Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tuebingen, Germany, reported the completion of the first genomes of wild strains of the…
It may be a few weeks until the British pantomine season kicks-off, but this new fossil from the Isle of Sheppey is giving 'Mother Goose' an entirely new…
Scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National laboratory are putting the pressure on metal-organic frameworks (MOF).In MOF materials, metal ions…
Understanding biology at the systems level is difficult, especially when studying complex specimens like tissue slices or communities of organisms in a…
To get an idea of the nanomaterial graphene, imagine a lightweight material having the strongest chemical bond in nature and, thus, exceptional mechanical…
The survey is published in two related studies in the September issue of the journal Fertility and Sterility.The researchers surveyed 1,350 women who presented…
Dr. Alex Deiters, assistant professor of chemistry at NC State, and colleagues at the Wistar Institute of Philadelphia believed that genetic regulators known…
These findings, published online today in the Royal Society journal, Biology Letters, may help researchers gain further insight into acoustic communication in…
The cellular oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes are analogous to the accelerator and brake pedals in a car. If an oncogene is permanently active, similar to…
This study, is described in a research published on 21 June 2008, in the World Journal of Gastroenterology. Performed by a team led by Dr. HY Wang.P120-catenin…
“This kind of information provides a target for the production of drugs against cancer,” said Dr. Bert O'Malley, chair of molecular and cellular biology at…
“There’s a big hole in current therapies, in that all of them prevent new infection, but none attack the cells that are already infected and hidden from the…
Now, in an article in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PNAS, Uppsala researchers are presenting experimental findings that show…
A rare genetic disorder called tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is yielding insight into a possible cause of some neurodevelopmental disorders: structural…
In a paper published in the current issue of Nature Genetics, the researchers reported finding some surprises as they have decoded the genome of the worm, a…
Spinal chord injuries represent a serious and irreversible handicap that is sadly frequent in our society. Because of the permanent break in the nervous…