Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Newly Identified Stem Cells May Hold Clues to Colon Cancer

This new stem cell population, reported March 30 in the journal Cell, appears to be relatively quiescent (inactive) – in contrast to the recent discovery of…

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Bees ‘Self-Medicate’ When Infected with Some Pathogens

“The colony is willing to expend the energy and effort of its worker bees to collect these resins,” says Dr. Michael Simone-Finstrom, a postdoctoral research…

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'Druggable' protein complex identified as a therapeutic target in acute myeloid leukemia

Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. – Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have identified a candidate drug target for treating acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a…

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Bavaria Invests in Solar Energy Research Innovations

With the supplementary budget of 2011, the Free State of Bavaria gets involved in the research on innovative concepts for the conversion of solar energy into…

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Crocodiles Trump T.Rex as Heavyweight Bite-Force Champions

Paul M. Gignac, Ph.D., Instructor of Research, Department of Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, and colleagues at Florida State…

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A New Breast Cancer Susceptibility Gene

Sean Tavtigian, Ph.D., a Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) investigator and associate professor in the Department of Oncological Sciences at the University of…

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A*STAR Scientists Discover Key Component in the Mother's Egg Critical for Survival of Newly Formed Embryo

Previous studies have shown that both nuclear reprogramming as well as 'imprinting' are vital for the survival and later development of the embryo. However,…

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Dengue Virus Turns On Mosquito Genes That Make Them Hungrier

Specifically, they found that dengue virus infection of the mosquito’s salivary gland triggered a response that involved genes of the insect’s immune system,…

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US Patent Granted for Super Resolution Localization Microscopy

“The granted US patent for the use of conventional fluorescent dyes is a strong unique selling point for our super resolution microscopy and a substantial…

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Genetic Regulators Identified in Avian and Swine Flu Viruses

The discovery, published this week in the Journal of Virology, could reveal new targets for broad-spectrum antivirals to combat current – and perhaps future –…

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Dolphins Form Unique Alliances in Shark Bay, Australia

Male dolphins in Shark Bay, Australia, display the most complex group behavior of all mammals after us humans. Studies in the 1990s revealed that two to three…

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Gladstone Scientists Discover Key Protein in Type 2 Diabetes

Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have discovered a key protein that regulates insulin resistance—the diminished ability of cells to respond to the action…

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Bacteria Counts Spike in Enclosed Spaces: New Insights

“We live in this microbial soup, and a big ingredient is our own microorganisms,” said Jordan Peccia, associate professor of environmental engineering at Yale…

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New Genetic Code Layer Uncovered by UC Scientists

A hidden and never before recognized layer of information in the genetic code has been uncovered by a team of scientists at the University of California, San…

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Unlocking Insights: How Fingerprints Are Shaping Identification

It has long been well established that fingerprints can be used to identify people or help convict them of crimes. Things have gone a lot further now:…

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Protein ‘jailbreak’ helps cancer cells live

f the fight against breast cancer were a criminal investigation, then the proteins survivin, HDAC6, CBP, and CRM1 would be among the shadier figures. In that…

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