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Method Shows How Precisely Gene Expression Signals Are Copied DNA Replication
April 28, 2005 A group of University of Washington researchers has devised a method that combines DNA sampling and mathematical modeling to find out how accurately patterns of methylation, a process that can ... > full story -
Yale Researchers Identify Molecule For Detecting Parasitic Infection In Humans
April 28, 2005 Researchers at Yale, in collaboration with NIH researchers, have identified a specific protein molecule that is used by the immune system for detection of parasitic infections, leading the way for ... > full story -
Novel Therapy Tested In Mice Could Chase Away Cat Allergies
April 11, 2005 A molecule designed to block cat allergies successfully prevented allergic reactions in laboratory mice, as well as in human cells in a test tube, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) ... > full story -
Lion Returns To Zoo After Unique Medical Procedure At Hebrew University Veterinary Hospital
March 25, 2005 Samson the lion from the Hai-Kef zoo in Rishon Lezion, Israel, who had undergone a brain operation – unique in the world – at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of the Hebrew University of ... > full story -
Seeing Seeing In Action: New Uses Of Imaging Techniques Broadens World Of Study
March 23, 2005 Harvard Medical School researchers are seeing what seeing does to the brains of animals and making images that show for the first time single brain cells working together. The work, by Professor of ... > full story -
The Circadian Clock: Understanding Nature's Timepiece
March 10, 2005 A cluster of brain cells less than half the size of a pencil eraser tells you when to wake up, when to be hungry and when it's time to go to sleep. The same cells also cause you to be disoriented ... > full story -
'Man The Hunter' Theory Is Debunked In New Book
February 12, 2005 In a new book, an anthropologist at Washington University in St. Louis goes against the prevailing view and argues that primates, including early humans, evolved not as hunters but as prey of many ... > full story -
Lessons Learned By Observing Squirrels And Blue Jays
February 12, 2005 Are squirrels more active in mornings or afternoons? Do ducks swim faster on Tuesdays or Thursdays? While such questions may seem odd, they're typical of the kinds of research topics that ... > full story -
Hirsute Or Hairless? Two Proteins May Spell The Difference
February 1, 2005 In a new study, Elaine Fuchs and colleagues use a three-pronged approach—involving gene expression analysis, transgenic mice, and cell cultures—to study how epithelial buds, the ... > full story -
Russia-Wide Tiger Count Begins
November 30, 2004 A team of conservationists led by the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced the first range-wide count in nine years of Siberian (Amur) tigers, one of the world's most ... > full story
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