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Synthetic Cells Shed Biological Insights While Delivering Battery Power

Synthetic Cells Shed Biological Insights While Delivering Battery Power

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Trying to understand the complex workings of a biological cell by teasing out the function of every molecule within it is a daunting task. But by making synthetic cells that include just a ...


A Twist in the Genome Thwarts Hepatitis C

A Twist in the Genome Thwarts Hepatitis C

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Viruses like Hepatitis C proliferate by tricking cellular machinery into manufacturing the parts for duplicate viral particles.


Researchers uncover secrets of salmonella's stealth attack

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A single crafty protein allows the deadly bacterium Salmonella enterica to both invade cells lining the intestine and hijack cellular functions to avoid destruction, Yale researchers report in the April 17 issue of the jo ...


West Nile virus studies show how star-shaped brain cells cope with infection

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study published as the cover article for the April 2009 issue of The FASEB Journal promises to give physicians new ways to reduce deadly responses to viral infections of the brain and spinal cord. In the report, scient ...


New findings raise questions about process used to identify experimental drug

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A study by National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers has revealed surprising new insights into the process used to initially identify an experimental drug now being tested in people with cystic fibrosis and muscular ...


When it comes to sleep research, fruit flies and people make unlikely bedfellows

Biology /

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

You may never hear fruit flies snore, but rest assured that when you're asleep they are too. According to research published in the January 2009 issue of the journal Genetics, scientists from the University of Missouri-Kansas City h ...