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UC-Davis veterinarian finds good news for human bariatric surgical patients
April 6th 2010Davis, Calif. -- Researchers led by a veterinary endocrinologist at University of California-Davis have shown that bariatric surgery can quickly turn around the onset of Type 2 diabetes, even before weight loss.
First songbird genome sequenced
April 5th 2010Swindon, Wiltshire, U.K. -- The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) announces that a united effort by teams across the United States, Europe and the Middle East has produced the first songbird genome map -- that of the zebra finch.
Colorado State teams with Japan to research cancer therapy
March 23rd 2010Fort Collins, Colo. -- Colorado State University?s College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences will team with Japan?s Gifu University School of Medicine and its National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS) to research a promising new treatment for cancer: carbon ion therapy.
Adding supplemental tryptophan to diet can calm pigs
March 19th 2010Washington -- Researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have discovered that adding the amino acid tryptophan to the diet of female pigs can decrease their aggression, making them more manageable.