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Artificial Spleen to Treat Bloodstream Infections: Sepsis Therapeutic Device Under Development
March 30, 2013 — Scientists are developing blood-cleansing technology. The device will be used to treat bloodstream infections that are the leading cause of death in critically ill patients and soldiers injured in ... > full story -
Gene Responsible for Short Stature of Dwarf Pearl Millet Identified
March 29, 2013 — Recently, plant geneticists have successfully isolated the gene that creates dwarfed varieties of pearl millet. It is the first time a gene controlling an important agronomic trait has been isolated ... > full story -
Researchers Engineer Plant Cell Walls to Boost Sugar Yields for Biofuels
March 29, 2013 — Using the tools of synthetic biology, researchers are engineering healthy plants whose lignocellulosic biomass can more easily be broken down into simple sugars for the production of clean, green and ... > full story -
Gene Discovery May Yield Lettuce That Will Sprout in Hot Weather
March 29, 2013 — Plant scientists have identified a lettuce gene and related enzyme that put the brakes on germination during hot weather -- a discovery that could lead to lettuces that can sprout year-round, even at ... > full story -
Head-on Collisions Between DNA-Code Reading Machineries Accelerate Gene Evolution
March 29, 2013 — The bacteria Bacillus subtilis places some of their genes in prime collision paths for the moving molecular machineries that read the DNA code. This spatial-organization tactic to evolve and adapt ... > full story -
Female Students Just as Successful as Males in Math and Science, Asian-Americans Outperform All
March 29, 2013 — While compared to men, women continue to be underrepresented in math and science courses and careers. Is this disparity a true reflection of male and female student ability? According to a new study, ... > full story -
DNA: How to Unravel the Tangle
March 29, 2013 — A chromosome is rarely found in the shape we are used to seeing in biology books, that is to say the typical double rod shape (the X pattern, to put it simply). It is usually “diluted” in ... > full story -
New Technologies Combat Invasive Species
March 29, 2013 — A new research paper by a team of researchers from the University of Notre Dame's Environmental Change Initiative demonstrates how two cutting-edge technologies can provide a sensitive and real-time ... > full story -
New Vaccine-Design Approach Targets Viruses Such as HIV
March 28, 2013 — Scientists have unveiled a new technique for vaccine design that could be particularly useful against HIV and other fast-changing ... > full story -
Stem Cell Fate Depends on 'Grip'
March 28, 2013 — Scientists have generated new insight on how a stem cell's environment influences what type of cell a stem cell will become. They have shown that whether human mesenchymal stem cells turn into fat or ... > full story
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