What Happened Before the Big Bang?
Jul 01, 2007 |
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New discoveries about another universe whose collapse appears to have given birth to the one we live in today will be announced in the early on-line edition of the journal Nature Physics on 1 July 2007 and wi ...
How we can stop stress from making us obese
Jul 01, 2007 |
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In what they call a “stunning research advance,” investigators at Georgetown University Medical Center have been able to use simple, non-toxic chemical injections to add and remove fat in targeted areas on ...
New method for reading DNA sheds light on basis of cell identity
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As a fertilized egg develops into a full grown adult, mammalian cells make many crucial decisions — closing doors of opportunity as they adopt careers as liver cells, skin cells, or neurons. One of the most fundamental mysteries ...
Translating form into function
Jul 01, 2007 |
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In the last 40 years, scientists have perfected ways to determine the knot-like structure of enzymes, but they’ve been stumped trying to translate the structure into an understanding of function – what the enzyme actually ...
Doing nature one better: Expanding the genetic code in living mammalian cells
Jul 01, 2007 |
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Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have developed a novel strategy to expand the natural repertoire of 20 amino acids in mammalian cells, including neurons, and successfully inserted tailor-made amino ...
Wilson: Insects essential to human life
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Ant expert Edward O. Wilson, in Washington for National Pollinator Week, is warning extinctions in the insect world could threaten life as we know it.
Cell receptor may lead to new 'biomarker' for pancreatic cancer
Jul 01, 2007 |
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A research team led by University of Cincinnati (UC) scientists has identified a potential biological target for pancreatic cancer, a finding they say could help scientists better understand -- and eventually treat -- the ...
80 percent of NYC trans-fat free
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The Health Department says more than 80 percent of New York City restaurants are now trans-fat free.
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