Studying lampreys allows biologists to envision the evolutionary past, because they represent an early offshoot of the evolutionary tree, before sharks and fish.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 12, 2013
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European researchers at Linköping University in Sweden are showing how bacteria control processes in human cells through a process called quorum sensing. This phenomenon is where bacteria talk to each other via molecules ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 6, 2012
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The cardiovascular system is a complex web of tens of thousands of miles of arteries, capillaries and veins, branching throughout the body like tributaries of a great river. And now, researchers at Lawrence Livermore National ...
Engineering
Dec 3, 2015
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Technology that hampers mosquitoes' host-seeking behavior, identified at the University of California, Riverside in 2011, has led to the development of the world's first product that blocks mosquitoes' ability to efficiently ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 16, 2013
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Human stem cells have the ability to become any cell type in the human body, but when it comes to their destination they know where they want to go.
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 7, 2011
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In a dimly lit room, next to a supersonic jet engine test rig, three Stanford engineering graduate students sat around a whiskey bottle.
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 24, 2016
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(Phys.org) —A team of Stanford scientists has developed an entirely non-invasive technique that provides a view of blood flow in the brain. The tool could provide powerful insights into strokes and possibly Alzheimer's ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 7, 2014
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The power of magnetism may address a major problem facing bioengineers as they try to create new tissue -- getting human cells to not only form structures, but to stimulate the growth of blood vessels to nourish that growth.
Bio & Medicine
Mar 31, 2009
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It's difficult to contemplate the tragedy of losing a loved one and never knowing what happened to them.
Analytical Chemistry
Aug 18, 2017
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Make no bones about it, a discovery by a Kansas State University research team could mean a longer and healthier life for man's best friend.
Plants & Animals
Nov 29, 2011
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