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    'CURRENT BIOLOGY' STUDY:  Sexual signal exaggeration affects physiological state in male barn swallows  Jun 4, 2008
    Parasites, bright males, and the immunocompetence handicap. Am. (USA Today -- Tech)

    Antioxidants can change fish behaviour  Nov 9, 2007
    I would expect to see some behavioural changes from antioxidants through effects on body condition or immunocompetence, says Ulrika Candolin, an ecologist at the University of Helsinki in Finland. But this study suggests a direct pathway, which is interesting. (Nature News Service)

    New animal study may explain why alcohol consumption increases breast cancer risk  Apr 29, 2007
    To date, there has not been an animal model that faithfully mimics the human disease with respect to characteristics of breast cancer, immunocompetence, and physiologically relevant EtOH intake. The researchers addressed and overcame the obstacles and developed a novel mouse breast cancer model. (EurekAlert!)




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