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Ancient Antibody Molecule Offers Clues To How Humans Evolved Allergies
Scientists have discovered how evolution may have lumbered humans with allergy problems. The team are working on a molecule vital to a chicken's immune system which represents the evolutionary ancestor...
Kenya Lion Killings Spur Extinction Alarm, Innovations
Lions in Amboseli could be gone in a few years, conservationists say. New programs pay local Maasai tribespeople not to kill the big cats, and in some cases, to actively...
PHOTO IN THE NEWS: Rare Sea Dragon Father "Pregnant"
The weedy sea dragon might celebrate this Father's Day—he's carrying fertilized eggs on his tail. While it's normal for the male to carry the eggs in this species, reproduction in...
Unexpected Link Between Coronavirus Replication And Protein Secretion In Infected Cells
Coronavirus replication is critically linked to two factors within the early secretory pathway, according to new findings in PLoS Pathogens. The SARS virus is within the coronavirus group.
Reverse engineering the brain to model mind-body interactions
When you grab a cold beer out of the cooler this summer, what is really going on between your brain, your eyes and your hands? read more
Boon To Drug Discovery: Interactions Within Membrane Complexes Can Be Maintained In Vacuum Of Mass Spectrometer
Against currently held dogma, scientists have revealed that the interactions within membrane complexes can be maintained intact in the vacuum of a mass spectrometer. Their research is published in Science...
Mechanism Explains Link Between Apolipoprotein E And Alzheimer's Disease
Scientists have discovered a previously unknown mechanism by which apolipoprotein E, a molecule whose mutation is linked to Alzheimer's disease, stimulates degradation of sticky amyloid beta protein within the brain....
New target to enhance anti-cancer drug sensitivity found in translation
The development of resistance to anticancer chemotherapeutic agents remains a large problem. In some cases, such resistance is associated with altered control of a cellular process known as translation, which...
Tsunami in the brain
After a stroke, even unaffected areas of the brain are at risk – depolarization waves arise at the edges of the dead tissue and spread through the adjacent areas of...
Centromeres cross over, a lot
Recombination at centromeres is higher than anywhere else on the chromosome, even though methyltransferases do their best to prevent it, say Jaco et al., as published in the June 16...
MIT researchers unravel bacteria communication pathways
MIT researchers have figured out how bacteria ensure that they respond correctly to hundreds of incoming signals from their environment.
Ancient Palm Resurrected from 2000-Year-Old Seed
Record-setting germination may aid plant conservation
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Stem cell experts offer guide to fight "snake oil"
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some unethical Web sites and clinics are offering "snake oil" treatments that claim to provide cures using stem cells but are at best raising false hopes, stem...
On the evolutionary trail of molecules that cause Lou Gehrig's disease
What became a scientific quest for Dr. Hugo Bellen and his colleagues at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston began with trying to define the function of a protein that...
Cell Surface Receptors Are All 'Talk' In T Cell Stimulation
Using imaging techniques, researchers have revealed the dynamic processes that allow receptors to communicate with one another to stimulate the immune system. By understanding this "crosstalk" researchers expect to gain...
Plastic shower curtain smell may be toxic: study
The smell of plastic shower curtains may be hazardous to your health, according to a new study.
Q&A: Advocating open source drugs
Leading geneticist Samir Brahmachari explains why India should kickstart a new open source approach to drug discovery for diseases like TB.
Cross-border malaria research rewarded in Africa
Institutions in Ghana, Mali, Mozambique and Tanzania have won an international cooperation award for their joint efforts in malaria research.
Guidelines for Translating Stem Cell Therapies from the Lab to the Bedside
At the sixth annual meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research, a task force of leaders in the field announced a draft set of guidelines to ensure that...
Some Bird Flu Strains Have Acquired Properties That Might Enhance Potential To Infect Humans
A new study suggests that some North American avian influenza A H7 virus strains have properties that might enhance their potential to infect humans as well as their potential to...
Sexual Arousal Dependent On Flow Of Potassium Ions In Brain Cells
When it comes to sex, a female rat knows how to avoid a communication breakdown. To announce her sexual readiness, she will automatically arch her back, deflect her tail and...
Feature: Blogging bliss in online oratory
A Masters project that found blogging to be quite therapeutic has triggered a global upwelling of feel-good feedback. Karin Derkley reports.
How new software will create titanium bone replacements
New software will enable surgeons to create made-to-measure titanium bone replacements within hours. Mark Zakian reports
Some Shark Populations Collapsing
Numbers of five species of sharks in the Mediterranean have dropped sharply over the last two centuries, a study says.
Scientist likens dolphin stranding to mass suicide
Experts hunt for clues to 'bizarre' group beaching in Falmouth
Editorial: In praise of ... sharks
Editorial: Sharks have drawn the short straw in our anthropomorphic culture, but they deserve better
Researchers: Red players beat blue in online game
(AP) -- It's better to be on the red team than on the blue team in an online multiplayer shooting game, according to researchers.