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A Path to Lower-Risk Painkillers: Newly-Discovered Drug Target Paves Way for Alternatives to Morphine
June 10, 2013 — New findings provide vital step towards exploring pain medications that may lower risks of prescription drug abuse and side effects of ... > full story -
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Biotech Crops Vs. Pests: Successes and Failures from the First Billion Acres
June 10, 2013 — A landmark study analyzes why pest resistance to genetically modified crops evolved quickly in some cases, but not others. The global assessment could help to gauge the risk of resistance for new ... > full story -
To Germinate, or Not to Germinate, That Is the Question…
June 10, 2013 — Scientists have uncovered new insights into the way seeds use gene networks to control when they germinate in response to environmental ... > full story -
How Does Inbreeding Avoidance Evolve in Plants?
June 10, 2013 — Inbreeding is generally deleterious, even in flowering plants. Since inbreeding raises the risk that bad copies of a gene will be expressed, inbred progeny suffer from reduced viability. A case study ... > full story -
Brain Circuits Link Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior and Obesity
June 10, 2013 — A new study suggests that the brain circuits that control obsessive-compulsive behavior are intertwined with circuits that control food intake and body ... > full story -
Hairpin Turn: Micro-RNA Plays Role in Wood Formation
June 10, 2013 — Scientists have found the first example of how micro-RNA regulates wood formation inside plant cells and mapped out key relationships that control the ... > full story -
Epigenetic Factor Likely Plays a Key Role in Fueling Most Common Childhood Cancer
June 10, 2013 — Changes in an epigenetic mechanism that turns expression of genes on and off may be as important as genetic alterations in causing pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia, according to a new ... > full story -
Whitebark Pine Trees: Is Their Future at Risk?
June 10, 2013 — There's trouble ahead for the whitebark pine, a mountain tree that's integral to wildlife and water resources in the western United States and Canada. Over the last decade, some populations of ... > full story -
Master Regulator in Cancer Metastasis Discovered
June 10, 2013 — In the process of metastasis, the movement of cancer cells to different parts of the body, a specific master regulator gene plays a central role: a transcription factor named Sox4 activates a ... > full story -
Flowering at the Right Age: Alpine Rock Cress Uses a Ribonucleic Acid to Measure Its Age and Tell When It's the Right Time to Flower
June 10, 2013 — Perennial plants flower only when they have reached a certain age and been subjected to the cold. These two circumstances prevent the plant from starting to flower during winter. Botanists have now ... > full story
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