News tagged with dna component

New information on the waste-disposal units of living cells

Important new information on one of the most critical protein machines in living cells has been reported by a team of researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

With climate changes, polar bear and brown bear lineages intertwine

Polar bears' unique characteristics allow them to survive in one of the most extreme environments on Earth, but that survival is now threatened as rising temperatures and melting ice reshape the Arctic landscape. Now it appears ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study: Looking young may mean living longer

Those baby-faced people now have another reason to be smug: a new Danish study says looking young apparently means a longer life.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rotator cuff tears: Are they all in the family?

People with relatives who have experienced rotator cuff tears are at increased risk of similar tendon tears themselves, according to a study published in the May 2009 issue of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 01, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Stable Thanks to Dynamics - DNA Component Resists UV Radiation

(PhysOrg.com) -- Complex computer simulations have, for the first time, allowed scientists to examine in detail the processes that help to ensure the stability of DNA when exposed to UV light. The findings, ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists identify key component in cell replication

Last week, a presidential limousine shuttled Barack Obama to the most important job in his life. Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have now identified a protein that does much the same for the telomerase ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 29, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Scientists discover a key protein regulator of inflammation and cell death

Reporting in the journal Nature, researchers led by Emad Alnemri, Ph.D., professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson, discovered a key protein component involved in inflammation.

Biology /

created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0