“When partners duet, they signal to other magpie-larks that they are working as a team to defend their territory,” said Dr. Michelle Hall of the Max Planck…
The research group placed miniscule particles of iron inside stem cells to act as cellular beacons detected by magnetic resonance imaging. With the ability to…
These are the latest class of cancer stem cells tracked down by a large, interdisciplinary group of researchers led by Michael Clarke, MD. The discovery is…
Their findings, published in the June issue of Plos Biology, counter the prevailing belief that HIV and other retroviruses can only leave and enter cells by…
Because molecules that bind through intercalation (a type of binding) may interfere with important biochemical processes in replicating cells, this method may…
People who suffer from anxiety tend to interpret ambiguous situations, situations that could potentially be dangerous but not necessarily so, as threatening….
A Study on Epithelial Cell Lines) has allowed for the development of six new drugs to fight colon and breast cancer more effectively than other currently used…
They have described the function and range of possible mutations of the gene implicated in this disease that affects functions like nerve and skeletal…
In a paper publishing today (June 1) in the Open Access journal PLoS Computational Biology, Drs. Shankaran, Resat and Wiley from the Pacific Northwest National…
It has been known for some time that the two conditions were linked, but now the Leeds team has shown how an incident of reduced oxygen to the brain – caused…
The Department of Parasitology of University of Granada (Universidad de Granada [http://www.ugr.es]), and the researcher Isabel Rodríguez González have…
In the late 19th century, fermentation chemists realized that juice left to ferment without adequate oxygen resulted in acid products. Then, in the early 20th…
The ability to produce more food in the same acreage is crucial to feeding an increasing world population at the same time as curbing deforestation and…
This third edition of the BBVA Foundation Awards for Biodiversity Conservation takes in four prize categories, for world-class scientific research in Ecology…
These so-called “heat-shock proteins” ensure that the insects will be back to bug us come spring.A study of flesh flies and a handful of other insects suggests…
Animals differ strikingly in character and temperament. Yet only recently has it become evident that personalities are a widespread phenomenon in the animal…
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