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Study Reveals Unexpected Ancient Cellular Structure

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at North Carolina State University have effectively lifted the veil from the structure of an ancient and important RNA-protein complex essential for the biosynthesis and function of the ribosome, ...


Back to basics: Scientists discover a fundamental mechanism for cell organization (w/Video)

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 21, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Scientists have discovered that cells use a very simple phase transition -- similar to water vapor condensing into dew -- to assemble and localize subcellular structures that are involved in formation of the embryo.





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Flu focus: NIH project aims for better drugs

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rice University scientists have won a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to scrutinize the influenza A virus for clues that could lead to more effective antiviral drugs. Strains of influenza A include ...


Biological markers of prostate cancer shed light on cancer burden faced by African-American men

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 29, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers based at Tulane University report the discovery of biological markers of prostate cancer which are involved in the growth of tumor cells, shedding light on the genetic basis for the prostate cancer burden faced ...



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