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APR 16, 2015Chemistry & Physics
A potentially game-changing breakthrough in artificial photosynthesis has been achieved with the development of a system ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 15, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Maintaining the stability and the correct sequence of our genetic information is vital to the accurate transmission of o ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 14, 2015Cancer
Cancer researchers from the University of Zurich have identified a key signaling pathway in B-cell lymphoma, a malignant ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 14, 2015Cancer
An experimental drug that attacks brain tumor tissue by crippling the cells' energy source called the mitochondria has p ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 14, 2015Health & Medicine
The body of the tiny 78-year-old woman, gray hair falling over stiffened shoulders, was brought to a hillside at Western ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 14, 2015Microbiology
How bacterial cells recognize their own DNA.
It may come as a bit of a surprise to learn that bacteria have a ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 13, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
A new device developed by UCLA engineers and doctors may eventually help scientists study the development of disease, en ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 10, 2015Cancer
Biologists at MIT and the Whitehead Institute have discovered a vulnerability of brain cancer cells that could be exploi ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 10, 2015Health & Medicine
A pilot study with the shamanic brew hints at its therapeutic potential
An recent article in Scientific Ameri ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 08, 2015Microbiology
If you thought bacteria were "loners," molecular biologist Kevin Griffith of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 08, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Bacteria have traditionally been viewed as solitary organisms that "hang out on their own," says molecular biologist Kev ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 03, 2015Microbiology
Researchers in Switzerland and Japan say they have developed a rapid, simple, and safe method for generating large libra ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 02, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A collaborative study between researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Techno ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Genetics & Genomics
As a patient prepares to become the first in history to receive his own genetically engineered stem cells for sickle cel ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Cancer
In the 1970s, epidemiologists found that workers in factories using vinyl chloride, the key ingredient for PVC plastics, ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 01, 2015Neuroscience
Memory and as well as connections between brain cells were restored in mice with a model of Alzheimer's given an experim ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 31, 2015Cancer
Fasting in combination with chemotherapy has already been shown to kill cancer cells, but a pair of new studies in mice ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 30, 2015Neuroscience
New research has identified some of the processes by which molecules associated with neurological diseases can disrupt t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 26, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania describe the first set of genes importa ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 26, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Just as two DNA strands naturally arrange themselves into a helix, DNA's molecular cousin RNA can form hairpin-like loop ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 25, 2015Cardiology
Working with lab animals and human heart cells, scientists from Johns Hopkins and other institutions have identified wha ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 24, 2015Health & Medicine
Move over yogurt. Turns out your microbiota need more fiber in their diet.
If you feel like you've heard just ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 23, 2015Microbiology
Microbes may just be the next diet craze. Researchers have programmed bacteria to generate a molecule that, through norm ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 20, 2015Immunology
Culling vampire bat colonies to fight rabies in Latin America does little to slow the spread of the virus-and could even ...Written By: Will Hector
APR 16, 2015
Chemistry & Physics
A potentially game-changing breakthrough in artificial photosynthesis has been achieved with the development of a system
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 15, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Maintaining the stability and the correct sequence of our genetic information is vital to the accurate transmission of o
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 14, 2015
Cancer
Cancer researchers from the University of Zurich have identified a key signaling pathway in B-cell lymphoma, a malignant
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 14, 2015
Cancer
An experimental drug that attacks brain tumor tissue by crippling the cells' energy source called the mitochondria has p
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 14, 2015
Health & Medicine
The body of the tiny 78-year-old woman, gray hair falling over stiffened shoulders, was brought to a hillside at Western
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 14, 2015
Microbiology
How bacterial cells recognize their own DNA.
It may come as a bit of a surprise to learn that bacteria have a ...
It may come as a bit of a surprise to learn that bacteria have a ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 13, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new device developed by UCLA engineers and doctors may eventually help scientists study the development of disease, en
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 10, 2015
Cancer
Biologists at MIT and the Whitehead Institute have discovered a vulnerability of brain cancer cells that could be exploi
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 10, 2015
Health & Medicine
A pilot study with the shamanic brew hints at its therapeutic potential
An recent article in Scientific Ameri ...
An recent article in Scientific Ameri ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 08, 2015
Microbiology
If you thought bacteria were "loners," molecular biologist Kevin Griffith of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 08, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Bacteria have traditionally been viewed as solitary organisms that "hang out on their own," says molecular biologist Kev
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 03, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers in Switzerland and Japan say they have developed a rapid, simple, and safe method for generating large libra
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 02, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A collaborative study between researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Techno
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
As a patient prepares to become the first in history to receive his own genetically engineered stem cells for sickle cel
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Cancer
In the 1970s, epidemiologists found that workers in factories using vinyl chloride, the key ingredient for PVC plastics,
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 01, 2015
Neuroscience
Memory and as well as connections between brain cells were restored in mice with a model of Alzheimer's given an experim
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 31, 2015
Cancer
Fasting in combination with chemotherapy has already been shown to kill cancer cells, but a pair of new studies in mice
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 30, 2015
Neuroscience
New research has identified some of the processes by which molecules associated with neurological diseases can disrupt t
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 26, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania describe the first set of genes importa
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 26, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Just as two DNA strands naturally arrange themselves into a helix, DNA's molecular cousin RNA can form hairpin-like loop
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 25, 2015
Cardiology
Working with lab animals and human heart cells, scientists from Johns Hopkins and other institutions have identified wha
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 24, 2015
Health & Medicine
Move over yogurt. Turns out your microbiota need more fiber in their diet.
If you feel like you've heard just ...
If you feel like you've heard just ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 23, 2015
Microbiology
Microbes may just be the next diet craze. Researchers have programmed bacteria to generate a molecule that, through norm
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 20, 2015
Immunology
Culling vampire bat colonies to fight rabies in Latin America does little to slow the spread of the virus-and could even
...
Written By:
Will Hector