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Discovery of Extremely Long-Lived Proteins May Provide Insight Into Cell Aging and Neurodegenerative Diseases
One of the big mysteries in
biology is why cells age.
Now scientists report that
they have discovered a
weakness in a component of
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A Battle of the Vampires, 20 Million Years Ago?
They are tiny, ugly,
disease-carrying little
blood-suckers that most
people have never seen or
heard of, but a new
discovery in a one-of-a-kind
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New Procedure Repairs Severed Nerves in Minutes, Restoring Limb Use in Days or Weeks
Scientists believe a new
procedure to repair severed
nerves could result in
patients recovering in days
or weeks, rather than months
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Collective Action: Occupied Genetic Switches Hold Clues to Cells' History
If you wanted to draw your
family tree, you could start
by searching for people who
share your surname. Cells,
of course, don’t have
... > full story
- Discovery of Extremely Long-Lived Proteins May Provide Insight Into Cell Aging and Neurodegenerative Diseases
- A Battle of the Vampires, 20 Million Years Ago?
- New Procedure Repairs Severed Nerves in Minutes, Restoring Limb Use in Days or Weeks
- Collective Action: Occupied Genetic Switches Hold Clues to Cells' History
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Scientists Coax Shy Microorganisms to Stand out in a Crowd
February 2, 2012 — Scientists have advanced a method that allowed them to single out a marine microorganism and map its genome even though the organism made up less than 10 percent of a water sample teeming with many ... > full story -
Food Poisoning: Understanding How Bacteria Come Back from the 'Dead'
February 2, 2012 — Salmonella remains a serious cause of food poisoning, in part due to its ability to thrive and quickly adapt to the different environments in which it can grow. New research has taken a detailed look ... > full story -
'Yellow Biotechnology': Using Plants to Silence Insect Genes in a High-Throughput Manner
February 2, 2012 — 'Yellow biotechnology' refers to biotechnology with insects -- analogous to the green (plants) and red (animals) biotechnology. Active ingredients or genes in insects are characterized and used for ... > full story -
Probable Mechanism Underlying Resveratrol Activity Uncovered: Chemical Found in Red Wine and Other Foods
February 2, 2012 — Researchers have identified how resveratrol, a naturally occurring chemical found in red wine and other plant products, may confer its health benefits. The authors present evidence that resveratrol ... > full story -
Castaway Lizards Provide Insight Into Elusive Evolutionary Process, Founder Effects
February 2, 2012 — A biologist who released lizards on tiny uninhabited islands in the Bahamas has shed light on the interaction between evolutionary processes that are seldom observed. He found that the lizards' ... > full story -
Rearranging the Cell's Skeleton: Small Molecules at the Cell’s Membrane Enable Cell Movement
February 2, 2012 — Cell biologists have identified key steps in how certain molecules alter a cell’s skeletal shape and drive the cell’s ... > full story -
Prolific Plant Hunters Provide Insight in Strategy for Collecting Undiscovered Plant Species
February 1, 2012 — Today's alarmingly high rate of plant extinction necessitates an increased understanding of the world's biodiversity. An estimated 15 to 30 percent of the world's flowering plants have yet to be ... > full story -
Bacterial Plasmids -- The Freeloading and the Heavy-Lifters -- Balance the High Price of Disease
February 1, 2012 — Studying self-replicating genetic units, called plasmids, found in one of the world's widest-ranging pathogenic soil bacteria -- the crown-gall-disease-causing microorganism Agrobacterium tumefaciens ... > full story -
Chaos in the Cell's Command Center
February 1, 2012 — Researchers have determined the critical role one enzyme, lysine-specific demethylase 1 (LSD1), plays as mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) differentiate. This research may provide targets for ... > full story -
Road Runoff Spurring Spotted Salamander Evolution
February 1, 2012 — Spotted salamanders exposed to contaminated roadside ponds are adapting to their toxic environments, according to new research. The study provides the first documented evidence that a vertebrate has ... > full story
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