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Secrets Revealed About How Disease-causing DNA Mutations Occur
Scientists have shed light on the processes that lead to certain human DNA mutations that are implicated in hundreds of inherited diseases. The results one day could influence the way...
Potential Alzheimer's drug target found
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., July 2 (UPI) -- A U.S.-led international team of scientists said it has found laboratory evidence that a cluster of peptides might be the toxic...
Gene clues to schizophrenia risk
A team of scientists identifies thousands of tiny genetic variations which raise the risk of schizophrenia.
Inbred bumblebees less successful
Declining bumblebee populations are at greater risk of inbreeding, which can trigger a downward spiral of further decline. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology have provided...
Re-Write The Textbooks: Key Genetic Phenomenon Shown To Be Different Than Believed
Because females carry two copies of the X chromosome to males’ one X and one Y, they harbor a potentially toxic double dose of the over 1000 genes that reside...
New Connection Between Cancer Cells, Stem Cells
A molecule called telomerase, best known for enabling unlimited cell division of stem cells and cancer cells, has a surprising additional role in the expression of genes in an important...
Salamanders, Regenerative Wonders, Heal Like Mammals, People
The salamander is a superhero of regeneration, able to replace lost limbs, damaged lungs, sliced spinal cord -- even bits of lopped-off brain. Based on experiments on genetically modified axolotl...
Clocking salt levels in the blood: A link between the circadian rhythm and salt balance
New research, conducted by Charles Wingo and his colleagues, at the University of Florida, Gainsville, suggests a link between the circadian rhythm and control of sodium (salt) levels in mice...
Microbial analysis, micropatterning methods featured in Cold Spring Harbor Protocols
Microbial populations have traditionally been studied in carefully controlled, laboratory-grown cultures. New metagenomic approaches are being developed to study these organisms in environmental or medical samples. The July issue of...
Ants Form Global Mega-Colony
The invasive creatures form a mega-colony that spans Europe, the United States and Japan.
Africa takes the lead in health research partnerships
A new US$49 million initiative aims to strengthen health research capacity across Africa — and will put African researchers in charge.
DNA Sudoku
A 2,000-year-old math theorem, along with Sudoku, may soon help researchers untangle DNA at blazing speeds. [More]
How to fix a broken heart?
Clues about how human hearts form hint at routes to cell-based therapies.
Italians sue over stem cells
Government's exclusion of human embryonic cells from funding call sparks anger.
Don't cry politicization
To call biomedical research proposals political distorts the issue, says David Goldston.
Michael Young receives Gruber Foundation’s 2009 Neuroscience Prize
Michael W. Young, Richard and Jeanne Fisher Professor and head of the Laboratory of Genetics at Rockefeller University, has received the 2009 Neuroscience Prize of the Peter and Patricia Gruber...
Late Blight - the Irish Potato Famine Fungus - Is Attacking Northeast Gardens and Farms Now
Home gardeners beware: This year, late blight -- a destructive infectious disease that caused the Irish potato famine in the 1840s -- is killing tomato and potato plants in gardens...
Red pandas welcome triplet babies at N.D. zoo
Red pandas Shan Tou and Yukiko are the proud parents of triplets born at the Red River Zoo in Fargo, N.D. These cubs are a big deal; only five red...
'A predator on par with a shark'
RICHMOND, Va., July 1 (UPI) -- The blue catfish, introduced 30 years ago as a game fish in the James River, has risen to the top of the...
Human cardiac master stem cells identified
(PhysOrg.com) -- Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have identified the earliest master human heart stem cell from human embryonic stem cells - ISL1+ progenitors - that...
Cancer also a threat to wildlife
NEW YORK, July 1 (UPI) -- The World Conservation Society in New York says while cancer touches the lives of many humans, it is also a major threat...
Portuguese scientists working on chromosome segregation
Lars Jansen's work on the formation of the centromere, a key cellular structure in powering and controlling chromosome segregation and accurate cell division, has just earned him a paper in...
Chemical security efforts spread
Industry cautions over EU and US efforts to prevent chemical facilities being targeted by terrorist
Chimpanzees learn from video demo
Copycat chimps build their own tools after watching a video demonstration, say scientists.
New Clue Into How Brain Stem Cells Develop Into Cells Which Repair Damaged Tissue
Scientists have discovered a new mechanism in brain stem cells that controls how and when they develop into cells which repair damage in neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis. They...
The Wild Side: 'Operator? Can You Put Me Through to Ant Nest 251?'
How do ants communicate, and can it involve telephones?
Shared keyboards more germy
A recent study found that keyboards with multiple users were more likely to hold disease-causing bacteria such as golden staph.
Rare panda newest resident at Edmonton zoo
The newest resident of the Edmonton Valley Zoo, a rare Styan red panda cub, was officially welcomed on Tuesday.