Research demonstrates a molecular dance that keeps your heart beating
It might look like a little game at the molecular scale.
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Researchers find conserved regeneration-responsive enhancers linked to tail regeneration in fish
A team of researchers from Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Stanford University has discovered conserved regeneration-responsive enhancers linked to tail regeneration in fish common ...
Cleaning pollutants from water with pollen and spores—without the 'achoo!'
In addition to their role in plant fertilization and reproduction, pollens and spores have another, hidden talent: With a simple treatment, these cheap, abundant and renewable grains can be converted into tiny sponge-like ...
Materials Science
Aug 26, 2019
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Warts and all: Researchers reconstruct face of Cro-Magnon man
Cro-Magnon man had a face covered in lumps including a large one on his forehead—likely benign tumours caused by a genetic disease, according to a team of French researchers in new findings published Friday.
Archaeology
Mar 30, 2018
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Revolutionary imaging technique uses CRISPR to map DNA mutations
A team of scientists led by Virginia Commonwealth University physicist Jason Reed, Ph.D., have developed new nanomapping technology that could transform the way disease-causing genetic mutations are diagnosed and discovered. ...
Biotechnology
Nov 21, 2017
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Water heals a bioplastic
A drop of water self-heals a multiphase polymer derived from the genetic code of squid ring teeth, which may someday extend the life of medical implants, fiber-optic cables and other hard to repair in place objects, according ...
Materials Science
Sep 1, 2015
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Flexible throughout life by varying numbers of chromosome copies
Baker's yeast is a popular test organism in biology. Yeasts are able to duplicate single chromosomes reversibly and thereby adapt flexibly to environmental conditions. Scientists from the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 14, 2013
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Material screening method allows more precise control over stem cells
(Phys.org) —When it comes to delivering genes to living human tissue, the odds of success come down the molecule. The entire therapy - including the tools used to bring new genetic material into a cell - must have predictable ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 11, 2013
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This is what a fish thought looks like
For the first time, researchers have been able to see a thought "swim" through the brain of a living fish. The new technology is a useful tool for studies of perception. It might even find use in psychiatric drug discovery, ...
Other
Jan 31, 2013
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Microbial 'missing link' discovered after man impales hand on tree branch
(Phys.org)—It all started with a crab apple tree. Two years ago, a 71-year-old Indiana man impaled his hand on a branch after cutting down a dead tree. The wound caused an infection that led scientists to discover a new ...
Biotechnology
Nov 26, 2012
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