This column describes how to stabilize pelvic limb fractures in small birds by applying a simple, inexpensive and beneficial tape splint. The tape splint technique can be used effectively in birds ...

Previous studies have demonstrated a constant fetal cerebral O 2 consumpsion over a range of arterial O 2 content (CaO 2) from 5 to 1 mM. To determine the effect of such hypoxia on the “nonvital” ...

(Phys.org) —The eel-like body and scrawny "limbs" of the African lungfish would appear to make it an unlikely innovator for locomotion. But its improbable walking behavior, newly described by ...

Preliminary evidence of activity of pralatrexate in relapsed/refractory ovarian cancer. PDGFR and c-Kit as therapeutic targets and p53 and ki67 as prognostic markers for low-grade endometrial stromal ...

Fish, mice and likely all modern-day vertebrates share genetic elements first used to develop the unpaired dorsal fin in ancient fish. They later copied these elements to produce paired appendages, ...

Being on the high seas as either a pirate or the slightly less glamorous oceanographer, often results in missing limb and body part. For example, Kevin lost his pelvic girdle in a tragic box coring ...