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Link Between Blood Clotting, Immune Response Uncovered
April 1, 2013 — Researchers have uncovered a surprise link between a protein that triggers the formation of blood clots and other proteins that are essential for the body's immune response. The research could lead ... > full story -
How Cells Distinguish Friend from Foe
April 1, 2013 — Researchers ave shown how the innate immune system distinguishes between dangerous pathogens and friendly microbes. Like burglars entering a house, hostile bacteria give themselves away by breaking ... > full story -
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Mosquito Genetic Complexity May Take a Bite out of Efforts to Control Malaria
April 1, 2013 — New research documents how the genetic structure of African malaria mosquitoes is evolving, which could lead to implications for controlling ... > full story -
Streams Stressed by Pharmaceutical Pollution
April 1, 2013 — Pharmaceuticals commonly found in the environment are disrupting streams, with unknown impacts on aquatic life and water quality. So reports a new paper that highlights the ecological cost of ... > full story -
Researchers Find Immunity Protein That Ramps Up Inflammation, and Agents That Can Block It
March 31, 2013 — Scientists have discovered a new biological pathway of innate immunity that ramps up inflammation and then identified agents that can block it, leading to increased survival and improved lung ... > full story -
Artificial Spleen to Treat Bloodstream Infections: Sepsis Therapeutic Device Under Development
March 30, 2013 — Scientists are developing blood-cleansing technology. The device will be used to treat bloodstream infections that are the leading cause of death in critically ill patients and soldiers injured in ... > full story -
Gene Responsible for Short Stature of Dwarf Pearl Millet Identified
March 29, 2013 — Recently, plant geneticists have successfully isolated the gene that creates dwarfed varieties of pearl millet. It is the first time a gene controlling an important agronomic trait has been isolated ... > full story -
Head-on Collisions Between DNA-Code Reading Machineries Accelerate Gene Evolution
March 29, 2013 — The bacteria Bacillus subtilis places some of their genes in prime collision paths for the moving molecular machineries that read the DNA code. This spatial-organization tactic to evolve and adapt ... > full story -
DNA: How to Unravel the Tangle
March 29, 2013 — A chromosome is rarely found in the shape we are used to seeing in biology books, that is to say the typical double rod shape (the X pattern, to put it simply). It is usually “diluted” in ... > full story -
Inorganic Materials Display Massive and Instantaneous Swelling and Shrinkage
March 29, 2013 — The first observation of massive swelling and shrinkage of inorganic layered materials like a biological cell provides insights into the production of two-dimensional ... > full story
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