Unlocking secrets of cell reproduction
Research published in Open Biology today identifies, for the first time, nearly all the genes required for reproduction of a cell in a living organism.
May 23, 2013
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Unique method creates correct mirror image of molecule
Many molecules have a right and a left form, just like shoes. In pharmaceuticals, it is important that the correct form of the molecule is used. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have been ...
May 22, 2013
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Don't lose the organism in the excitement over its genes, biologists urge
(Phys.org) —It's been said metaphorically that too much focus on the trees can cause one to lose sight of the forest. In a similar check of perspective, a group of biologists, led by a University of California, ...
May 21, 2013
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New X-ray method shows how frog embryos could help thwart disease
An international team of scientists using a new X-ray method recorded the internal structure and cell movement inside a living frog embryo in greater detail than ever before.
May 17, 2013
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Bringing life into focus
Spinning-disk confocal microscopy is an optical imaging technique that can be used to generate detailed three-dimensional fluorescence images of living cells and their contents. Although a powerful tool for ...
May 17, 2013
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X-ray tomography on a living frog embryo
Classical X-ray radiographs provide information about internal, absorptive structures of organisms such as bones. Alternatively, X-rays can also image soft tissues throughout early embryonic development of ...
May 16, 2013
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Why don't beetles freeze in the winter?
For 37 years, Queen's University Biochemistry professor Peter Davies has been unraveling the mystery of why some organisms including insects and fish don't freeze in the winter. His research into insect antifreeze protein ...
May 14, 2013
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New Red List developed for threatened ecosystems
New imaging technique to visualize bio-metals and molecules
Metal elements and molecules interact in the body but visualizing them together has always been a challenge. Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies have developed a new molecular ...
May 02, 2013
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Conversion from bad fat to good fat
Scientists from ETH Zurich in Switzerland have shown for the first time that brown and white fat cells in a living organism can be converted from one cell type to the other. Their work, using mice as a model organism, provides ...
Apr 28, 2013
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High-powered microscopic techniques give scientists detailed view of a critical component of cellular infrastructure
The cellular interior is criss-crossed by protein-based cables known as microtubules, each formed from 13 'protofilaments' composed of the protein tubulin. Microtubules are also associated with a host of ...
Apr 22, 2013
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Scientists create biggest family tree of human cells
In a paper published today by the prestigious journal, Nature Methods, biologists at the University of Luxembourg, Tampere University of Technology and the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, USA, have created the bi ...
Apr 21, 2013
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Coelacanth genome surfaces: Unexpected insights from a fish with a 300-million-year-old fossil record
An international team of researchers has decoded the genome of a creature whose evolutionary history is both enigmatic and illuminating: the African coelacanth. A sea-cave dwelling, five-foot long fish with ...
Apr 17, 2013
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Rigid growth matrix: A key to success of cardiac tissue engineering
A new study by researchers at UCLA suggests that the elasticity of the physical matrix used for growing heart muscle cells outside of the body may be critical to the success of cardiac tissue engineering. The results were ...
Apr 15, 2013
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Metabolic fingerprinting: Using proteomics to identify proteins in gymnosperm pollination drops
Proteins are vital parts of living organisms, performing a variety of essential functions such as DNA replication, catabolizing reactions, and responding to stimuli. The complete set of proteins expressed in an organism at ...
Apr 10, 2013
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