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The Swing of Architect Genes
June 6, 2013 — Architect genes are responsible for organizing structures of the body during embryonic development. Some of them, namely the Hox genes, are involved in the formation of forelimbs. They are activated ... > full story -
Metabolic Model of E. Coli Reveals How Bacterial Growth Responds to Temperature Change
June 6, 2013 — Bioengineers have developed a computational model of 1,366 genes in E. coli that includes 3D protein structures and has enabled them to compute the temperature sensitivity of the bacterium's ... > full story -
Gene Variant May Provide Novel Therapy for Several Cancer Types
June 6, 2013 — A novel gene variant found in human and animal tissue may be a promising treatment for cancer, including breast and brain ... > full story -
Stalagmites Provide New View of Abrupt Climate Events Over 100,000 Years
June 6, 2013 — A new set of long-term climate records based on cave stalagmites collected from tropical Borneo shows that the western tropical Pacific responded very differently than other regions of the globe to ... > full story -
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How Young Genes Gain a Toehold on Becoming Indispensable
June 6, 2013 — Scientists have, for the first time, mapped a young gene’s short, dramatic evolutionary journey to becoming essential, or indispensable. The researchers detail one gene’s rapid switch to ... > full story -
Pollution in Northern Hemisphere Helped Cause 1980s African Drought
June 6, 2013 — Air pollution in the Northern Hemisphere in the mid-20th century cooled the upper half of the planet and pushed rain bands south, contributing to the prolonged and worsening drought in Africa's Sahel ... > full story -
Herpes Virus Exploits Immune Response to Bolster Infection
June 6, 2013 — Researchers report that the herpes simplex virus type-1, which affects an estimated 50 to 80 percent of all American adults, exploits an immune system receptor to boost its infectiousness and ability ... > full story -
Alzheimer's, Schizophrenia, Autism Now Have New Research Tool: Mature Brain Cells Derived from Skin Cells
June 6, 2013 — Difficult-to-study diseases such as Alzheimer's, schizophrenia, and autism now can be probed more safely and effectively thanks to an innovative new method for obtaining mature brain cells called ... > full story -
MRI Study: Breastfeeding Boosts Babies' Brain Growth
June 6, 2013 — A study using brain images from "quiet" MRI machines adds to the growing body of evidence that breastfeeding improves brain development in infants. Breastfeeding alone produced better brain ... > full story -
2011 Draconid Meteor Shower Deposited a Ton of Meteoritic Material on Earth
June 6, 2013 — About a ton of material coming from comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner was deposited in the Earth's atmosphere on October 8th and 9th, 2011 during one of the most intense showers of shooting starts in the ... > full story
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