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GM food solutions at risk from lobbyists, research suggests
Powerful lobby groups opposed to genetically modified (GM) food are threatening public acceptance of the technology in Europe, research suggests.
Sep 24, 2011 |
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Call for long-term view on 'dire' funding of biological research databases
A rethink is needed on the 'dire' situation of funding of databases across biology, researchers say.
Oct 18, 2010 |
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Research Highlights Role of Protein Pair in Obesity Regulation
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research by University of Cincinnati scientists implicates a new protein in obesity development and highlights a protein pair's "team effort" in regulating obesity and insulin resistance.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 12, 2010 |
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Researchers identify a new gene involved in autophagy, the cellular recycling program
All cells are equipped with a recycling programme to collect and remove unnecessary cellular components. Autophagy sequesters and digests aged organelles, damaged proteins and other components, which, if not ...
Jan 21, 2010 |
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Unraveling how cells respond to low oxygen
Gary Chiang, Ph.D., and colleagues at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have elucidated how the stability of the REDD1 protein is regulated. The REDD1 protein is a critical inhibitor of the mTOR signaling pathway, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 05, 2009 |
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Protecting cells from their neighbors
Almost all organisms evolve from a single cell, a fertilised egg. In the first hours after fertilisation, the fate of its future development is determined. It is dictated by the separation of cells that will become sperm ...
Aug 03, 2009 |
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