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Death, Division Or Cancer? Newly Discovered Checkpoint Process Holds The Line In Cell Division
Each day, a staggering number of cells perform a feat that still amazes researchers with its complexity: they divide to produce perfect replicas of each other. The process is called...
DNA vaccination for avian flu created
PHILADELPHIA, July 3 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've developed a potential way to use DNA to vaccinate against avian flu, allowing rapid mobilization during an epidemic.
Disease-detecting Lab In The Palm Of Your Hand
Detecting food-borne diseases such as campylobacter and salmonella long before they enter the food chain would help ensure that the dinner on your table is safe to eat. There is...
Evolutionary Origin Of Mammalian Gene Regulation Is Over 150 Million Years Old
Scientists have found that a complex, highly conserved and extremely important mechanism of controlling genes is over 150 million years old. The findings have provided new insights into the evolution...
Fungi The Cause Of Many Outbreaks Of Disease, But Mostly Ignored
Many people, scientists among them, are largely unaware of the roles fungi play in the world around us. Research on fungi and fungal diseases are seriously neglected as a result...
Ethanol byproduct produces green results
Commercial flower and plant growers know all too well that invasive, ubiquitous weeds cause trouble by lowering the value and deterring healthy growth of potted ornamental plants. To control weeds,...
Penguin Chicks Frozen by Global Warming?
Young penguins are freezing to death as rainfall increases in Antarctica—one of many factors endangering two-thirds of penguin species, a new paper says.
Life-extending Protein Can Also Have Damaging Effects On Brain Cells
Proteins widely believed to protect against aging can actually cause oxidative damage in mammalian brain cells, according to a new report in Cell Metabolism. The findings suggest that the proteins...
Giraffe Helps Camels, Zebras Escape from Circus
Circus animals escape from Dutch circus with aide of giraffe.
Moldy cave art prompts access debate
The Lascaux cave drawings in France have survived for 17,000 years but are now endangered by encroaching black mold spots, the latest in a series of threats unwittingly brought in...
High Hormone Levels in Seabird Chicks Prepare Them to Kill Their Siblings
The Nazca booby, a Galapagos Island seabird, emerges from its shell ready to kill its brother or sister. Wake Forest University biologists and their colleagues have linked the murderous...
Genomics Research Focuses on Rice Variety Improvement
Crop varieties can be improved through the study of genomics without creating genetically transformed varieties. That is the mission of a multistate research project led by the University of Arkansas...
Cases: Her Skin Erupted, and the Detective Work Began
Making the effort to understand a medical condition and the details of how best to treat it really pays off.
Scientist at Work | David Pritchard: The Worms Crawl In
Can hookworms protect against allergies? In a quest to find out, David Pritchard infected himself.
A Quandary on Blood Drops in the Brain
Improvements in scanning techniques are making it easier to see microbleeds in the brain, but it’s unclear what should be done about them.
New discovery a step towards better diabetes treatment
In today's issue of the prestigious journal Cell Metabolism Uppsala scientists are presenting new findings that shed light on the processes that determine the release of the blood sugar-lowering hormone...
Study maps cerebral cortex neural fibers
BLOOMINGTON, Ind., July 1 (UPI) -- A U.S.-Swiss team of scientists say they've created the first complete high-resolution map of the neural fibers in the human brain's cerebral...
Cockroach insecticides may have long life
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., July 1 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've found one dose of an insecticide can kill three generations of cockroaches as they feed off each...
Scientists unravel early infectious process of respiratory pathogen and bioterrorism agent
Scientists have identified a cell type believed to play a role in controlling the early infectious process against Francisella tularensis, a respiratory pathogen and bioterrorism agent that is the cause...
Molecular Basis And Regulation Of Circadian Rhythms In Plants
As anyone who has suffered from jetlag knows, we have internal clocks that tell us when to sleep and wake, and we can be miserable when these are disrupted. The...
Study finds long benefit in illegal mushroom drug
NEW YORK (AP) -- In 2002, at a Johns Hopkins University laboratory, a business consultant named Dede Osborn took a psychedelic drug as part of a research project....
UK scientists plan first animal-human hybrids
British scientists plan to create the world's first human stem cells from embryos that are part human and part animal
A mammalian clock protein responds directly to light
We all know that light effects the growth and development of plants, but what effect does light have on humans and animals? A new paper by Nathalie Hoang et al.,...
Math model of protein folding is created
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, June 30 (UPI) -- Danish scientists say they have developed a mathematical model that can solve an important piece of the puzzle as to how proteins...
Ohio game officials worried by fish virus
LOUDONVILLE, Ohio, June 30 (UPI) -- Ohio fish and wildlife authorities say they're trying to determine how a virus deadly to fish has moved from the Great Lakes...
Law aims to get lead out
SACRAMENTO, July 1 (UPI) -- Conservationists say a new law may help save endangered California condors by keeping lead ammunition out of their habitats.
Record-Breaking Chameleons Live Only a Few Months
Living fast and dying really young, these reptiles without a cause all hatch in the same month, then go out in a four-month, mating-happy blaze of glory, a new study...
Researchers use supercomputer to track pathways in myoglobin
Some 50 years ago, after decades of effort, John Kendrew determined the structure of the small globular protein, myoglobin, which is responsible for oxygen storage in cells. For this discovery,...