The "holy grail" for understanding how and why koalas respond to infectious diseases has been uncovered in an Australian-led, world-first genome mapping project.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 09, 2013 4.5 / 5 (4) 0

In order to build and maintain cells, DNA is copied into ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules, also called transcripts. Transcripts are often like a recipe for making proteins, and a collection of all the transcripts in a cell ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 05, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

New research delivers a sting in the tail for queen wasps. Scientists have sequenced the active parts of the genome – or transcriptome – of primitively eusocial wasps to identify the part of the genome that makes you ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Feb 25, 2013 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

Scientists have identified protein families expressed during tissue regeneration in newts, providing the groundwork for research into whether particular sets of genes are used for the purpose.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Feb 19, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 2 |

European researchers discover that embryonic stem cell properties are impacted by the laboratory conditions used to grow them.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Jun 19, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Over the past decade, research in the field of epigenetics has revealed that chemically modified bases are abundant components of the human genome and has forced us to abandon the notion we've had since high school genetics ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

May 17, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 4 |

(Phys.org) -- Strains of bacteria from the genus Yersinia are pathogenic with a wide virulence range -- Y. pseudotuberculosis causes intestinal distress, and Y. pestis causes the plague.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Apr 12, 2012 not rated yet 0

In a new study published online in Nature Biotechnology, researchers from BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, reported the evidence of extensive RNA editing in a human cell line by analysis of RNA-seq data, demons ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Feb 12, 2012 5 / 5 (5) 0 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from UQ's Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB), Harvard University and RocheNimblegen Inc. have developed a new method for examining genetic information that reveals clues to understanding ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Nov 14, 2011 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

Plants are incredibly temperature sensitive and can perceive changes of as little as one degree Celsius. Now, a report in the January 8th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication, shows how they not only 'feel' ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Jan 07, 2010 2.3 / 5 (3) 1 |