Mitochondrial 'bottleneck' cracked
Jan 27, 2008 |
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Scientists have shown for the first time how a particular family of diseases are passed down from mother to child and how this can lead to the severity of the disease differing widely. The research, funded by the Wellcome ...
Giving mice a cold virus offers hope of new asthma treatments
Jan 27, 2008 |
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Scientists have been able to recreate rhinovirus infection, which is behind most common colds, in a small animal for the first time.
'Generalist bacteria' discovered in coastal waters may be more flexible than known before
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Jan 27, 2008 |
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Marine bacteria come almost a billion to a cup. Until recently, however, little has been known about how these minute creatures live or what they need to flourish.
A major step toward a more targeted treatment for auto-immune diseases?
Jan 27, 2008 |
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More and more people in Western society are suffering from auto-immune diseases. Discovering the cause of these chronic inflammations is a first important step in the search for targeted medicines. VIB researchers connected ...
Scientists find plant gene that affects stress resistance
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Jan 27, 2008 |
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A University of Saskatchewan team of scientists has isolated a gene that has never before been identified in helping plants to resist stress.
Notch-ing glucose into place
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A novel gene called rumi regulates Notch signaling by adding a glucose molecule to the part of the Notch protein that extends outside a cell, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and Stony Brook University ...
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