Cincinnati Zoo says premature hippo gets some mother's milk
The Cincinnati Zoo says a prematurely born baby hippo is getting some of her mother's milk.
The Cincinnati Zoo says a prematurely born baby hippo is getting some of her mother's milk.
Plants & Animals
Jan 27, 2017
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Infant marsupials and monotremes use a connection between their ear and jaw bones shortly after birth to enable them to drink their mothers' milk, new findings in eLife reveal.
Evolution
Jul 1, 2020
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FMI researchers have identified a synthetic protein that dampens the activity of a cellular pathway involved in viral infection. The findings could help to develop drugs that combat viruses such as influenza A and Zika.
Cell & Microbiology
May 11, 2022
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Couples hoping for a baby girl might be best advised to go and live in Africa, if a study published on Wednesday is correct.
Other
Apr 1, 2009
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For the first time, the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research presents corrected birth rates that are considerably higher than the official figures. Researchers also anticipate a reversal in the trend in German childbearing ...
Social Sciences
Sep 6, 2011
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Research in which Universidad Carlos III of Madrid is participating analyzes the trafficking of women in China, a crime that is related to that country's great imbalance in the proportion of men to women, which has become ...
Social Sciences
Feb 27, 2012
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Some people possess a small number of cells in their bodies that are not genetically their own; this condition is known as microchimerism. In prior studies, researchers from the University of Missouri College of Veterinary ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 23, 2013
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A giant panda gifted by China to Taiwan has given birth to a second female cub after being artificially inseminated, Taipei Zoo announced Monday.
Plants & Animals
Jun 29, 2020
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Treating sick babies with engineered breast milk could someday be a reality, according to an article in Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society. Modified cells in the liquid ...
Other
Mar 6, 2019
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What do UX Tauri, RW Aurigae, AS 205, Z CMajoris, and FU Orionis have in common? They're young stellar systems with disks where planets could form. It appears those disks were disturbed by stellar flybys or other close encounters ...
Astronomy
Aug 1, 2022
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