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Gene screen reveals 2-way communication between common biological pathways and body's daily clock

Genes controlling insulin can alter timing of biological clock

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Many of the genes that regulate insulin also alter the timing of the circadian clock, a new study has found.


PER:PER protein pair required for circadian clock function

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have discovered a new protein complex operating in fruit fly circadian clocks, which may also help to regulate our own biological clocks.


Stanford researchers uncover link between 2 aging pathways in mice

Biology /

created Jan 08, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Two previously identified pathways associated with aging in mice are connected, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The finding reinforces what researchers have recently begun to suspect: that the ...


Probing question: What is a molecular clock?

Probing question: What is a molecular clock?

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created Nov 20, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

It doesn't tick, it doesn't have hands, and it doesn't tell you what time of day it is. But a molecular clock does tell time -- on an epoch scale. The molecular clock, explained S. Blair Hedges, is a tool ...





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First-ever blueprint of a minimal cell is more complex than expected

First-ever blueprint of a minimal cell is more complex than expected

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created 18 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (14) | comments 3

What are the bare essentials of life, the indispensable ingredients required to produce a cell that can survive on its own? Can we describe the molecular anatomy of a cell, and understand how an entire organism ...


Research sheds light on workings of anti-cancer drug

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

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(PhysOrg.com) -- The copper sequestering drug tetrathiomolybdate (TM) has been shown in studies to be effective in the treatment of Wilson disease, a disease caused by an overload of copper, and certain metastatic cancers. ...


Knockouts in human cells point to pathogenic targets

Knockouts in human cells point to pathogenic targets

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Whitehead researchers have developed a new approach for genetics in human cells and used this technique to identify specific genes and proteins required for pathogens.


An end to sleep problems? Researchers discover enzyme behind effects of sleep deprivation

Medicine & Health / Research

created 22 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

There is hope for those who miss one night too many or whose children keep them up at night. The unwelcome effects of a bad night's sleep - forgetfulness, impaired mental performance - can be dealt with by reducing the concentration ...


RNA on the move

RNA on the move

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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In the fruit fly Drosophila, oskar mRNA, which is involved in defining the animal’s body axes, is produced in the nuclei of nurse cells neighbouring the oocyte, and must be transported to the oocyte and along ...


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Plasma produces KO cocktail for MRSA

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 2

MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) and other drug-resistant bacteria could face annihilation as low-temperature plasma prototype devices have been developed to offer safe, quick, easy and un ...


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Top 10 tech toys for 2009

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

This year, I've grouped my list of Top 10 tech toys into price ranges. Keep in mind that the prices listed are the suggested retail, and you may be able to find better deals.


First 'genetic map' of Han Chinese may aid search for disease susceptibility genes

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The first genetic historical map of the Han Chinese, the largest ethnic population in the world, as they migrated from south to north over evolutionary time. was published online today by the American Journal of Human Ge ...


Crosstalk between critical cell-signaling pathways holds clues to tumor invasion and metastasis

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Two signaling pathways essential to normal human development - the Wnt/Wingless (Wnt) and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) pathways - interact in ways that can promote tumor cell invasion and metastasis, researchers ...


A RANK insider resolving the enigma of the fever chart

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mammals have evolved a complex system for controlling bone remodeling. Babies require calcium for healthy bones and they obtain it from their mother's milk. Nursing mothers release calcium from their bones. Surprisingly, ...



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