Biology News Net

Sunday th 19th of October 2008

Researchers identify Achilles heel of common childhood tumor - 20:14

4 in 10 parents wrong on whether their child is under or overweight - 20:14

Friday th 17th of October 2008

Put the protein pieces together with algorithms: Solving 'the mass spec data mess' - 19:07

Salk researchers successfully reprogram keratinocytes attached to a single hair - 19:07

Caltech engineers build first-ever multi-input 'plug-and-play' synthetic RNA device - 19:07

Human protein atlas will help pinpoint disease - 19:07

When under attack, plants can signal microbial friends for help - 19:07

Scientists discover bacteria that can cause bone infections - 19:07

New fossil reveals primates lingered in Texas - 15:21

Why do women get more cavities than men? - 15:21

Polio could be wiped out in Nigeria thanks to improved vaccine, says study - 15:21

Patient roused from coma by a magnetic field - 15:21

Genetic analysis predicts whether liver cancer likely to recur - 15:21

Scientists propose the creation of a new type of seed bank - 15:21

New study reveals details of evolutionary transition from fish to land animals - 15:21

Diatom genome helps explain success in trapping excess carbon in oceans - 15:21

Emotion and scent create lasting memories -- even in a sleeping brain - 15:21

Volcanoes may have provided sparks and chemistry for first life - 15:21

Key to function of dinosaur crests found in brain structure - 15:21

Genes that control cell death fingered in age-related hearing loss - 15:21

Gene therapy restores vision to mice with retinal degeneration - 15:21

New hope for the red squirrel - 15:21

Thursday th 16th of October 2008

Emotion and scent create lasting memories -- even in a sleeping brain - 19:07

Volcanoes may have provided sparks and chemistry for first life - 19:07

Key to function of dinosaur crests found in brain structure - 19:07

Genes that control cell death fingered in age-related hearing loss - 19:07

Gene therapy restores vision to mice with retinal degeneration - 19:07

New hope for the red squirrel - 19:07

Wednesday th 15th of October 2008

Polio could be wiped out in Nigeria thanks to improved vaccine, says study - 18:56

Patient roused from coma by a magnetic field - 18:56

Genetic analysis predicts whether liver cancer likely to recur - 18:56

Scientists propose the creation of a new type of seed bank - 18:56

New study reveals details of evolutionary transition from fish to land animals - 18:56

Diatom genome helps explain success in trapping excess carbon in oceans - 18:56

Tuesday th 14th of October 2008

New properties of skin stem cells - 17:21

As sticky as a gecko... but 10 times stronger! - 17:21

Researchers continue to find genes for type 1 diabetes - 17:21

Florida's 'worm grunters' collect bait worms by inadvertently imitating mole sounds - 17:21

Why are T cells tolerant to hepatitis B virus? - 17:21

Research finds that marijuana use takes toll on adolescent brain function - 17:21

Researchers uncover world's oldest fossil impression of a flying insect - 17:21

New fossil reveals primates lingered in Texas - 17:21

Why do women get more cavities than men? - 17:21

Researchers discover baldness gene: 1 in 7 men at risk - 10:56

Body's anti-HIV drug explained - 10:56

Forsyth scientists trigger cancer-like response from embryonic stem cells - 10:56

Men who never smoke live longer, better lives than heavy smokers - 10:56

Caltech biologists spy on the secret inner life of a cell - 10:56

Despite 'peacenik' reputation, bonobos hunt and eat other primates too - 10:56

In a last 'stronghold' for endangered chimpanzees, survey finds drastic decline - 10:56