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PLoS Medicine: New Articles

Ensuring the Involvement of Children in the Evaluation of New Tuberculosis Treatment Regimens
William Burman and colleagues review the barriers to involving children in studies of new tuberculosis treatments and recommend strategies for overcoming these barriers.
Strategies to Reduce Mortality from Bacterial Sepsis in Adults in Developing Countries
Sharon Peacock and colleagues discuss management of adult patients with sepsis in low- and middle-income settings, with a particular emphasis on tropical regions.
Cancer Screening: A Mathematical Model Relating Secreted Blood Biomarker Levels to Tumor Sizes
Sanjiv Gambhir and colleagues describe a linear one-compartment mathematical model that allows estimation of minimal detectable tumor sizes based on blood tumor biomarker assays.
Two Faces of Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan in Spinal Cord Repair: A Role in Microglia/Macrophage Activation
Michal Schwartz and colleagues describe the role of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan in the repair of injured tissue and in the recovery of motor function during the acute phase after spinal cord injury.

EurekAlert! - Biology

OU researchers isolate microorganisms that convert hydrocarbons to natural gas
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400
(University of Oklahoma) When a group of University of Oklahoma researchers began studying the environmental fate of spilt petroleum, a problem that has plagued the energy industry for decades, they did not expect to eventually isolate a community of microorganisms capable of converting hydrocarbons into natural gas.
Candy-coating keeps proteins sweet
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400
(National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)) Researchers at NIST have developed a fast, inexpensive and effective method for evaluating the sugars pharmaceutical companies use to stabilize protein-based drugs for storage at room temperature.
UH researchers win top prize for research with humanitarian applications
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400
(University of Houston) Understanding how microbes govern human and environmental health, two University of Houston researchers -- Yuriy Fofanov and Lennart Johnsson -- understand that what we don't see often carries big-picture implications. They've garnered international recognition for applying such vision while creating technologies to help monitor the sizes and genomic diversity of microbial communities. They were named winners of the second-annual Itanium Solutions Alliance Innovation Contest for the humanitarian applications of their team's research.

 

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Mediterranean Monk Seal Conservation Project - Focuses on the study and conservation of marine animals, which inhabit the Mediterranean sea with a special focus on the region's monk seals.
Meta Description: [ Dedicated to Mediterranean Monk Seals and their habitat Kizilliman marine protected area and conservation project. It focuses on marine animals and particularly on monk seals inhabiting the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, and aims at protecting its biodiversity by promoting the adoption of a precautio... ]

Elephant Seal RadioCam - Provides current image of a rookery in central California and 70,000 images collected since April 1999. Also includes streaming videos in Spanish and English.
Meta Description: [ National Science Foundation and California State University Monterey Bay Elephant Seal Science Curriculum. ]

404 Evolution, Classification, and Distribution of Pinnipeds - Article covering all the world's species by Marianne Riedman.

Friends of the Elephant Seal - Includes information on friends of the elephant seal and the elephant seal colony at Piedras Blancas.

Marine Mammal Research Consortium - Steller Sea Lions - Research on the relation between fisheries and Marine Mammals in the North Pacific Ocean and Eastern Bering Sea. Primary focus is the decline of the Steller sea lion population.
Meta Description: [ The North Pacific Universities Marine Mammal Research Consortium is conducting a long-term research program on marine mammals and their interactions with fisheries, other species and oceanographic conditions in the North Pacific Ocean and Eastern Bering Sea. ]

Mom - Association for the Study and Protection of the Mediterranean Seal - Information about the Greek charity promoting conservation of Monachus monachus.
Meta Description: [ All the sightseeings on Skopelos island. The villages, the monasteries, historical monuments, nature beauties, excrursions, and many photos from Skopelos. ]

Monachus.org - Biology and conservation of the Mediterranean, Hawaiian, and Caribbean monk seals.
Meta Description: [ Monachus.org: The Internet site dedicated to the Mediterranean, Hawaiian and Caribbean monk seals, Monachus monachus, Monachus schauinslandi, Monachus tropicalis. Featuring the biannual journal, The Monachus Guardian, the Monachus Library, Monachus Profiles, Monachus Science, the Monachus Network... ]

Online Zoologists: Pinnipeds - Includes an extensive list of species and information.

Pagophilus.org - News, science, and conservation of harp seals and other ice loving seals.
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404 Pictures: Seals and Sea Lions - Provides pictures of seals and sea lions that can be set as wallpaper and sent as e-greeting-cards.
Meta Description: [ Original pictures of seals and sea lions from PicturesOf.NET. The photos are also available as wallpaper and can be sent as e-greeting-cards. ]

404 Pinniped Factsheets - Biology and ecology of almost all the world's species.

Pinniped Research in Cognition and Sensory Systems - Details of research program at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Seals and Sealions of the Falklands - Site offers maps, photographs and population data of Falklands seals and sealions.
Meta Description: [ Falklands seals & sealions - Photographs, maps and population data on Falkland Islands seals and sealions, with links to seals and sealions research reports. ]

Tony's Pinniped Tribute Site - Includes facts, images, and games.