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Scientists Find Cells Coordinate Gene Activity with FM Bursts

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created Oct 01, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- How a cell achieves the coordinated control of a number of genes at the same time, a process that's necessary for it to regulate its own behavior and development, has long puzzled scientists.





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Lamin B locks up Oct-1

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created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A large fraction of the transcription factor Oct-1 is associated with the inner nuclear envelope, but how and why it is retained there was unknown.


Regulation of cell proliferation by the OGF-OGFr axis is dependent on nuclear localization signals

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania have discovered that the efficacy of the Opioid Growth Factor (OGF, [Met5]-enkephalin), a clinically important antitumor agent, is ...


Nuclear scientist says first Soviet A-bomb 'miracle': report

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 30, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

A nuclear scientist involved in the Soviet Union's first atomic test 60 years ago hailed it "a miracle" Saturday and called for a national day of celebration, RIA Novosti news agency reported.


Lieberose will produce enough power for 15,000 homes

Germany's biggest solar park inaugurated

Technology / Energy

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Germany's largest solar park, and the world's second biggest, was inaugurated on Thursday on the site of a former Soviet military training ground in the east of the country.


Researchers create smaller and more efficient nuclear battery

Researchers create smaller and more efficient nuclear battery

Technology / Energy

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (27) | comments 14

(PhysOrg.com) -- Batteries can power anything from small sensors to large systems. While scientists are finding ways to make them smaller but even more powerful, problems can arise when these batteries are ...


PET can help guide treatment decisions for a common pediatric cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study published in the August issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine shows that positron emission tomography (PET) is an important tool for depicting the extent of neuroblastoma in some patients, particularly for th ...


Scientists first to see RNA network in live bacterial cells

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists who study RNA have faced a formidable roadblock: trying to examine RNA's movements in a living cell when they can't see the RNA. Now, a new technology has given scientists the first look ever at RNA in a live ...


Improved seismology tools can detect and locate low-yield nuclear explosions

Improved seismology tools can detect and locate low-yield nuclear explosions

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is leading a joint project with Los Alamos and Sandia national laboratories, as well as the Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC) and Quantum Technology Sciences, ...


A solution to Darwin's 'mystery of the mysteries' emerges from the dark matter of the genome

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (14) | comments 0

Biological species are often defined on the basis of reproductive isolation. Ever since Darwin pointed out his difficulty in explaining why crosses between two species often yield sterile or inviable progeny (for instance, ...


Worldwide isotope shortage continues to pose significant challenges

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created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

SNM (Society of Nuclear Medicine) recently conducted a survey of nuclear pharmacies—pharmacies that supply the critical radioisotope Technetium-99m, which is used in more than 16 million nuclear medicine tests each year in ...



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