A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has found how to boost or inhibit a gene-silencing mechanism that normally serves as a major controller of cells' activities. The discovery ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

May 09, 2013 3 / 5 (2) 0 |

Whitehead Institute Founding Member Rudolf Jaenisch, who helped transform the study of genetics by creating the first transgenic mouse in 1974, is again revolutionizing how genetically altered animal models are created and ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

May 02, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 1 |

Undergoing surgery, even a minor procedure, can be stressful for anyone. But for people who have malignant hyperthermia, a hereditary disease that's triggered by certain drugs used for general anesthesia, ...

Biology - Other

Apr 30, 2013 not rated yet 0

The extraordinary level of conservation of the tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) mitochondrial genome has redefined our interpretation of evolution of the angiosperms (flowering plants), finds research in bio ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Apr 14, 2013 4.1 / 5 (7) 1 |

Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified a component of the herpesvirus that "hijacks" machinery inside human cells, allowing the virus to rapidly and successfully invade the nervous system upon initial exposure.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Mar 28, 2013 4.9 / 5 (7) 0 |

(Phys.org) —A study on human mitochondrial DNA has led to a new estimate of the time at which humans first began to migrate out of Africa, which was much later than previously thought.

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Mar 22, 2013 4.7 / 5 (12) 0 |

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers, in collaboration with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., have developed a promising drug candidate to treat psoriasis. The finding was reported in a new paper published ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Mar 20, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 0

Buried for 100,000 years at Xujiayao in the Nihewan Basin of northern China, the recovered skull pieces of an early human exhibit a now-rare congenital deformation that indicates inbreeding might well have ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Mar 18, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

In the fruit fly Drosophila, the functions of the three enzymes Tan, Ebony and Black are closely intertwined - among other things they are involved in neurotransmitter recycling for the visual process. Ruhr-U ...

Biology - Other

Mar 18, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —A protein-folding simulation shows that the debated theory of long-term evolution is not only possible, but that the outcomes are predictable. The Stanford experiment provides a framework for ...

Biology - Evolution

Mar 18, 2013 4.6 / 5 (20) 25 |

For deer mice living in the Nebraska Sandhills, color can literally be the difference between life and death.

Biology - Evolution

Mar 14, 2013 4.5 / 5 (2) 3 |

The bacterial foodborne pathogen, Listeria monocytogenes is the causative agent of listeriosis—a debilitating disease linked with ~2,500 illnesses and more than 500 deaths per annum in the US alone. A characteristic featur ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Mar 12, 2013 not rated yet 0

Attaching chains of the small molecule ADP-ribose to proteins is important for a cell's survival and the repair of DNA damage, making this process a promising target for the development of new cancer drugs. Researchers have ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Mar 12, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

(AP)—When Superstorm Sandy struck a New York hospital four months ago, hundreds of patients were safely evacuated, but mice in a nearby research building were not so lucky.

Biology - Other

Mar 06, 2013 not rated yet 0

New research has uncovered a mechanism that regulates the reproduction of plants, providing a possible tool for engineering higher yielding crops.

Biology - Evolution

Mar 01, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 0 |