Humpback whales have 'human' brain cells -study
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Humpback whales have a type of brain cell seen only in humans, the great apes, and other cetaceans such as dolphins, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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Researchers at Duke University have demonstrated that monkeys have the ability to perform mental addition, and that they performed about as well as college students given the same test.
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The Pacific gray whale population,  thought by some experts to have rebounded fully from the  ravages of whaling, actually is back to a mere fraction of  historic levels, scientists said on Monday.
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Transplanting brain cells produced from human embryonic stem cells helped fix stroke damage in the brains of rats, according to scientists who hope to test the same thing in people within about five years.
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106 chimpanzees, 32 orangutans and 105 babies face "The Primate Cognition Test Battery.".
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Two lost whales last spotted near the Golden Gate Bridge may have slipped back into the Pacific Ocean after a two-week sojourn that took them 90 miles inland up the Sacramento River, scientists said Wednesday.
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New research provides more evidence that chimpanzee brains are human-like in terms of the links between brain asymmetry, language and right- or left-handedness.
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Scientists use the latest cell staining techniques to create a colourful "brainbow" of the tissues of the brain.
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A key mechanism in the brains of people with HIV dementia has been identified by scientists at the US Department of Energy&#39;s Brookhaven National Laboratory.
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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDayNews) -- Canadian scientists have found cancer stem cells that seem to fuel the uncontrolled growth of malignant brain tumors.
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Researchers think they have found the modern whaleâs closest evolutionary ancestor.
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Fire retardants used worldwide in manufacturing vehicle parts and computers have been found in Puget Sound orcas, raising new concerns about the long-term health of the region's killer whales, a new Canadian study shows.
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Stem cells taken from tiny monkey embryos and implanted in the brain reversed some of the Parkinson's symptoms in monkeys used to study the disease, Japanese researchers reported on Monday.
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A new federally funded project should help scientists learn how some animals regenerate body parts so well. They hope to apply the lessons to humans. By the Associated Press.
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Hybrid animals allow scientists to watch how human cells and organs mature inside the bodies of other animals but some question the ethics of such procedures.
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A new study suggests that the compound still represents a significant health risk for the whales.
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Australian scientists Monday worked to determine why more than 100 whales and dolphins beached themselves and died off Tasmania, the BBC reported.