News tagged with cellular origin

When dying, bacteria share some characteristics with higher organisms

Do bacteria, like higher organisms, have a built-in program that tells them when to die? The process of apoptosis, or cell death, is an important part of normal animal development. In a new study published March 6 in the ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Marker of Ewing sarcoma: Potential new drug target?

Ewing sarcoma (EWS) is a bone tumor of unknown cellular origin that affects children and young adults.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A genetic basis for schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a severely debilitating psychiatric disease that is thought to have its roots in the development of the nervous system; however, major breakthroughs linking its genetics to diagnosis, prognosis and treatment ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Synthetic biology yields clues to evolution and the origin of life

Researchers in the field of synthetic biology are still a long way from being able to assemble living cells from scratch in the laboratory. But according to biochemist David Deamer of the University of California, Santa Cruz, ...

Biology /

created Feb 15, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1