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Caffeine-'Addicted' Bacteria: Finding May Lead to New Decontamination Methods, New Medicines
March 27, 2013 — Some people may joke about living on caffeine, but scientists now have genetically engineered E. coli bacteria to do that -- literally. Their report describes bacteria being "addicted" to caffeine in ... > full story -
'Fountain of Youth' Telomerase: Scientists Successfully Map Enzyme That Has Rejuvenating Effect on Cells
March 27, 2013 — Scientists have for the first time mapped telomerase, an enzyme which has a kind of rejuvenating effect on normal cell aging. The findings are a step forward in the fight against ... > full story -
New Insights Into How Genes Turn on and Off
March 27, 2013 — Researchers have shed new light on methylation, a critical process that helps control how genes are expressed. Working with placentas, the team discovered that 37 percent of the placental genome has ... > full story -
Scientists Discover Driving Force Behind Prostate Cancer
March 27, 2013 — Scientists have discovered the driving force behind the development of prostate cancer. Their research reveals the existence of a cancer inducing DNA re-alignment in stem cells taken from human ... > full story -
Neurodegenerative Diseases: Transmission Routes of Spreading Protein Particles
March 27, 2013 — A new study on cell cultures gives insights into the mechanisms of neurodegenerative ... > full story -
New DNA Test Identifies Ingredients in Foods
March 27, 2013 — Almost all foodstuffs contain the genetic material of those animal and plant species that were used in their preparation. Scientists have developed a novel screening procedure that provides for ... > full story -
Researchers Attach Lyme Disease Antibodies to Nanotubes, Paving Way for Diagnostic Device
March 26, 2013 — Existing Lyme disease tests assess the presence of antibodies, which take weeks to form after the initial infection and persist after the infection is gone. Now, a nanotechnology-inspired technique ... > full story -
Potential Chagas Vaccine Candidate Shows Unprecedented Efficacy
March 26, 2013 — Scientists are getting closer to a Chagas disease vaccine, something many believed impossible only 10 years ago. New research has resulted in a safe vaccine candidate that is simple to produce and ... > full story -
Researchers Discover How Model Organism Tetrahymena Plays Roulette With Seven Sexes
March 26, 2013 — It's been more than fifty years since scientists discovered that the single-celled organism Tetrahymena thermophila has seven sexes. But in all that time, they've never known how each cell's sex, or ... > full story -
Details of Gene Pathways Suggest Fine-Tuning Drugs for Child Brain Tumors
March 26, 2013 — Pediatric researchers, investigating the biology of brain tumors in children, are finding that crucial differences in how the same gene is mutated may call for different ... > full story
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