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What Can Twins Tell Us About Mate Choice?
April 26, 2011 — What factors influence our choice of a mate? Is it our genes? Does a man look for someone like his mother and a woman someone her father? None of the above, according to a study of Australian ... > full story -
Marine Organisms With Eternal Life Can Solve the Riddle of Aging
April 19, 2011 — Animals that reproduce asexually by somatic cloning have special mechanisms that delay aging provide exceptionally good health. Scientists in Sweden have shown how colony-forming ascidians (or sea ... > full story -
Vanilla: Preserving a World Favorite Flavor
April 15, 2011 — Vanilla is one of the world's best-loved flavors, and demand for it is increasing all the time. But now its future in the global food industry could be more secure, thanks to new research in ... > full story -
Tiny Antibody Fragments Raised in Camels Find Drug Targets in Human Breast Cancer Cells
April 11, 2011 — A new discovery promises to help physicians identify patients most likely to benefit from breast cancer drug therapies. If the compound, called "Nanobody," proves effective in clinical trials, it ... > full story -
Genes an Important Factor in Urinary Incontinence
April 4, 2011 — Much of the risk of developing incontinence before middle age is determined by our genes. Genetic factors can explain half of people's susceptibility to urinary incontinence, a study of twins ... > full story -
No Two of Us Are Alike -- Even Identical Twins: Pinpointing Genetic Determinants of Schizophrenia
March 28, 2011 — Just like snowflakes, no two people are alike, even if they're identical twins according to new genetic research. Scientists have been working to determine the genetic sequencing of schizophrenia ... > full story -
An Ancestral Link Between Genetic and Environmental Sex Determination
March 24, 2011 — Researchers have found a highly significant connection between the molecular mechanisms underlying genetic and environmental sex determination. The scientists report the identification of a gene ... > full story -
Odd Corn Plant Provides Insight Into How Corn Makes Hormones
March 7, 2011 — It's a corn plant only a geneticist could love. Its ears -- if it makes them at all -- resemble small, chubby, lime-green caterpillars, not exactly something you want to dig your teeth into. To top ... > full story -
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Scientists Generate Pluripotent Stem Cells from Horses
February 28, 2011 — Pluripotent stem cells have now been generated from horses. The findings will help enable new stem-cell based regenerative therapies in veterinary medicine, and because horses' muscle and tendon ... > full story -
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New Pathogen Connected to Severe Early Childhood Caries Identified
February 28, 2011 — Researchers have made a significant discovery about the nature of childhood dental disease. They have identified a new pathogen connected to severe early childhood caries (cavities). This bacterium, ... > full story
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