In a series of experiments reported today (Dec. 9) in the Journal of Neuroscience, a University of Wisconsin-Madison pharmacy researcher was able to prolong…
In 2005, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes were the first and seventh leading causes of death in the U.S., responsible for over 650,000 and 75,000…
Now, researchers and cardiologists from the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch and the Charité (Germany) have been able to show that…
This is just a selection of the bizarre reproductive techniques that marine biologist Henk-Jan Hoving has discovered with different species of deep-ocean…
While studying the peripheral nerves of the Drosophila, aka the fruit fly, Rice doctoral student Eric Howlett discovered an unanticipated connection between…
Some patients wish they had a second skin – for instance because their own skin has been burnt in a severe accident. But transplanting skin is a painstaking…
The study appears in a recent issue of the journal Public Library of Science (PLoS One).The study found the mini-regulatory molecules inside tiny sacs, or…
What began as an homage to achievement in the field of coral reef geology has evolved into the discovery of an unexpected link between corals of the Pacific…
A study of a protein called p7, has revealed that differences in the genetic coding of the protein between virus strains – known as genotypes – alter the…
By means of this technique, genetic tests that take a long time today – such as screening for hereditary forms of breast cancer – can be carried out much more…
Bacteria in particular are shedding light on fundamental molecular and signalling processes of interest not just within microbiology, but across the whole…
Erica Bloom from the Division of Medical Microbiology at Lund University in Sweden has contributed to research in this field by analyzing dust and materials…
One-third of all our proteins have the cell membrane as their natural environment, where they perform several of the most basic life-preserving biological…
Published in the current online issue of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, the study shows the importance of maturation in defining mating and paternity…
A University of Iowa researcher and colleagues at the University of Michigan have discovered a direct link between disruption of a critical cellular…
For years, scientists have struggled to decipher the genetic instruction book that details where and when the 20,000 genes in a human cell will be turned on or…
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