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Critical protein helps mend damaged DNA

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

In order to preserve our DNA, cells have developed an intricate system for monitoring and repairing DNA damage. Yet precisely how the initial damage signal is converted into a repair response remains unclear. Researchers ...


Scientists identify protein that keeps stem cells poised for action

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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

Like a child awaiting the arrival of Christmas, embryonic stem cells exist in a state of permanent anticipation. They must balance the ability to quickly become more specialized cell types with the cellular chaos that could ...


Molecular anchor links the 2 inheritable diseases Fanconi anemia and Bloom's syndrome

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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

A new study establishes a molecular link that bridges two rare inherited disorders and explains why these diseases result in genetic instability. The research, published by Cell Press in the December 24th issue of the journal ...


Ladder-walking locusts show big brains aren't always best

Ladder-walking locusts show big brains aren't always best

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Scientists have shown for the first time that insects, like mammals, use vision rather than touch to find footholds. They made the discovery thanks to high-speed video cameras - technology the BBC uses to ...


Scientists show that plants have measure of the shortest day

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- It is not only people who feel the effects of short winter days - new research by the University of Edinburgh and the University of Warwick has shed light on how plants calculate their own winter solstice. ...


Scientists discover 2 genes that drive aggressive brain cancers

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A team of Columbia scientists have discovered two genes that, when simultaneously activated, are responsible for the most aggressive forms of human brain cancer.


Broken genomes behind breast cancers

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

The first detailed search of breast cancer genomes to uncover genomic rearrangements is published today. The team characterised the ways in which the human genome is broken and put back together in 24 cases of breast cancer.


Sleeping off childhood?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Are your 11- and 12-year-olds staying up later, then dozing off at school the next day? Parents and educators who notice poor sleeping patterns in their children should take note of new research from Tel Aviv University ― ...


Molecular Transistor

Scientists create world's first molecular transistor

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (24) | comments 2

A group of scientists has succeeded in creating the first transistor made from a single molecule. The team, which includes researchers from Yale University and the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology ...


Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea (GEBA)

First volume of microbial encyclopedia published

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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

The Earth is estimated to have about a nonillion (1030) microbes in, on, around, and under it, comprised of an unknown but very large number of distinct species. Despite the widespread availability of microbi ...



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