Biology News Net

Saturday th 13th of December 2008

UQ research targets West Nile virus and dengue fever - 12:07

UC San Diego researchers use metagene 'portraits' to reveal distinct stages of kidney formation - 12:07

Boy or girl? It's in the father's genes - 12:07

Mathematical models of adaptive immunity - 12:07

Gene therapy effective treatment against gum disease - 12:07

Climate change effects on imperiled Sierra frog examined - 12:07

Orangutan's spontaneous whistling opens new chapter in study of evolution of speech - 12:07

Mid-season flu immunization rates are too low - 12:07

New text focuses on formidable opportunistic fungus - 12:07

Dwarf crocodiles split into three species - 12:07

Cost of hatchling turtles' dash for freedom - 12:07

Whispering bats are 100 times louder than previously thought - 12:07

Friday th 12th of December 2008

Mid-season flu immunization rates are too low - 18:28

New text focuses on formidable opportunistic fungus - 18:28

Dwarf crocodiles split into three species - 18:28

Cost of hatchling turtles' dash for freedom - 18:28

Whispering bats are 100 times louder than previously thought - 18:28

Thursday th 11th of December 2008

Charting HIV's rapidly changing journey in the body - 22:35

An enzyme that mutates antibodies also targets a cancer-causing oncogene - 22:35

Missing: 2,000 elephants - 22:35

Rochester biologist modifies theory of cells' engines - 22:35

Smithsonian scientists rearrange Hawaii's bird family tree - 22:35

Stressed-out mice reveal role of epigenetics in behavior - 22:35

UQ research targets West Nile virus and dengue fever - 22:33

UC San Diego researchers use metagene 'portraits' to reveal distinct stages of kidney formation - 22:33

Boy or girl? It's in the father's genes - 22:33

Mathematical models of adaptive immunity - 22:32

Gene therapy effective treatment against gum disease - 22:32

Climate change effects on imperiled Sierra frog examined - 22:32

Orangutan's spontaneous whistling opens new chapter in study of evolution of speech - 22:32

Wednesday th 10th of December 2008

Drug-resistant tuberculosis rife in China - 22:35

Study first to show that RNA interference can facilitate vaccine development - 22:35

Cellular 'brakes' may slow memory process in aging brains - 22:35

Blocking immune inhibitor improves response to HIV-like virus, prolongs survival in monkeys - 22:35

Studies on imaging and tracking transplanted cells - 22:32

Snowy owl -- a marine species? - 22:32

'Fly guy' makes memory breakthrough - 22:31

Transplanted fat cells restore function after spinal cord injury - 22:28

Sugar can be addictive, Princeton scientist says - 22:28

Tuesday th 9th of December 2008

From mother to daughters: A central mystery in cell division solved - 19:42

Hepatitis C treatment reduces the virus but liver damage continues - 19:42

Study finds selenium, vitamin E do not prevent prostate cancer - 19:42

Baby fish in polluted San Francisco estuary waters are stunted and deformed - 19:42

Computation and genomics data drive bacterial research into new golden age - 19:42

Contraceptive methods shape women's sexual pleasure and satisfaction - 01:23

Interactive gene 'networks' may predict if leukemia is aggressive or slow-growing - 01:23

Discovery of microbe in roundworm provides animal model for 'emerging pathogen' - 01:23

Promising trials of malaria vaccine lead to calls for Phase 3 development - 01:23

Biologists spy close-up view of poliovirus linked to host cell receptor - 01:23

Properties of unusual virus revealed in research - 01:21