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Malaria in Pregnant Women: Step Towards a New Vaccine
By managing to express the
protein that enables red
blood cells infected with
the malaria agent Plasmodium
falciparum to bind to the
placenta and by deciphering
... > full story
Scientists Solve Puzzle of Chickens That Are Half Male and Half Female
A puzzle that has baffled
scientists for centuries --
why some birds appear to be
male on one side of the body
and female on the other --
... > full story
Scientists Make Important Discovery in Gene Regulation
Scientists have a greater
understanding of how our
genes are controlled
following a major research
project. The findings of the
study, which looked at how
... > full story
Potential for Using Algae to Produce Human Therapeutic Proteins Shown
Pharmaceutical companies
could substantially reduce
the expense of costly
treatments for cancer and
other diseases produced from
... > full story
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Movement Disorder Symptoms Are Lessened by an Antibiotic: Treating Worms With Ampicillin Helps Restore Normal Movement
March 11, 2010 — Discovery of an antibiotic's capacity to improve cell function in laboratory tests is providing movement disorder researchers with leads to more desirable molecules with potentially similar traits, ... > full story -
Mystery of Symmetry in Vertebrates Revealed
March 11, 2010 — Some of our organs, such as the liver and the heart, are lateralized. As our bodies develop they mostly display bilateral symmetry across the vertebral column. A new molecular pathway, which plays a ... > full story -
Discovery of Cellular 'Switch' May Provide New Means of Triggering Cell Death, Treating Disease
March 11, 2010 — Scientists have discovered a previously unknown cellular "switch" that may provide researchers with a new means of triggering programmed cell death, findings with implications for treating ... > full story -
Barrier in Mosquito Midgut Protects Invading Pathogens
March 11, 2010 — Scientists studying the Anopheles gambiae mosquito have found that the act of feeding triggers two enzymes to form a protective barrier that prevents the mosquito's immune defense system from ... > full story -
Quantum Dots Spotlight DNA-Repair Proteins in Motion
March 11, 2010 — Repair proteins appear to efficiently scan the genome for errors by jumping like fleas between DNA molecules, sliding along the strands, and perhaps pausing at suspicious spots, say researchers who ... > full story -
Study Provides Better Understanding of How Mosquitoes Find a Host
March 10, 2010 — The potentially deadly yellow-fever-transmitting Aedes aegypti mosquito detects the specific chemical structure of a compound called octenol as one way to find a mammalian host for a blood ... > full story -
Sonic Hedgehog Gene Found in an Unexpected Place During Limb Development
March 10, 2010 — Sonic hedgehog is at work in mice limb buds in what is known as the ectoderm, the cell layer that gives rise to skin, researchers discovered. Finding Sonic hedgehog here is akin to discovering that ... > full story -
Breakthrough in Genetic Studies of Animal Domestication
March 10, 2010 — The domestication of animals and plants is the most important technological innovation during human history. This genetic transformation of wild species has occurred as humans have used individuals ... > full story -
Infectious Virus Hidden in Chromosomes Can Be Passed from Parents to Children
March 9, 2010 — In some individuals the common herpes virus HHV-6 can integrate into structures at the end of chromosomes and be reactivated to an infectious ... > full story -
Mathematical Model May Offer Better Understanding of Embryonic Development
March 9, 2010 — A mathematical model can predict complex signaling patterns that could help scientists determine how stem cells in an embryo later become specific tissues, knowledge that could be used to understand ... > full story
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