The results confirm that a gene known as “fruitless” is a key factor underlying sexual differences in behavior. The findings mark a milestone in an unlikely…
University of Oregon researchers have identified protein interactions that regulate the response of cells to steroid hormones. The discovery, they say, could…
While scientists have used knowledge of illusions to further our understanding of the mind, magicians have learned to master the art of deception for…
The findings uncover a stark contrast between chimpanzee behavior and that of humans, their primate cousins. The basis for this difference may lie in the fact…
The findings, reported by Elizabeth Pilon-Smits of Colorado State University and colleagues there and at the University of California, Berkeley, appear in the…
However, this complex, so-called ritualized behavior is not widely known to occur among invertebrate species. Researchers have now reported that male…
David Vosvenieks, REACH issue manager at AstraZeneca (AZ), told Chemistry & Industry that two companies supplying intermediates required for two AZ drugs – one…
For the first time scientists, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), have recorded 'chemical exchanges' undetectable by…
As reported in this week’s edition of the journal Nature (pg 259, Vol. 444, 16 November 2006) Professor Simon Shepherd has constructed an algorithm that can…
This means in some cases that humans can produce a protein that the chimpanzee lacks and vice versa. The study, being published in the November issue of the…
Transcription is the first step in the process cells employ to read and carry out the out instructions contained in genes. Transcription is carried out by a…
It's the same for a cell–just before it divides, it recruits protein complexes that repair breakage that may have occurred along the linear DNA chains making…
In a study of island lizards exposed to a new predator, the scientists found that natural selection dramatically changed direction over a very short time,…
Central to this discovery is the fundamental process of gene expression. When a gene is ready to produce a protein, the two strands of DNA that comprise the…
Several lines of evidence point to a protein called Tribbles, named after the furry creatures that took over the starship Enterprise in the original “Star…
Composed of apple puree and oregano oil, which acts as a natural antibacterial agent, the coating shows promise in laboratory studies of becoming a…
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