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When a Gene Is Worth Two: Same Gene Fulfills Different Biological Roles in Plants
March 22, 2013 — The notion that each gene can only codify for a single protein has been challenged for some years. Yet, the functional outcomes that may result from genes encoding more than one protein are still ... > full story -
Foods Can Help Fight Inflammation
March 22, 2013 — Chronic inflammation can lead to chronic diseases, but it can be reduced naturally through the proper ... > full story -
Certain Bacteria Suppress Production of Toxic Shock Toxin: Probiotic Potential Looms
March 22, 2013 — Certain Streptococci increase their production of toxic shock syndrome toxin 1, sometimes to potentially dangerous levels, when aerobic bacteria are present in the vagina. But scientists have ... > full story -
Atherosclerosis: Specific microRNAs Promote Inflammation
March 22, 2013 — Atherosclerosis, an inflammatory reaction, is at the root of the most common forms of cardiovascular disease. Researchers have now identified a microRNA that plays a prominent role in the process, ... > full story -
Did Evolution Give Us Inflammatory Disease?
March 22, 2013 — Researchers demonstrate that some variants in our genes which could put a person at risk for inflammatory diseases -- such as multiple sclerosis, Crohn's disease or rheumatoid arthritis -- have been ... > full story -
Quirky Lyme Disease Bacteria: Unlike Most Organisms, They Don't Need Iron, but Crave Manganese
March 21, 2013 — Scientists have confirmed that the pathogen that causes Lyme disease -- unlike any other known organism -- can exist without iron, a metal that all other life needs to make proteins and enzymes. ... > full story -
Researchers Alter Mosquito Genome With Goal of Controlling Disease
March 21, 2013 — With a technique called TALENS, scientists used a pair of engineered proteins to disrupt a targeted gene in the mosquito genome, changing the eye color of ensuing generations of the insect. The ... > full story -
Enzymes Allow DNA to Swap Information With Exotic Molecules
March 21, 2013 — Scientists have been hunting for a biological Rosetta Stone -- an enzyme allowing DNA's four-letter language to be written into a simpler (and potentially more ancient) molecule that may have existed ... > full story -
Pain Reliever Shows Anti-Viral Activity Against Flu
March 21, 2013 — The over-the-counter anti-inflammatory drug naproxen may also exhibit antiviral activity against influenza A virus, according to a team of scientists. The findings are the result of a structure-based ... > full story -
New Method Developed to Expand Blood Stem Cells for Bone Marrow Transplant
March 21, 2013 — More than 50,000 stem cell transplants are performed each year worldwide. Scientists may have solved a major issue of expanding adult hematopoietic stem cells outside the human body for clinical use ... > full story
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