Genetics & Molecular Biology
- Is It OK To Eat Cloned Fruit?
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Article - Steve Savage - Apr 28 2013 - 11:45pm
- Fat Cells Change Colour In Response To Temperature
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Mammals have the ability to adapt to a range of the temperature. While physiological homeostasis has a lot to do with this, part of the reason why mammals can adapt to cold temperatures is the presence of energy-burning brown fat cells. Unlike the large fa ...
Article - Jennifer Wong - May 9 2013 - 3:46pm
- Tooth Regeneration- What Alligator Stem Cells Can Teach Us
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Unique cellular and molecular mechanisms behind tooth renewal in American alligators may help science learn how to stimulate tooth regeneration in people, according to a new study. We regenerate teeth now. We grow baby teeth and then we replace those with ...
Article - News Staff - May 14 2013 - 9:30am
- Crosstalk Between Notch And Bone Morphogenetic Protein Signaling Pathways
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A new study uses mouse genetics to demonstrate how a handful of workhorse signaling pathways interact to construct multiple structures that comprise the vertebrate body and how crosstalk between two of those pathways- those governed by proteins known as N ...
Article - News Staff - May 14 2013 - 7:30pm
- Female Reproductive Ability May Be Related To Immune System
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Because energy resources in the body must be optimized as much as possible, a new paper says, tasks inherently related to survival, like immune function, take priority. Any leftover energy is then dedicated to reproduction. ...
Article - News Staff - May 19 2013 - 10:22am
- Organism: Genes:: Forest: Trees
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Decades of focus on genes may have led the scientific community away from a balanced exploration of the organisms that those genes define- whether they be plants, animals or microorganisms- and more toward gene-focused directions: inward, toward the world ...
Article - News Staff - May 20 2013 - 3:23pm
- Gorillas And The Future Of Crop Biotechnology
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There are some really cool improvements coming along in several crops that have been developed using the tools of biotechnology- GMOs if you will. Some of these innovations have consumer health benefits. Some expand ways to encourage greater produce consu ...
Article - Steve Savage - May 23 2013 - 10:20am
- One Hump Or Two? Decoding The Genome Of The Camel
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Camels, valuable in desert regions throughout the world because of their ability to carry heavy loads over long distances without food or water, are divided into two species, the one-humped dromedary and the two-humped Bactrian camel. Despite the extremel ...
Article - News Staff - May 28 2013 - 10:28am
- Should The World Keep Feeding Europe?
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Article - Steve Savage - May 31 2013 - 8:59am
- The Natriuretic Polypeptide B Reason That Itching Happens
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Mouse studies have determined that a small molecule called natriuretic polypeptide b (Nppb) released in the spinal cord triggers a process that is later experienced in the brain as the sensation of itch. Nppb streams ahead and selectively plugs into a spe ...
Article - News Staff - Jun 2 2013 - 6:02am