News tagged with mechanism
New cell division mechanism discovered
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Oct 28, 2008 |
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A novel cell division mechanism has been discovered in a microorganism that thrives in hot acid. The finding may also result in insights into key processes in human cells, and in a better understanding of the main evolutionary ...
Like humans, monkeys fall into the 'uncanny valley'
Oct 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Princeton University researchers have come up with a new twist on the mysterious visual phenomenon experienced by humans known as the "uncanny valley." The scientists have found that monkeys ...
Why the thumb of the right hand is on the left hand side
May 22, 2009 |
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It is the concentration of a few signaling molecules that determines the fate of individual cells during the early development of organisms. In the renowned journal Current Biology, a team of molecular biologists led by Pia ...
Simple genetic mechanism may be behind the origin of species
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Jan 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Some of the secrets behind the emergence of new species have been uncovered in a genetic study, conducted in collaboration with bioscientists at The University of Nottingham.
'You will give birth in pain': Neanderthals too
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University of California at Davis (USA) and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig (Germany) present a virtual reconstruction of a female Neanderthal ...
Novel anti-cancer mechanism found in long-lived rodents
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Sep 18, 2008 |
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Biologists at the University of Rochester have found that small-bodied rodents with long lifespans have evolved a previously unknown anti-cancer mechanism that appears to be different from any anticancer mechanisms employed ...
Calcium channels optimize learning
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Switzerland, have shown how calcium channels in the brain have a positive impact on learning. Their results have been ...
Reading Kafka, watching Lynch improves learning, study suggests
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 15, 2009 |
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Reading a book by Franz Kafka -- or watching a film by director David Lynch -- could make you smarter.
New brain findings on dyslexic children
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 11, 2009 |
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The vast majority of school-aged children can focus on the voice of a teacher amid the cacophony of the typical classroom thanks to a brain that automatically focuses on relevant, predictable and repeating auditory information, ...
Key protein may explain the anti-aging and anti-cancer benefits of dietary restriction
May 22, 2009 |
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A protein that plays a key role in tumor formation, oxygen metabolism and inflammation is involved in a pathway that extends lifespan by dietary restriction. The finding, which appears in the May 22, 2009 edition of the ...
Stem-cell sentry sounds the alarm to maintain balance between cancer and aging
Oct 15, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Like a sentry guarding the castle walls, a molecular messenger inside adult stem cells sounds the alarm when it senses hazards that could allow the invasion of an insidious enemy: Cancer. The alarm bell halts ...
Birds can dance, really
Apr 30, 2009 |
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Researchers at Harvard University have found that humans aren't the only ones who can groove to a beat -- some other species can dance, too. This capability was previously believed to be specific to humans. ...
Breakthrough in the treatment of bacterial meningitis
May 13, 2009 |
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It can take just hours after the symptoms appear for someone to die from bacterial meningitis. Now, after years of research, experts at The University of Nottingham have finally discovered how the deadly meningococcal bacteria ...
Misfolded proteins: The fundamental problem is aging
Aug 24, 2009 |
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Proteins are essential for all biological activities and the health of the cell. Misfolded and damaged proteins spell trouble and are common to all human neurodegenerative diseases and many other age-associated diseases. ...
Researchers discover cell's 'quality control' mechanism
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Jul 29, 2008 |
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Researchers in Japan and Canada have discovered a key component of the quality control mechanism that operates inside human cells – sometimes too well. The breakthrough has significant implications for the development of ...
