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Plant polymerases IV and V are special forms of Polymerase II

Plant polymerases IV and V are special forms of Polymerase II

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created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It's a little like finding out that Superman is actually Clark Kent. A team of biologists at Washington University in St. Louis has discovered that two vital cellular components, nuclear RNA ...


New gene-silencing pathway found in plants

Shedding light on the 'dark matter' of genetics: New gene-silencing pathway found in plants

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created Nov 17, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Biologists at Washington University in St. Louis have made major headway in explaining a mechanism by which plant cells silence potentially harmful genes.





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IV drug treatment for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest may not improve long-term survival

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients with an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest who received intravenous (IV) drug administration during treatment, recommended in life support guidelines, had higher rates of short term survival but no statistically significant ...


Racial disparity in colon cancer survival not easily explained, researchers say (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A new study by University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers shows that body-mass index (BMI) and co-existing medical conditions (co-morbidity) do not explain the decreased survival observed among African-Americans ...


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Doubts raised on nuclear industry viability

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (22) | comments 19

(PhysOrg.com) -- The investment in nuclear power has been growing around the world over the last few years, being viewed as a means for countries to control their energy security, avoid the price fluctuations ...


'Call of Duty' setting entertainment records

Technology / Business

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The video game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" is blasting its way into entertainment history.


Future for Internet retailers: Compete on niche products advises management insights study

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In their competition with brick-and-mortar stores, online retailers will do best if they promote the ability to search out and obtain niche products online, according to the Management Insights feature in the current issue ...


World's first delivery of intra-arterial Avastin directly into brain tumor

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Neurosurgeons from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center performed the world's first intra-arterial cerebral infusion of Avastin (bevacizumab) directly into a patient's malignant brain tumor. This novel ...


Submersibles discover top-secret Japanese submarines

Submersibles discover top-secret Japanese submarines

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two World War II Japanese submarines, designed with revolutionary technology to attack the U.S. mainland, have been discovered off the Hawaiian coast of Oʻahu. They are the I-14, which ...


'Call of Duty' sells $310M in N Amer, UK in 24 hrs (AP)

'Call of Duty' sells $310M in N Amer, UK in 24 hrs

Technology / Software

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- First-day sales of Activision Blizzard Inc.'s "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" broke records, raking in an estimated $310 million in North America and the United Kingdom alone.


The missionary doctor

The missionary doctor

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dr. Kenneth Chang has built one of the nation's finest digestive disease centers for UC Irvine Healthcare with a drive and passion inspired by doctors he assisted in a poor Taiwanese fishing ...


Hundreds of genes distinguish patients likely to survive advanced melanoma

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Although the chances of surviving advanced melanoma aren't very good with current therapies, some patients can live for years with cancer that has spread beyond the skin to other organs. Now it may be possible to identify ...



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