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Genetically modified trees

Anti-biotech groups obstruct forest biotechnology

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 5

The potential of forest biotechnology to help address significant social and environmental issues is being "strangled at birth" by the rigid opposition of some groups and regulations that effectively preclude ...





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Technique finds gene regulatory sites without knowledge of regulators

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new statistical technique developed by researchers at the University of Illinois allows scientists to scan a genome for specific gene-regulatory regions without requiring prior knowledge of the relevant transcription factors. ...


Newborn brain cells modulate learning and memory

Biology /

created Jan 30, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Boosted by physical and mental exercise, neural stem cells continue to sprout new neurons throughout life, but the exact function of these newcomers has been the topic of much debate. Removing a genetic master switch that ...


Rough day at work? You won't feel like exercising

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 7

Have you ever sat down to work on a crossword puzzle only to find that afterwards you haven't the energy to exercise? Or have you come home from a rough day at the office with no energy to go for a run?


Breakthrough on causes of inflammatory bowel disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

New research by the University of Adelaide could help explain why some people are more prone to Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and other autoimmune diseases.


Sea worm thought to be extinct spotted off Spain

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A sea worm that uses a trunk to catch prey that was thought to be extinct has been rediscovered in the waters of the Atlantic off northwestern Spain, researchers said Monday.


Newly discovered mechanism allows cells to change state

Newly discovered mechanism allows cells to change state

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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

Cells are not static. They can transform themselves over time — but change can have dangerous implications. Benign cells, for example, can suddenly change into cancerous ones.


Caffeine doesn't reverse the negative cognitive impact of alcohol, study shows

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

People who drink may want to know that coffee won't sober them up, according to new laboratory research. Instead, a cup of coffee may make it harder for people to realize they're drunk.


Seeing family for the holidays? Scientists discover how the stress might kill you

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

If you ever thought the stress of seeing your extended family over the holidays was slowly killing you -- bad news: a new research report in the December 2009 print issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology shows that you mi ...


Deciphering the regulatory code

Deciphering the regulatory code: Scientists take new approach to predict gene expression

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Embryonic development is like a well-organised building project, with the embryo's DNA serving as the blueprint from which all construction details are derived. Cells carry out different functions according ...


Exercise can aid recovery after brain radiation

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Exercise is a key factor in improving both memory and mood after whole-brain radiation treatments in rodents, according to data presented by Duke University scientists at the Society for Neuroscience meeting.



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