Even a person far from ichthyology is aware of peculiarities of flatfish. A flatfish larva newly hatched from spawn possesses a two-sided symmetry, but as it…
Mitosis is irreversible, only leading either to correct cell division or to genomically instable G1 cells, prone to cell death. The work of Dr. Rob Wolthuis…
The brains of patients with these diseases contain harmful rope-like structures known as amyloid fibrils, which are protein molecules linked by water-tight…
Published in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics, their findings will make for a fascinating experiment in applied genetics and human nature: what will dog…
The results, the first from nonhuman primates, are similar to those previously seen in rodents. They suggest that creation of new nerve cells, a process known…
The research has important implications for human health in an increasingly 24/7 culture, where shift work and continental travel (and the associated jet lag…
Researchers found individuals with the variation have a 1.64-fold greater risk of suffering a heart attack (myocardial infarction) and a 2.02-fold greater risk…
But thanks to research done in part by Bruce Dale, Michigan State University professor of chemical engineering and materials science, making fuels from poplar…
Right now, most U.S. ethanol is made from corn kernels. This is because breaking down the cellulose in corn leaves and stalks into sugars that can be fermented…
When a cell divides, normally the result is two identical daughter cells. In some cases however, cell division leads to two cells with different properties….
In research published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, scientists have found that Photorhabdus bacteria produce an antibiotic…
The genes were found by Dr. Vasiliki Theodorou in the research group of Dr. John Hilkens in an exhaustive screen for new oncogenes by using mouse mammary tumor…
Novel mathematical modeling adds “human factor”Regular as clockwork, the flu arrives every year. And, according to the national Centers for Disease Control and…
In the first study to compare the quality of DNA in sperm from diabetic and non-diabetic men, researchers at Queen’s University Belfast showed that the DNA in…
New research published today in the open access journal Genome Biology describes how researchers have found a way to present human proteins as musical notes.Rie Takahashi and Jeffrey H. Miller from the University of California, Los Angeles, USA, have so far transcribed segments of two human proteins into music. But to make their melodies more pleasing on the ear, they had first to overcome a few problems – how to incorporate rhythm, and how to cram the 20 standard amino acids (the building blocks of proteins) into just 13 notes. …
In a study published in the April 30 issue of the academic journal Chemistry & Biology, UK pharmaceutical sciences graduate student Abby Ho mentored by…
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