Photonic crystal biosensors detect protein-DNA interactions September 23, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Scientists at the University of Illinois have developed a new class of disposable, microplate-based optical biosensors capable of detecting protein-DNA interactions. Based on the properties of photonic crystals, the biosensors ... | |
 Don't stress! Bacterial crisis command center revealed October 02, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A bacteria cell's 'crisis command centre' has been observed for the first time swinging into action to protect the cell from external stress and danger, according to new research out today (3 October) in Science. | |
 Breakthrough in genetic map of wheat: scientists October 02, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Researchers on Thursday reported inroads in an ambitious project to map the genetic sequence of wheat, which ultimately could lead to the creation of more fertile and disease-resistant wheat strains. | |
 First glimpse of a key DNA repair protein at work October 03, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Repairing breaks in the two strands of the DNA double helix is critical for avoiding cancer. In humans and other organisms, a molecular machine called the MRN complex is responsible for finding and signaling ... | |
 Landmark study unlocks stem cell, DNA secrets to speed therapies October 10, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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In a groundbreaking study led by an eminent molecular biologist at Florida State University, researchers have discovered that as embryonic stem cells turn into different cell types, there are dramatic corresponding ... | |
 Benchmark cyanobacterium sequenced could be cheap renewable energy source September 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers headed by biologists at Washington University in St. Louis has sequenced the genome of a unique bacterium that manages two disparate operations — photosynthesis and nitrogen ... | |
 Using novel tool, researchers dig through cell 'trash' and find treasure September 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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A person's trash can reveal valuable information, as detectives, historians and identity thieves well know. Likewise, a cell's "trash" may yield certain treasures, University of Delaware researchers have found. | |
 Biophysicists create new model for protein-cholesterol interactions in brain and muscle tissue September 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Biophysicists at the University of Pennsylvania have used 3,200 computer processors and long-established data on cholesterol's role in the function of proteins to clarify the mysterious interaction between ... | |
Muscle stem cell identity confirmed by Stanford researchers September 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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A single cell can repopulate damaged skeletal muscle in mice, say scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine, who devised a way to track the cell's fate in living animals. The research is the first to confirm ... | |
 Cross kingdom conflicts on a beetle's back October 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Researchers from Harvard Medical School and the University of Madison-Wisconsin have discovered how beetles and bacteria form a symbiotic and mutualistic relationship—one that ultimately results in the destruction ... | |
Existing anti-obesity drugs may be effective against flu, hepatitis and HIV September 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Viruses dramatically increase cellular metabolism, and existing anti-obesity drugs may represent a new way to block these metabolic changes and inhibit viral infection, according to a study published today in the journal ... | |
 Pores open the door to death September 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Our body is almost constantly being threatened by pathogens and cancerous cells that appear out of the blue. But the body puts up a fight: specialized cells in the immune system smuggle small ... | |
 At 2.8 km down, a 1-of-a-kind microorganism lives all alone October 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 51 vote(s)
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The first ecosystem ever found having only a single biological species has been discovered 2.8 kilometers (1.74 miles) beneath the surface of the earth in the Mponeng gold mine near Johannesburg, South Africa. ... | |
RNA interference plays bigger role than previously thought September 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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In a paper published today online in the journal Nature, IBM and the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) reported findings from a joint research study that provides new information on how stem cell differentiation ... | |
Remembrance of tussles past: paper wasps show surprisingly strong memory for previous encounters September 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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With brains less than a millionth the size of humans', paper wasps hardly seem like mental giants. But new research at the University of Michigan shows that these insects can remember individuals for at least a week, even ... | |
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