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New Approach for Stopping Herpes Infections
March 25, 2013 Researchers have discovered a novel strategy for preventing infections due to the highly common herpes simplex viruses, the microbes responsible for causing genital herpes (herpes simplex virus 2) ... > full story -
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Peculiar Parasitoid Wasp Found on Rare Sawfly Developing in Ferns
March 25, 2013 An Austrian amateur entomologist discovered a peculiar parasitoid wasp living on a rare sawfly, living inside ferns. It is the first time ever that the parasitoid is reared. The female parasitoid has ... > full story -
Genomes of Peregrine and Saker Falcons Throw Lights on Evolution of a Predatory Lifestyle
March 25, 2013 Researchers have completed the genome sequencing and analysis of two iconic falcons, the peregrine and saker falcons. The work provides an invaluable resource for the deep understanding of the ... > full story -
A Marine Animal to Feed Your Eco-Car
March 25, 2013 The marine animal tunicate can be used both as biofuel and fish food, according to new research. On the ocean floor, under the pier, and on ship ropes – that’s where the tunicates live. ... > full story -
Nerve Regeneration Research and Therapy May Get Boost from New Discovery
March 25, 2013 A new mechanism for guiding the growth of nerves that involves cell-death machinery may bring advances in neurological medicine and ... > full story -
Sequencing Tracks Animal-to-Human Transmission of Bacterial Pathogens
March 25, 2013 Researchers have used whole genome sequencing to reveal if drug-resistant bacteria are transmitted from animals to humans in two disease outbreaks that occurred on different farms in Denmark. The ... > full story -
Old Mice, Young Blood: Rejuvenating Blood of Mice by Reprogramming Stem Cells That Produce Blood
March 25, 2013 The blood of young and old people differs. Scientists have now rejuvenated the blood of mice by reversing, or reprogramming, the stem cells that produce ... > full story -
Nature Versus Nurture: Better Looking Birds Have Healthier Babies, Study Finds
March 24, 2013 A female great tits' (Parus major) appearance is shown to signal healthy attributes in offspring in a new paper. The black stripe across her breast and white patches on her cheeks correlate to a ... > full story -
Peach Genome Offers Insights Into Breeding Strategies for Biofuels Crops
March 24, 2013 Rapidly growing trees like poplars and willows are candidate "biofuel crops" from which it is expected that cellulosic ethanol and higher energy content fuels can be efficiently extracted. ... > full story -
Genetic Sequence That Helps to Coordinate Synthesis of DNA-Packaging Proteins Identified
March 24, 2013 Research conducted in fruit flies has pinpointed a specific DNA sequence that both triggers the formation of the "histone locus body" and turns on all the histone genes in the entire ... > full story
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