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DNA template could explain evolutionary shifts
Jun 21, 2009 |
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Rearrangements of all sizes in genomes, genes and exons can result from a glitch in DNA copying that occurs when the process stalls at a critical point and then shifts to a different genetic template, duplicating and even ...
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Solving the mystery of the metallic sheen of fish
Jan 14, 2008 |
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The bright, metallic sheen of fish skin — source of endless fascination for fishermen and aquarium owners — is due to a sophisticated system of crystals that enhance light reflection and may help fish hide ...
Sparkly Spiders and Photonic Fish
Dec 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Israel and the UK have uncovered the details of how certain fish and spiders create their iridescent scales and silvery skins.
Team led by Scripps research scientists finds new way that cells fix damage to DNA
Jun 10, 2009 |
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A team of researchers at The Scripps Research Institute and other institutions has discovered a new way by which DNA repairs itself, a process that is critical to the protection of the genome, and integral to prevention of ...
DNA damage study probes inflammation, disease link
Jul 25, 2006 |
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New research at MIT may help scientists better understand the chemical associations between chronic inflammation and diseases such as cancer and atherosclerosis. The work could lead to drugs that break the ...
MIT team probes inflammation, disease link
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Jul 31, 2006 |
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New research at MIT may help scientists better understand the chemical associations between chronic inflammation and diseases such as cancer and atherosclerosis. The work could lead to drugs that break the link between the ...
Spookfish uses mirrors for eyes
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Jan 07, 2009 |
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A remarkable new discovery shows the four-eyed spookfish to be the first vertebrate ever found to use mirrors, rather than lenses, to focus light in its eyes.
Detecting Cancer with Silica Nanoparticles
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Sep 18, 2006 |
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Tumor necrosis factor-alpha is a widely accepted biomarker for cancer, but the minute amounts of this protein circulating in blood makes detecting the molecule and measuring its concentration accurately a technological challenge.
Tiny Bacteria Secret to Cicada's Success
Sep 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- John McCutcheon remembers the song of the cicada - the loudest song in the insect world - as the sound track to countless summer hours spent playing outside his childhood home in Rockford, ...
Misreading of damaged DNA may spur tumor formation
Nov 20, 2008 |
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The DNA in our cells is constantly under assault from oxygen, the sun's radiation and environmental stresses. Most of the time, our cells can repair the damage before it gets copied into a permanent mutation that could lead ...
'Pinball protons' created by ultraviolet rays and other causes can lead to DNA damage
May 17, 2006 |
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Researchers have known for years that damaged DNA can lead to human diseases such as cancer, but how damage occurs--and what causes it--has remained less clear.
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