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From Hot Springs to HIV, Same Protein Complexes Are Hijacked to Promote Viruses
June 10, 2013 — Biologists have discovered a striking connection between viruses such as HIV and Ebola and viruses that infect organisms called archaea that grow in volcanic hot springs. Despite the huge difference ... > full story -
Hepatitis C Virus Entry Factor Identified
June 10, 2013 — A new study reveals that HCV not only alters expression of the iron-uptake receptor known as transferrin receptor 1 (TfR1) but that TfR1 also mediates HCV ... > 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 -
Potential New Target to Thwart Antibiotic Resistance: Viruses in Gut Confer Antibiotic Resistance to Bacteria
June 10, 2013 — Bacteria in the gut that are under attack by antibiotics have allies no one had anticipated, scientists have found. Gut viruses that usually commandeer the bacteria, it turns out, enable them to ... > full story -
Pendulum Swings Back on 350-Year-Old Mathematical Mystery
June 10, 2013 — A 350-year-old mathematical mystery could lead toward a better understanding of medical conditions like epilepsy or even the behavior of predator-prey systems in the wild, researchers ... > full story -
How Cells Get a Skeleton
June 10, 2013 — Stress generated by nano-motors within animal cells can lead to the creation of a condensed layer of filaments beneath the outer cell membrane. The mechanism responsible for generating part of the ... > full story -
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How Archaea Might Find Their Food: Sensor Protein Characterized
June 10, 2013 — Delicious dimethyl sulphide. The microorganism Methanosarcina acetivorans lives off everything it can metabolize into methane. How it finds its sources of energy, is not yet clear. Scientists have ... > full story -
Substances from African Medicinal Plants Could Help Stop Tumor Growth
June 10, 2013 — African medicinal plants contain chemicals that may be able to stop the spread of cancer cells. The plant materials will now undergo further analysis in order to evaluate their therapeutic ... > full story -
Dance of the Atoms: Clustering of Atoms Observed
June 10, 2013 — Lone people standing in a ballroom don’t tend to move a lot. It’s only when they find a suitable dance partner that rapid motion sets in. Atoms on iron-oxide surfaces behave in a similar ... > full story
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