Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Turtles Show Remarkable Loyalty in Feeding and Breeding

The research, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), shows for the first time that marine turtles appear to be as loyal to specific…

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$7 Million Funded Research Aims for New Antibiotic Solutions

The research will look for alternatives to standard antibiotics, which are losing their effectiveness against common infectious agents. Health experts…

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Klotho Protein’s Role in Metabolism and Obesity Uncovered

In a study available online and in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers show that a type of Klotho protein binds to receptors…

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Gene Analysis Sheds Light on Chemotherapy Sensitivity in Lung Cancer

This type of analysis might become useful in tailoring cancer treatments to individual patients, the researchers said.”Genetic differences may help explain why…

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New Virus Linked to Transplant Deaths from One Donor

Scientists in the Greene Infectious Disease Laboratory of the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and colleagues in the Victorian Infectious…

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Antioxidant in Foods and Red Wine Targets Leukemia Cells

A naturally occurring compound found in many fruits and vegetables as well as red wine, selectively kills leukemia cells in culture while showing no…

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New Virus Discovered After Organ Transplant Fatalities in Australia

WHAT: The unfortunate deaths of three organ transplant recipients in Australia this past January has led to the discovery of a new virus. All three had…

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Mosquito Genes Reveal Climate Change Adaptation Insights

University of Oregon researchers studying mosquitoes have produced the first chromosomal map that shows regions of chromosomes that activate – and are…

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Deactivating Protein Shows Promise for MS Nerve Protection

Oregon Health & Science University neuroscientists are eyeing a protein as a potential therapeutic target for multiple sclerosis because de-activating it…

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Key Discovery Targets Cystic Fibrosis Superbug Effectively

These investigators, under the leadership of Dr. Miguel Valvano, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, have had their research published in the May issue…

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Planarian Study Sheds Light on Germ Cell Development Insights

As it turns out, the tiny, seemingly cross-eyed flatworm is an ideal subject for the study of germ cells, precursors of eggs and sperm in all sexually…

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Taste for Poison: Driving Speciation in Fruit Flies?

A sound strategy overall, but the rules of co-evolutionary war suggest that an herbivore will evolve resistance to the toxic defenses of plants. The fruit fly…

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'Junk' DNA now looks like powerful regulator

Gill Bejerano, PhD, assistant professor of developmental biology and of computer science at Stanford, found more than 10,000 nearly identical genetic snippets…

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Cortex area thinner in youth with Alzheimer's-related gene

A thinner entorhinal cortex, a structure in the lower middle part of the brain’s outer mantle, may render these youth more susceptible to degenerative changes…

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FREEZE! Scientists film proteins at work by freezing them at different states

However, scientists from these institutes based in Grenoble (France) have managed to produce a movie. The actors are not celebrities but a protein whose role…

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Sirocco Project to launch 25th April, Norwich (UK)

The European Commission has committed 11.8 million euros to this four-year Integrated Project funded under the Sixth Framework Programme.In Spain, the human…

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