Reaching a new threshold in underwater medical studies, the Office of Naval Research (ONR), today announced a novel capability for examining how cells work at pressures far below the sea surface.
Engineering
Aug 10, 2011
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When researchers at the Buck Institute dialed back activity of a specific mRNA translation factor in adult nematode worms they saw an unexpected genome-wide response that effectively increased activity in specific stress ...
Biotechnology
Jul 5, 2011
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Two new papers in the Journal of General Physiology demonstrate the successes of using bifurcation theory and dynamical systems approaches to solve biological puzzles.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 27, 2011
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Healing for horses has gone portable.
Other
Jun 2, 2011
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A research team led by scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has developed a powerful method that allows them to sift through thousands of candidate hairpin-shaped RNA molecules at a time and pull out only those ...
Biotechnology
Feb 24, 2011
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It's commonly known, at least among microbiologists, that microbes have an additional option to living or dying -- dormancy.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 26, 2011
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Using new technology that allows scientists to monitor how individual cells react in the complex system of cell signaling, Stanford University researchers have uncovered a much larger spectrum of differences between each ...
Biotechnology
Jun 27, 2010
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Cancer occurs when human cells move and multiply inappropriately. Within cells, a process called phosphorylation serves as an on/off switch for a number of cellular processes that can be involved in cancer, including metabolism, ...
Biotechnology
Jun 27, 2010
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Anglers rely on fish finders to help them locate the big catch. Now Tel Aviv University researchers in tissue engineering have developed a "fat finder" that can help scientists accelerate their research into new fat-melting ...
Analytical Chemistry
May 6, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A crucial tool in the evolution of scientific capability in bioscience, the fluorescence microscope has allowed a generation of scientists to study the properties of proteins inside cells. Yet as human capacity ...
Other
May 6, 2009
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