Heart muscle cells do not normally replicate in adult tissue, but multiply with abandon during development.

Wildlife Trust Scientist Employs Advanced Genetic Sequencing to Uncover New Pathogen NEW YORK, July 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Wildlife Trust, the global conservation health organization, announced the discovery of a previously unknown pathogen that may offer insight into the origins of the Hepatitis C virus.

The Wildlife Trust says the world's largest species of fruit bat, Pteropus vampyrus, could become extinct in Peninsular Malaysia at the current hunting rate. Jonathan Epstein, associate vice president of the U.S.-headquartered organization, said approximately 22,000 fruit bats, also called flying foxes, are legally hunted annually in Peninsular Malaysia, also known as West Malaysia, in addition to those illegally hunted.

By Matt Glynn and Jonathan Epstein, The Buffalo News, N.Y. Feb. 27--Hourly workers at American Axle & Manufacturing plants spent Tuesday on the picket line, upset about the company's proposal to severely cut their compensation.