(PhysOrg.com) -- Two very different forms of climate-influencing particles do not behave as expected, according to scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Imre Consulting. The team's measurements show that ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 5, 2010
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Pharmaceutical companies could substantially reduce the expense of costly treatments for cancer and other diseases produced from mammalian or bacterial cells by growing these human therapeutic proteins in algae—rapidly ...
Biochemistry
Mar 8, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- They are considered to be the most important model organism for research into human biology: mice may look totally different, but they are in many ways similar to Homo sapiens on a fundamental level.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 5, 2010
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Cellular imaging offers a wealth of data about how cells respond to stimuli, but harnessing this technique to study biological systems is a daunting challenge. In a study published online in Genome Research, researchers have ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 8, 2010
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are non-coding RNAs that impact almost every aspect of biology. In recent years, they have been strongly implicated in stem cell biology, tissue and organism development, as well as human conditions ranging ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 10, 2010
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Japanese researchers said Thursday they had found a way to make plant leaves absorb more carbon dioxide in an innovation that may one day help ease global warming and boost food production.
Biotechnology
Dec 10, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at North Carolina State University have effectively lifted the veil from the structure of an ancient and important RNA-protein complex essential for the biosynthesis and function of the ribosome, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 10, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- If you want to know how a cell responds to a particular chemical, the experiment is simple: Inject it with that chemical. Micropipettes — tiny needles that can puncture a cell and deliver a compound directly ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 3, 2009
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Biophysicists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen are leading an effort to develop and apply models of the so-called lateral-line system found in fish and some amphibians. This sensory organ enables an animal, even in ...
General Physics
Aug 28, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using new genetic tools, Cornell researchers have found that some stem cells in mice behave dramatically different than in fruit flies, where most of the pioneering stem cell work has been conducted. The ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 14, 2009
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