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Researchers identify workings of L-form bacteria

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have for the first time identified the genetic mechanisms involved in the formation and survival of L-form bacteria. Their findings are described in a study ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Could 'advanced' dinosaurs rule other planets?

New scientific research raises the possibility that advanced versions of T. rex and other dinosaurs — monstrous creatures with the intelligence and cunning of humans — may be the life forms that e ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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Standard test may miss food ingredients that cause milk allergy

The standard test used to detect milk-protein residues in processed foods may not work as well as previously believed in all applications, sometimes missing ingredients that can cause milk allergy, the most common childhood ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Vitamins doing gymnastics: Scientists capture first full image of vitamin B12 in action

You see it listed on the side of your cereal box and your multivitamin bottle. It's vitamin B12, part of a nutritious diet like all those other vitamins and minerals.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Trace element plays major role in tropical forest nitrogen cycle

A new paper by researchers from the University of Georgia and Princeton University sheds light on the critical part played by a little-studied element, molybdenum, in the nutrient cycles of tropical forests. Understanding ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists reengineer antibiotic to overcome dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria

A team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have successfully reengineered an important antibiotic to kill the deadliest antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The compound could one day be used clinically to treat patients ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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Genome of marine organism reveals hidden secrets

An international team of researchers led by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has deciphered the genome of a tropical marine organism known to produce substances potentially ...

Biology / Biotechnology

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Seeking life's imprint in shifting desert sand

A group of scientists are hunched over, their eyes intently scanning the jumble of rocks on the ground. Every now and then, someone picks one up for closer inspection, turning it over and over again in their ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Bacteria interrupted: Disabling coordinated behavior and virulence gene expression

New research reveals a strategy for disrupting the ability of bacteria to communicate and coordinate the expression of virulence factors. The study, published by Cell Press in the April 22nd issue of the journal Molecular Ce ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Regulating the infective phase of Legionella bacterial lifecycle

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research by UCD researchers led by Conway Fellow, Brendan Loftus gives an insight into the infective cycle of the bacteria responsible for Legionnaires disease and Pontiac fever.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Past medical testing on humans revealed

(AP) -- Shocking as it may seem, U.S. government doctors once thought it was fine to experiment on disabled people and prison inmates. Such experiments included giving hepatitis to mental patients in Connecticut, ...

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