Stuck on you
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Leeches are of great help for the people suffering from arthritis, as they lessen the pain of osteoarthritis and restore the lost mobility, by the help of therapeutic proteins found in them. Studies suggest that leeches drink up to ten times their own body weight in blood before they fall off reducing the pain by 64 percent and a promising 80 percent patients reported a significant reduction in pain a week after the treatment.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
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Back to our roots
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Scientists are studying sea sponges and single-celled animals called choanoflagellates. Its comparison with each other and with more complex animals, such as mammals, will help to build up a picture of the urmetazoan's genetic make-up and physical characteristics. Genetic comparisons between sponges and younger members of the animal tree provide more insight into how these cells all worked together.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2005
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Pipe dreams
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The microbes known as anammox bacteria flout bacterial convention by having tiny, sac-like compartments packed with toxic hydrazine, which paves way for environmentally friendly sewage treatments. Study revealed that the mysterious bacteria offers a new method for waste-water treatment and if found elsewhere could be important in nature.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2005
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