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How Petals Get Their Shape: Hidden Map Located Within Plant's Growing Buds
April 30, 2013 — Why do rose petals have rounded ends while their leaves are more pointed? Scientists have revealed that the shape of petals is controlled by a hidden map located within the plant's growing ... > full story -
The Many Faces of the Bacterial Defense System
April 30, 2013 — Even bacteria have a kind of "immune system" they use to defend themselves against unwanted intruders -- in their case, viruses. Scientists were now able to show that this defense system is much more ... > full story -
Markers Related to Ovarian Cancer Survival and Recurrence Identified
April 30, 2013 — Animal sciences researchers have identified biomarkers that are used to determine ovarian cancer survival and recurrence and shown how the interactions between these biomarkers affect these ... > full story -
Membrane Remodeling: Where Yoga Meets Cell Biology
April 30, 2013 — Endocytosis lets cells absorb nutrients, import growth factors, prevent infections and accomplish many other vital tasks. This study suggests that, in contrast to earlier theories, dynamin proteins ... > full story -
Tactics of New Middle East Virus Suggest Treating by Altering Lung Cells' Response to Infection
April 30, 2013 — The deadly Human Coronavirus-Erasmus Medical Center, which first appeared April 2012 in the Middle East, is revealing its stronghold tactics. The virus dysregulates 207 lung cell genes to turn RNA ... > full story -
Protein Improves Efficacy of Tumor-Killing Enzyme
April 30, 2013 — Scientists have devised a method for delivering tumor cell-killing enzymes in a way that protects the enzyme until it can do its work inside the cell. In their study researchers assembled microscopic ... > full story -
Step Toward Medicines to Help Combat a Range of Diseases Currently Considered 'Undruggable'
April 30, 2013 — Scientists have made a further step towards the potential future development of medicines to help combat a range of diseases currently considered ... > full story -
Smoke Signals: How Burning Plants Tell Seeds to Rise from the Ashes
April 29, 2013 — In the spring following a forest fire, trees that survived the blaze explode in new growth and plants sprout in abundance from the scorched earth. For centuries, it was a mystery how seeds, some long ... > full story -
Scientists Discover How a Protein Finds Its Way
April 29, 2013 — Scientists have uncovered how an enzyme co-factor can bestow specificity on a class of proteins with otherwise nonspecific biochemical activity. Proteins can have more than one function, but they ... > full story -
Researcher Reveals New Way to Safeguard Forensic Dna Samples Against Contamination
April 29, 2013 — DNA evidence is invisible and remarkably easy to transfer, making it possible for a sample to be spilled or even planted on a piece of evidence. Scientists have now developed a solution that ... > full story
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