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Genomes of Peregrine and Saker Falcons Throw Lights on Evolution of a Predatory Lifestyle
March 25, 2013 Researchers have completed the genome sequencing and analysis of two iconic falcons, the peregrine and saker falcons. The work provides an invaluable resource for the deep understanding of the ... > full story -
Forty-Six Gene Sequencing Test for Cancer Patients in UK
March 25, 2013 A multi-gene DNA sequencing test that can help predict cancer patients' responses to treatment has been launched in the ... > full story -
Probing How Pancreatic Cancers Metastasize
March 25, 2013 Researchers have discovered that a protein found in the cells surrounding pancreatic cancers play a role in the spread of the disease to other parts of the ... > full story -
Nerve Regeneration Research and Therapy May Get Boost from New Discovery
March 25, 2013 A new mechanism for guiding the growth of nerves that involves cell-death machinery may bring advances in neurological medicine and ... > full story -
Genetic Alterations Linked With Bladder Cancer Risk, Recurrence, Progression, and Patient Survival
March 25, 2013 A new analysis has found that genetic alterations in a particular cellular pathway are linked with bladder cancer risk, recurrence, disease progression, and patient survival. The findings could help ... > full story -
Old Mice, Young Blood: Rejuvenating Blood of Mice by Reprogramming Stem Cells That Produce Blood
March 25, 2013 The blood of young and old people differs. Scientists have now rejuvenated the blood of mice by reversing, or reprogramming, the stem cells that produce ... > full story -
Nature Versus Nurture: Better Looking Birds Have Healthier Babies, Study Finds
March 24, 2013 A female great tits' (Parus major) appearance is shown to signal healthy attributes in offspring in a new paper. The black stripe across her breast and white patches on her cheeks correlate to a ... > full story -
Nuclear Life of Actin Uncovered: Protein With Key Job in Muscle Function Moonlights in Nucleus to Help Regulate Genes
March 24, 2013 Actin, a protein with a well-known job in the cytoplasm and an active role in muscle contraction, moonlights in the nucleus. It's function there was not understood, but now scientists find that it ... > full story -
Molecular Roots of Down Syndrome Unraveled
March 24, 2013 What is it about the extra chromosome inherited in Down syndrome -- chromosome 21 -- that alters brain and body development? Researchers have new evidence that points to the protein SNX27. SNX27 is ... > full story -
Peach Genome Offers Insights Into Breeding Strategies for Biofuels Crops
March 24, 2013 Rapidly growing trees like poplars and willows are candidate "biofuel crops" from which it is expected that cellulosic ethanol and higher energy content fuels can be efficiently extracted. ... > full story
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