain frogs, which San Francisco State University professor Vance Vredenburg said is notable because it's not the cause of death many had suspected. Increasing temperatures, even at the high altitudes of the Andes, were initially believed to play a role in the frogs' death. Vredenburg and his colleagues found that frogs living at higher elevations...
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Disease, Not Climate Change, Fueling Frog Declines in the Andes
2013-12-13 20:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: A deadly fungus, and not climate change as is widely believed, is the primary culprit behind the rapid decline of frog populations in the Andes mountains, according to a new study published today in the journal Conservation Biology. Frogs living at higher elevations can tolerate increasing temperatures, researchers found, but their habitats fall within the optimal temperature range for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, or Bd, a harmful pathogen they have only encountered relatively recently. The...
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International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research Critique 130: How Alcohol Consumption may Interact with Genetic Factors that Relate to Health and Disease
2013-12-11 12:43:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Despite extensive research over the past few decades, our knowledge about the genes that underlie most chronic diseases remains incomplete.
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Changes in Surveillance: a Risk for Animal Disease Protection?
2013-12-11 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
ANALYSIS - The Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratory Agency (AHVLA) in the UK last week announced plans to streamline the surveillance of new and re-emerging animal disease threats, writes Chris Harris.
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Merck Advances Development Program for Investigational Alzheimers Disease Therapy, MK-8931
2013-12-10 13:00:00| Merck.com - Product News
Dateline City: WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. Data Monitoring Committee recommends continuation of Phase II/III EPOCH study in mild to moderate disease patients Merck also plans to initiate dosing in Phase III study of prodromal disease patients WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today provided an update on the development program for MK-8931, a novel investigational oral -amyloid precursor protein site-cleaving enzyme (BACE) inhibitor. Language: English Contact: MerckMedia:Caroline Lappetito, 267-305-7639Justine OMalley, 908-423-2021orInvestors:Carol Ferguson, 908-423-4465Justin Holko, 908-423-5088 Ticker Slug: Ticker: MRK Exchange: NYSE read more
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