Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

New research points toward mechanism of age-onset toxicity of Alzheimer's protein

Now, a collaboration between researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and the Scripps Research Institute shows that aging is what's critical….

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Plant Hormones’ Unique Roles Revealed by Computational Analysis

The Salk team found that specific plant hormones often activate different factors rather than a common target. “This result was completely unexpected because…

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Plant Hormones: Unique Activation Patterns Revealed

“Successful aging has been defined in many ways, however, we focused on individuals who had reached at least 90 without significant decline in mental…

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Emory Scientists Unveil New Human Genome Variation Map

Emory University scientists have identified and created a map of more than 400,000 insertions and deletions (INDELs) in the human genome that signal a…

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Expression of 'Blimp1' gene leads to the discovery of cells responsible for skin's sebaceous gland

The research focuses on the skin’s sebaceous gland, which is linked to the hair shaft and secretes an oily mixture called sebum. But until today how the…

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RNA-Based Drug from Duke Effectively Targets Prostate Cancer

The drug, developed at Duke University Medical Center, uses one type of genetic material, called targeting RNA, to enter cancer cells, and another type, called…

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Exploring Contagious Canine Cancer and Its Human Links

Some human cancers such as cervical cancer may be considered to be 'catchable', as they are initiated by viruses transmitted between people – in the case of…

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Primates’ Defense Peptide May Prevent Some HIV Transmissions

As primates evolved 7 million years ago, the more advanced species stopped making a protein that University of Central Florida researchers believe can…

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Genetic Snooze Button Controls Spring Flower Timing

Addressing scientists here today (Aug. 9) at a meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists, University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher Richard Amasino…

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New Insights on Penis Worm Evolution Through Fossilized Embryos

Writing in the journal Nature, Dr Phil Donoghue and colleagues reveal the various developmental stages of fossilised embryos, from the first splitting of cells…

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Nanowire ‘barcode’ system speeds biodetection in the field

The researchers, led by Jeffrey Tok of LLNL’s BioSecurity and Nanosciences Laboratory, built submicrometer layers of different metals including gold, silver…

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Discover How CREB Affects Drinking and Anxiety Levels

In previous studies, the UIC researchers had first identified a gene that controls anxiety and alcohol consumption.”We knew that gene, called CREB, controls…

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Unmasking nutrition's role in genes and birth defects

“By the time most women know they are pregnant, the development of the fetus' organs is essentially complete,” said Bryce Mendelsohn, co-author and an…

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Zebrafish Model Reveals Insights into Cancer Cell Angiogenesis

Results were published online today in the advanced online issue of the journal, Angiogenesis. Melanoma, colorectal and pancreatic cell lines proliferated,…

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Failure of 'scout cells' may lead to cancer in transplant patients

The cancer is caused by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a herpesvirus that infects more than 90 percent of Americans but is ordinarily kept under control by the…

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Artificially Control Walking and Balance via Canal Stimulation

The findings are reported by Richard Fitzpatrick and Jane E. Butler of the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute and the University of New South Wales,…

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