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Cell biologists describes mechanism by which some people may be more susceptible to colon cancer

An international research team led by cell biologists at the University of California, Riverside has uncovered a new insight into colon cancer, the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Ultraviolet protection molecule in plants yields its secrets

Lying around in the sun all day is hazardous not just for humans but also for plants, which have no means of escape. Ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun can damage proteins and DNA inside cells, leading ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

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Antarctic lake could reveal evolution, new life: scientists

Russian scientists said Thursday a probe to a pristine lake deep under the ice of Antarctica could bring revelations on the evolution of the planet Earth and possibly even new life forms.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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Study shows how DNA finds its match

It's been more than 50 years since James Watson and Francis Crick showed that DNA is a double helix of two strands that complement each other. But how does a short piece of DNA find its match, out of the millions ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Court to decide if SeaWorld whales are illegal 'slaves'

A California federal court is to decide for the first time in US history whether amusement park animals are protected by the same constitutional rights as humans.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 2

18 endangered dolphins spotted off Borneo: WWF

Conservation group WWF said it spotted 18 critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins in Indonesian waters off Borneo island Tuesday and called for greater protection of the species' habitat.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Why bad immunity genes survive: Study implicates arms race between genes and germs

University of Utah biologists found new evidence why mice, people and other vertebrate animals carry thousands of varieties of genes to make immune-system proteins named MHCs – even though some of those ...

Medicine & Health / Research

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Researchers discover key to immune cell's 'internal guidance' system

University of British Columbia researchers have discovered the molecular pathway that enables receptors inside immune cells to find, and flag, fragments of pathogens trying to invade a host.

Medicine & Health / Research

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UCI biologists turn up the heat on bacteria, discover mutation pattern

UCI biologists who spent a year growing 115 populations into 2,000 generations of E. coli at high heat discovered that the bacteria quickly adapted at the genetic level in two markedly different ways. The findings appear ...

Biology / Evolution

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Rearranging the cell's skeleton: Small molecules at the cell's membrane enable cell movement

Cell biologists at Johns Hopkins have identified key steps in how certain molecules alter a cell's skeletal shape and drive the cell's movement.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Australia -- land of the koala, kangaroo... and elephant

Elephants and maybe rhinoceroses could be introduced to Australia to chomp on an invasive African grass that also causes wildfires, according to an idea reported in a scientific journal on Wednesday.

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 16

MSU geneticist helps find butterfly gene, clue to age-old question

(PhysOrg.com) -- Years after sleeping in hammocks in the wilds of Peru and Panama, collecting hundreds of thousands of samples of colorful insects, Mississippi State assistant professor Brian Counterman now ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mouse to elephant? Just wait 24 million generations

Scientists have for the first time measured how fast large-scale evolution can occur in mammals, showing it takes 24 million generations for a mouse-sized animal to evolve to the size of an elephant.

Biology / Evolution

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Scientists reveal how cholera bacterium gains a foothold in the gut

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of biologists at the University of York has made an important advance in our understanding of the way cholera attacks the body. The discovery could help scientists target treatments for the globally ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Why men 'exhibit warrior tendencies'

A new study has looked into how our psychology concerning war and conflict may have been shaped by our evolutionary past.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 7

Biologist

A biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of life. Typically biologists study organisms and their relationship to their environment. Biologists involved in basic research attempt to discover underlying mechanisms that govern how organisms work. Biologists involved in applied research attempt to develop or improve medical, industrial or agricultural processes.

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