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Ancient ecosystems organized much like our own
... , published this week in the open-access journal PLoS Biology, suggests that networks of feeding relationships among marine species that lived hundreds of millions ...Specific gene increases susceptibility to breast cancer
... , published this week in the open-access journal PLoS Biology, shows how specific changes in the FGFR2 gene alter the way regulatory molecules bind ...BILBO1 a bearer of bad fortune for trypanosomes
... published this week in the open-access journal PLoS Biology investigates the formation of a trypanosome structure called the Flagellar Pocket (FP). The work, by Derrick ...Saving frogs before it's too late
... . In a new article in the open-access journal PLoS Biology, Franco Andreone and his colleagues argue that one of the best places to focus these efforts is Madagascar ...Why did the EPA fire a respected toxicologist?
... published this week in the open-access journal PLoS Biology. With his groundbreaking research on the cognitive effects of lead on children, Needleman laid the foundation ...Teaching evolution: Legal victories aren't enough
... essay published in the open-access journal PLoS Biology, political scientist Michael Berkman ... by the National Academy of Sciences to be “the central concept of biology.” The amount of time spent teaching human ...Evolution: Winning in Court But Losing In Class?
... by supporters of good science education. An essay in PLoS Biology today argues that, at the state level, things are going well: At this time, not a single state ...Scientists discover a molecular scaffold that guides connections between brain cells
... in the developing brains of mice. The researchers report in PLoS Biology that in some cases, these molecular guides -- non-signaling brain cells known as glia -- form ...Skin defects set off alarm with widespread and potentially harmful effects
... , according to the researchers. The study was published May 27, 2008, in PLoS Biology (a Public Library of Science journal ... Kopan, Ph.D., professor of developmental biology and of medicine in the Division of Dermatology. "Under normal ...Olfactory receptor neurons select which odor receptors to express
... cells from a single template is the work of developmental biology. A new paper published this week in the open-access journal PLoS Biology looks at this problem in the olfactory system ...PKG-mediated gametogenesis in malaria parasites
... , published this week in the open-access journal PLoS Biology, identifies a protein crucial for the reproductive stages of the pathogen’s lifecycle, called cGMP-dependent ...Evolution of an imprinted domain in mammals
... published this week in the open-access journal PLoS Biology investigates the evolution of genomic imprinting in a specific region of the mammalian genome. The work, by Anne ...How the brain separates audio signals from noise
... published this week in the open-access journal PLoS Biology, Alexander Gutschalk and his colleagues provide an important advance towards solving this mystery ...Hox genes control the path of neurons responsible for development of the nervous system
... published this week in the open-access journal PLoS Biology, authors Filippo Rijli and colleagues demonstrate that pontine neuron migration in mice is controlled ...Crucial factors in lymphoma development and survival discovered
... is being published in the June 24 issue of the journal, PLos Biology. "Non-hodgkins lymphomas, about 90 percent of which are B-cell lymphomas, have become 85 ...
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