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Restoring Gene for Cancer Protein P53 Slows Spread of Advanced Tumors, Biologists Find
November 24, 2010 — In a new study, cancer biologists show that restoring the protein p53's function in mice with lung cancer has no effect early in tumor development, but restoring the function later on could prevent ... > full story -
How People Perceive Sour Flavors: Proton Current Drives Action Potentials in Taste Cells
November 24, 2010 — Tart cranberry sauce is part of Thanksgiving, and a new study reveals a surprising mechanism for how we perceive sourness: a proton current in taste ... > full story -
Researchers Train Bacteria to Convert Bio-Wastes Into Plastic
November 19, 2010 — Researchers have 'trained' bacteria to convert all the main sugars in vegetable, fruit and garden waste efficiently into high-quality environmentally friendly products such as ... > full story -
FDA Review on Transgenic Salmon Too Narrow, Experts Say
November 18, 2010 — The review process being used by the Food and Drug Administration to assess the safety of a faster-growing transgenic salmon fails to weigh the full effects of the fish's widespread production, ... > full story -
How Anthrax Bacteria Impair Immune Response
November 17, 2010 — Researchers have determined a key mechanism by which Bacillus anthracis bacteria initiate anthrax infection despite being greatly outnumbered by immune system scavenger cells. The finding, made by ... > full story -
Pre-Injury Exercise May Mitigate the Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury in Mice
November 16, 2010 — Being physically fit before a traumatic brain injury (TBI) might improve recovery, preliminary findings suggest. After TBI, mice bred for running behavior exhibited smaller brain lesions and engaged ... > full story -
Appearance Not Always Enough to Identify Species
November 16, 2010 — Linnaean taxonomy is still a cornerstone of biology, but modern DNA techniques have erased many of the established boundaries between species. This has made identifying species difficult in practice, ... > full story -
Natural Selection on Not-So-Natural Plants
November 10, 2010 — New research shows that while a genetically modified squash plant may be resistant to common virus transmitted by aphids, it's no match for bacteria transmitted by ... > full story -
Robust Methods for GMO Detection Ready at Hand
November 10, 2010 — A new Reference Report lists 79 reference methods for GMO analysis which have been validated according to international standards. This Compendium presents the technical state of the art in GMO ... > full story -
Spontaneous GMOs in Nature: Researchers Show How a Genetically Modified Plant Can Come About
November 4, 2010 — Genetically modified plants can come about by natural means. A research group in Sweden has now described the details of such an event among higher plants. It is likely that the gene transfer was ... > full story
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