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Human skin yields stem cell-like cells
Researchers from the UCLA School of Dentistry investigating how stem cells can be used to regenerate dental tissue have discovered a way to produce cells with stem cell-like characteristics from...
Scientist at Work Blog: Three Coffee Study Sites
In their first round of sampling, scientists find fewer mammals and less biodiversity in coffee habitats than they expected.
Scientists enlisting public's help in identifying whale dialects
(PhysOrg.com) -- In recent years, crowd sourcing has been shown to be an effective means of categorizing large amounts of data by large groups of people, the project that uses...
Splice Now or Splice Later
Cells often multi-task when synthesizing and splicing RNA. But when unconventional splicing is required, they synthesize first and splice later, according to a study led by researchers at the Public...
New Thinking Required on Wildlife Disease
A University of Adelaide scientist says much more could be done to predict the likelihood and spread of serious disease - such as tuberculosis (TB) or foot-and-mouth disease - in...
Honey bee mystery protein is a 'freight train' for health and lifespan
Why are bee colonies worldwide suffering mysterious deaths? A unique study describes a single bee protein that can promote bee health and solve a major economic challenge.
Study Finds the Key to Language: How Humans Form Sentences
Researchers have discovered that humans construct sentences by using a certain neural pathway that connects two brain regions.
Antibiotics in Swine Feed Encourage Gene Exchange
A study to be published in the online journal mBio® on November 29 shows that adding antibiotics to swine feed causes microorganisms in the guts of these animals to start...
Kidney donors need long-term monitoring
A move is on to make sure kidney donors really fare as well as they're promised.
Environment and diet leave their prints on the heart
A new study, which set out to investigate DNA methylation in the human heart and the "missing link" between our lifestyle and our health, has now mapped the link in...
Banana crop abundance linked to length of day
New research has found bananas are photoperiod responsive, overruling the widely accepted belief that temperature is the key variable in banana development.
Chancellor gives £200m to science
Chancellor George Osborne announces an extra £200m for science in his Autumn Statement, including funds for a new laboratory complex in Surrey run by the Institute for Animal Health.
Sunlight in tropical forest driving force behind ecological niches of tree species
Not water, but sunlight is the main factor in determining the growth of the hundreds of tree species in tropical forests. The variation in physiological characteristics between tree species explains...
Winter vomit virus 'in oysters'
The Food Standards Agency finds that most British-grown oysters it tested contains the winter vomiting bug, norovirus.
Breakthrough: 'Global warming gene'
Scientists at the University of Bristol, along with their colleagues in Minnesota and at the John Innes Centre in Norwich, have recently published exciting new research in the journal PNAS,...
Researchers uncover new function for cell master regulator
(PhysOrg.com) -- TORC1 is a master regulator in cells, playing a key role in such diverse processes as gene expression and protein synthesis. While previous studies have described the role...
Recipes for Health: Halibut, Chard and Potato Casserole — Recipes for Health
This dish bakes for an hour, but the fish is well insulated by chard, flavorful tomato sauce and wine.
Stem cell research center opens in Calif.
LA JOLLA, Calif., Nov. 28 (UPI) -- The Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine in Southern California will provide a collaborative environment to advance stem cell research, developers say.
Transplanted cells repair the brain in obese mice
Small numbers of properly selected neurons, transplanted into damaged brain areas in mice, are capable of restoring lost functions. Experiments on mice with a defect resulting in obesity and a...
Study finds new ‘natural killers’
Scientists have found a new type of Natural killer T cells that are activated by bacterial infections to defend the body.
Mystery hummingbird spotted in Illinois
OAK PARK, Ill., Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Bird watchers are flocking to Oak Park, Ill., to catch a glimpse of a mysterious green-and-white hummingbird never before seen in Illinois,...
Closer to finding treament for duchenne muscular dystrophy
Academics have made an important breakthrough in the development of a treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD).
Vegetarians and Vegans (Infographic)
GoFigure looks at Americans who eat a diet mostly or entirely based on vegetables.
Artificial Intelligence Helps Spot Fossil Sites
Like the human brain, this fossil-hunting machine can learn.
Beyond brain scanning: Simultaneous high-resolution 3D neural imaging and photostimulation
(Medical Xpress) -- Neuroanatomy and neurophysiology are inherently three-dimensional domains. Neuronal cell body projections – axons and dendrites – can interconnect large numbers of neurons distributed over large cortical distances....
Observatory: A Bacterial Platoon With Fungi Engineers
A new study reveals how a particular bacterium-and-fungus pair may be cooperating as it inches through the rhizosphere.
Drought puts heat on future of butterflies
Each year, a mysteriously long-lived generation of monarch butterflies makes the harrowing trek from its birthplace in southern Canada and the northern United States to the species' wintering grounds in...
French Ban on Genetically Modified Corn Loses Another Round
PARIS—The French government has lost the latest round in its battle to maintain a...