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Ego City: Cities Are Organized Like Human Brains

14 years ago from Science Daily

Cities are organized like brains, and the evolution of cities mirrors the evolution of human and animal brains, according to a new study.

Study ID's fetal growth restriction cause

14 years ago from UPI

MONTREAL, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Canadian scientists say they've discovered a specific protein plays a critical role in regulating intrauterine growth and lung maturation.

Color-blindness Cured by Gene Injection in Monkeys

14 years ago from National Geographic

A single injection of specialized genes has cured color-blindness in monkeys, a new study says. The same procedure would have cured color-blind humans, one scientist believes.

With a flash of light, a neurone's function is revealed

14 years ago from

There's a new way to explore biology's secrets. With a flash of light, scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California, Berkeley...

Landmark study sheds new light on human chromosomal birth defects

14 years ago from

Using yeast genetics and a novel scheme to selectively remove a single protein from the cell division process called meiosis, a cell biologist at The Florida State University found that...

Yale team finds mechanism that constructs key brain structure

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Yale University researchers have found a molecular mechanism that allows the proper mixing of neurones during the formation of columns essential for the operation of the cerebral cortex, they report...

Yes-associated protein: Early diagnosis of gastric carcinoma

14 years ago from Physorg

Yes-associated protein (YAP) is a type of cellular adaptor protein and transcriptional co-activator. In recent years, some investigators have found YAP to be overexpressed and highly activated in hepatic cancers...

Researchers To Probe Whether Lyme Disease Will Follow Spread Of Ticks Across U.S.

14 years ago from Science Daily

Potentially debilitating Lyme disease doesn't afflict people everywhere that the ticks harboring it are found. At least not yet. A five-university consortium wants to find out why. "These ticks are...

Live Birth -- Key To Much Marine Life -- Depends Upon Evolution Of Chromosomal Sex Determination

14 years ago from Science Daily

A new analysis of extinct sea creatures suggests that the transition from egg-laying to live-born young opened up evolutionary pathways that allowed these ancient species to adapt to and thrive...

HBV genotype B/B3 and C/C1 are the major genotypes in Indonesia?

14 years ago from Physorg

Previous studies revealed that HBV genotypes as well as mutations in the core promoter, precore or HBx gene have been shown to have an association with the clinical outcome of...

Gene variation that lets people get by on fewer zees transferred to create insomniac mice

14 years ago from Science Blog

(SALT LAKE CITY) -- A University of Utah sleep expert has joined with researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and Stanford University to identify a genetic variation...

Process Outgrowth in Oligodendrocyte Precursor Cells: Role of the Growth Cone?

14 years ago from Science Blog

Axon or “process” outgrowth is a phenomenon well studied in neuronal cells, and is a process that requires in the most part a specialized structure at the tip of growing...

Antplant Ants Are Never Satisfied

14 years ago from Science NOW

Tree-dwelling ants expand their territory beyond hospitable trees [Read more]

Ottawa sends body bags to Manitoba reserves

14 years ago from CBC: Health

Aboriginal leaders in Manitoba are horrified that some of the reserves hardest hit by swine flu in the spring have received dozens of body bags from Health Canada.

New Antituberculosis Compounds Discovered

14 years ago from Science Daily

Attempts to eradicate tuberculosis are stymied by the fact that the disease-causing bacteria have a sophisticated mechanism for surviving dormant in infected cells. Now, scientists have identified compounds that inhibit...

Photoswitches shed light on spontaneous free swimming in zebrafish

14 years ago from Science Blog

A new way to select and switch on one cell type in an organism using light has helped answer a long-standing question about the function of one class of enigmatic...

Why is Stanley Fish Against Curiosity?

14 years ago from

Readers of this blog may begin to think that I have a personal antipathy for New York Times editorialist Stanley Fish. I don’t, really. Don’t even know the guy. And...

New evidence that green tea may help improve bone health

14 years ago from Physorg

Researchers in Hong Kong are reporting new evidence that green tea - one of the most popular beverages consumed worldwide and now available as a dietary supplement -...

Feature: Ten tips for living (healthily) longer

14 years ago from Science Alert

It’s not just about living till you’re 120 anymore, these diet and lifestyle tips will keep you alert, energetic and healthy for longer.

Genes, not environment determined sex of sea reptiles in past

14 years ago from CBC: Technology & Science

Ancient sea reptiles gave birth to live offspring, rather than lay eggs like their modern counterparts, and their genes, not their environment, determined the offspring's sex, researchers in the U.S....

Rare African Golden Cat Captured on Camera

14 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Yale anthropologist has captured photographic images of a rare, cougar-like cat ranging at night in an endangered Ugandan forest.

Study of isolated snakes could help shed light on venom composition

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While studying a way to more safely and effectively collect snake venom, University of Florida researchers have noticed the venom delivered by an isolated population of Florida cottonmouth snakes may...

Pesky fruit flies learn from experienced females

14 years ago from

A common household nuisance, the fruit fly, is capable of intricate social learning much like that used by humans, according to new research from McMaster University...

Elusive golden cat caught on film

14 years ago from BBC News: Science & Nature

Extremely rare photographs are taken of one of Africa's most elusive cats, with a surprise conclusion.

Reactive oxygen's role in metastasis

14 years ago from

Researchers at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have discovered that reactive oxygen species, such as superoxide and hydrogen peroxide, play a key role in forming invadopodia, cellular protrusions...

Last Letter of Mary Queen of Scots Goes on Display

14 years ago from Live Science

Last letter of Mary Queen of Scots goes on display.

Cutting and pasting with the human genome

14 years ago from Chemistry World

A DNA cutting tool that can manipulate human genomic DNA could find use in gene therapy, say Japanese scientists

Nanotech coming to Australia

14 years ago from Science Alert

Australia is getting a device that can etch a novel on a pin-head – and work on a new technologies in half a dozen disciplines.