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Color differences within and between species have common genetic origin

(PhysOrg.com) -- Spend a little time people-watching at the beach and you're bound to notice differences in the amount, thickness and color of people's body hair. Then head to the zoo and compare people to chimps, our closest ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

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Immortal worms defy aging

Researchers from The University of Nottingham have demonstrated how a species of flatworm overcomes the ageing process to be potentially immortal.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (38) | comments 22 | with audio podcast

Ultraviolet protection molecule in plants yields its secrets

Lying around in the sun all day is hazardous not just for humans but also for plants, which have no means of escape. Ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun can damage proteins and DNA inside cells, leading ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bugs and paperwork: How unlocking the genetic secret of insects could improve human health and welfare

It's difficult to find much unused table space in Michael Kanost's office. The university distinguished professor and head of the department of biochemistry has nearly all of it claimed by stacks of folders ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How cotton was born

A coming together and genetic merging of an American plant with an African or Asian plant one or two million years ago produced the ancestor of the bush that now provides 90% of the world’s commercial cotton. And although ...

Biology / Evolution

created Jul 28, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Biologists identify new strategy used by bacteria during infection

Purdue University biologists identified a new way in which bacteria hijack healthy cells during infection, which could provide a target for new antibiotics.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study shows evolutionary adaptations can be reversed, but rarely

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since Charles Darwin proposed his theory of evolution in 1859, scientists have wondered whether evolutionary adaptations can be reversed.

Biology / Evolution

created May 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 18 | with audio podcast

New fusion gene plays role in some stomach cancers

A newly discovered hybrid gene appears to play a direct role in some stomach cancers, according to an international team of scientists led by researchers at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Analysis of bread mold genomes demos 'reverse-ecology' tool

In a demonstration of "reverse-ecology," biologists at the University of California, Berkeley, have shown that one can determine an organism's adaptive traits by looking first at its genome and checking for ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Parents favor genetic testing for melanoma in their children

The vast majority of parents who tested positive for a genetic mutation that increases the risk of melanoma (the most serious form of skin cancer) support genetic testing of their children or grandchildren. Results of the ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 21, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Molecular switch controls melanin production, may allow true sunless tanning

Discovery of a molecular switch that turns off the natural process of skin pigmentation may lead to a novel way of protecting the skin – activating the tanning process without exposure to cancer-causing UV radiation. ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0


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