Led by David van Heel, Professor of Gastrointestinal Genetics at Queen Mary, University of London, the study – funded by the charity Coeliac UK, and the…
The research, released in the June issue of the journal Cancer Cell, published by Cell Press, has exciting implications for development of more selective…
Using a combination of mouse mutant analyses, organ culture experiments, and gene expression studies, Xiu-Ping Wang and colleagues identify the key signaling…
ÒAlthough there have been many studies on communication and neurons in animals, such as in primates, birds and bats, those studies have focused on how neurons…
Scientists know that tumor cells spread via the lymphatic system, but they don’t understand the details of how this deadly migration takes place. In the June…
The finding, the thirteenth gene to be linked to Leber’s congenital amaurosis (LCA), comes at a time of hope for the people born with the disorder. Scientists…
A gene implicated in the development of cancer cells can be switched on using drugs, report researchers from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer…
Plants use roots to anchor themselves, and to absorb nutrients. Root hairs are single cells that grow from the roots and greatly increase the root’s surface…
“We receive the snake venom as a yellow crystalline powder in ampules directly from the 'Instituto Butantan' (http://www.butantan.gov.br/) in São Paulo,…
A human cell contains an enormous 1.8 metres of DNA partitioned into 46 chromosomes. These have to be copied and distributed equally into two daughter cells at…
These results, published in Clinical Chemistry, are the first to show that the APOA2 gene is linked to food preferences that shape dietary patterns,…
In flowers called columbines, evolution of the length of nectar spurs–the long tubes leading to plants' nectar–happens in a way that allows flowers to match…
Bacteria are divided into two types, gram-positive and gram-negative, with the primary difference being the nature of the bacterial cell wall. Little is known…
What do glowing veggies have to do with a career in science” It just so happens that electrified pickles swimming in metal ions are one example of the type of…
In a triumph for pests, scientists have figured out how to make the fruit fly live longer.But humans still may get something out of the deal. As reported…
Today's knowledge society is increasingly demanding a highly skilled work force and a steady stream of talented young scientists. The Life Science and…
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