Neural stem cells grown from one of the federally approved human embryonic stem cell lines proved to be inferior to neural stem cells derived from fetal tissue…
Professor Chris Somerville of the Carnegie Institution and Stanford University, explained advances in plant science research that are both needed and…
While the research involving a cellular signaling system known as JAK/STAT focused on complex questions involving the roots of cancer, the answers the…
University of Utah scientists have shown how evolution works by reversing the process, reconstructing a 530-million-year-old gene by combining key portions of…
In a paper to appear in the August issue of the journal Developmental Cell, scientists show that a member of the Bruno-like family of RNA binding proteins –…
“We have identified a key protein that acts together with a family of molecular switches to turn on cholesterol and fat (or lipid) production,” says principal…
These cellular cornerstones direct embryonic patterning and wound healing by sending vital location cues to their neighbors, and may help in growing tissue for…
Using genetically manipulated mice and technology that enables a snapshot of the repertoire of antigen receptors that determine what cells recognize, Medical…
The advance online publication also reports that the gene – called BRIT1 – is under-expressed in human ovarian, breast and prostate cancer cell lines.Defects…
The Canadian scientist, who once helped to establish the presence of water molecules on the sun, says the challenge of monitoring air quality and pollution in…
Researchers at the Monell Chemical Senses Center have found that taking as little as a hundred milliseconds longer to smell an odor results in more accurate…
Sodium aluminate is commonly used in waste water treatment plants to remove suspended solids, some metals and dissolved silica. In construction, sodium…
Researchers have long suspected that the human brain is particularly attracted to new information and that this might be important for learning. They are now a…
They avoid more intelligent prey such as monkeys which have exceptionally large brains and are more capable of escaping attacks.The study, carried out by Dr…
Suitable surfaces that induce the adhesion of cells are available, yet, there is no simple method to attach cells onto carriers at defined positions, such as…
There are approximately 20,000 pseudogenes in the human and other mammalian genomes. In recent years, there has been growing discussion about the nature of…