Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Macavity wasn't there! How absent reoviruses kill cancer

New research published by BioMed Central's open access journal Molecular Cancer shows that reovirus infected cancer cells secrete proteins which, even when…

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Antibiotic Pollution: Swedish Study Links Rivers to Resistance

Swedish scientists now show that bacteria in polluted rivers become resistant to a range of antibiotics. International experts fear that this may contribute to…

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New Insights on Circadian Clocks: Day-Night Interactions

The mammalian circadian clock is thought to arise from the interactions of around 20 transcription factors with specific DNA sequences associated with morning,…

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Emus emulate chick developmental stages

Birds are useful models in developmental biology, given their large, external eggs and an array of classic embryology techniques, but the study of avian…

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A Genetic Mutation Allows Hudson River Fish to Adapt to PCBs

In a study published in the February 18, 2011, online issue of Science, they report that a population of Hudson River fish apparently evolved rapidly in…

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Islet Cell Transplantation: New Insights from Recent Research

Both studies are in the current issue of Cell Transplantation, freely available on-line at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cog/ct/.New perspectives on…

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Illuminating Trypanosome Reproduction for Disease Control

The research could eventually lead to new approaches for controlling sleeping sickness in humans and wasting diseases in livestock which are caused by…

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Unveiling Small Molecule Structures with Residual Dipolar Couplings

The team of Professor Burkhard Luy from KIT and Junior Professor Stefan F. Kirsch from the TUM has now shown for the first time that certain NMR parameters,…

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Taxol: A New Hope for Nerve Growth in Spinal Cord Injuries

Once severed by injury, axons in the spinal cord or optic nerve cannot regenerate and remain disconnected from their original target areas. As a result,…

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DNA Repair Method Tied to Increased Genetic Mutations

Accurate transmission of genetic information requires the precise replication of DNA. Errors in DNA replication are common and nature has developed several…

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Biofuels Innovation: The Quest for Sustainable Pump Solutions

This is not a race among fruits and vegetables, but instead a real-life contest to decide which biofuel raw materials and technologies make it to the gas pump.That quest to develop a sustainable supply of affordable biofuels and bring them to the market is the topic of the cover story in the current edition of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), ACS's weekly newsmagazine. …

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New Research Challenges Living Missing Link Theories in Evolution

“Blood from all tissues of the body travels to the lungs for oxygenation, increasing the likelihood that circulating metastatic cells will interact with the…

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New Blood Proteins Signal Early Ectopic Pregnancy Risks

David Speicher and colleagues explain that ectopic pregnancy happens when an embryo does not attach normally inside the mother's uterus, but instead attaches…

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Sentries in the Garden Shed

The stuff of science fiction you say? Not so, says a Colorado State University biologist whose research is funded in part by Homeland Security's Science and…

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Using GPS to Map Bat Teeth, Explore Diet Adaptations

Using a method based on geographic positioning systems that allowed them to characterize the topography of the bats’ molars in a way similar to how geographers…

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New Malaria Vaccine Depends On … Mosquito Bites?

The PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI), established in 1999 through a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, announced today a collaboration with…

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