News tagged with biological model
Mathematical models reveal how organisms transcend the sum of their genes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Molecular and cellular biologists have made tremendous scientific advances by dissecting apart the functions of individual genes, proteins, and pathways. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison ...
Feb 06, 2009 |
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New Mathematical Model Evaluates Efficiency of E. Coli
The bacterium Escherichia coli, one of the best-studied single-celled organisms around, is a master of industrial efficiency. This bacterium can be thought of as a factory with just one product: itself. It exists to make c ...
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Feb 04, 2009 |
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Cell-building discovery could reduce need for some animal research
Brown University biomedical engineers can now grow and assemble living microtissues into complex three-dimensional structures in a way that will advance the field of tissue engineering and may eventually reduce ...
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Feb 02, 2009 |
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Why Don’t More Animals Change Their Sex
(PhysOrg.com) -- Most animals, like humans, have separate sexes — they are born, live out their lives and reproduce as one sex or the other. However, some animals live as one sex in part of their lifetime and then switch ...
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Feb 02, 2009 |
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Mixing genomics and geography yields insights into life and environment
In an upcoming issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Yale researchers used newly developed mathematical models to analyze huge amounts of data on physical characteristics such as temperature and salini ...
Jan 22, 2009 |
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Why you can't hurry love
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have developed a mathematical model of the mating game to help explain why courtship is often protracted. The study, by researchers at UCL (University College London), University of Warwick and ...
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Jan 16, 2009 |
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Digital communication technology helps clear path to personalized therapies
Researchers at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have shown that search algorithms used in digital communications can help scientists identify effective multi-drug combinations. The study, led by Giovanni ...
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Jan 09, 2009 |
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