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Research spawns new discoveries showing how crops survive drought

Research spawns new discoveries showing how crops survive drought

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Breakthrough research done earlier this year by a plant cell biologist at the University of California, Riverside has greatly accelerated scientists' knowledge on how plants and crops can ...


Study reveals how plants and bacteria 'talk' to thwart disease

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created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

When it comes to plants' innate immunity, like many of the dances of life, it takes two to tango. A receptor molecule in the plant pairs up with a specific molecule on the invading bacteria and, presto, the immune system ...





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Latest epidemic? High cholesterol, obesity in fruit flies

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created 13 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

How do fruit flies get high cholesterol and become obese? The same way as people do - by eating a diet that's too rich in fats.


ERK's got rhythm: Protein that controls cell growth found to cycle in and out of cell nucleus (w/ Video)

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created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Time-lapsed video of individual breast tissue cells reveals a never-before-seen event in the life of a cell: a protein that cycles between two major compartments in the cell. The results give researchers a more complete view ...


It takes two to infect: Structural biologists shed light on mechanism of invasion protein

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created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Bacteria are quite creative when infecting the human organism. They invade cells, migrate through the body, avoid an immune response and misuse processes of the host cell for their own purposes. To this end every bacterium ...


Control of blood clotting by platelets described; provides medical promise

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

Cell fragments called platelets are essential to promote blood clotting. Virginia Tech faculty members and students have discovered novel molecular interactions at the surface of platelets that control blood clotting.


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Research reveals exactly how coughing is triggered by environmental irritants

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created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have revealed how environmental irritants such as air pollution and cigarette smoke cause people to cough, in research published today in the American Journal of Respiratory an ...


Researchers find inflammation critical in aortic dissection

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created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The aorta, the body's largest artery, stretches from the chest to below the kidneys, expanding and contracting with the pressure of blood driven directly into it by the heart. Although its walls are extraordinarily strong, ...


Researchers find potential treatment for Huntington's disease (w/ Video)

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created Nov 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research, the University of British Columbia's Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics and the University of California, San Diego have found that normal synaptic activity ...


Study provides first clear idea of how rare bone disease progresses

Study provides first clear idea of how rare bone disease progresses

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created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, is taking the first step in developing a treatment for a rare genetic disorder called fibrodysplasia ...


Research reveals lipids' unexpected role in triggering death of brain cells

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created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The lipid that accumulates in brain cells of individuals with an inherited enzyme disorder also drives the cell death that is a hallmark of the disease, according to new research led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital ...


New Way To Predict Drug Side Effects

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created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Predicting the side-effects of a drug is not simple task. The human body has more than 1,500 molecules that are known to be involved in various diseases, and often a drug designed to hit one of these targets will also hit ...



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