Genetics & Molecular Biology

You Now Have Billions And Billions Of Good Reasons For Being Out Of Shape

While our chromosomes are relatively stable within our lifetimes, the genetic material found in our mitochondria is highly variable across individuals and may impact upon human health, say researchers at the University of Montreal and its affiliated CHU S ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 27 2014 - 6:30am

Survey Shows Genomics Research Is A Popularity Contest Too

The genomics revolution has been going on for decades, but half of known eukaryote lineages remain unstudied at the genomic level. A new survey, with results published in of Trends in Ecology and Evolution, concludes that this is simply a popularity conte ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 30 2014 - 9:14am

Bio-Engineers Grow Functional Human Cartilage In Vitro

Biomedical engineers at Columbia Engineering have successfully grown fully functional human cartilage in vitro from human stem cells derived from adult stem cells in bone marrow tissue.  ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 30 2014 - 4:51pm

Stem Cells From Teeth Resemble Brain Cells

S tem cells taken from teeth can grow to resemble brain cells. Perhaps one dau they could be used in the brain as a therapy for stroke, say researchers at the University of Adelaide Centre for Stem Cell Research, who believe that although these cells have ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 30 2014 - 4:58pm

Golden Rice, Golden Opportunity

You people in the developed world are certainly free to debate the merits of genetically modified foods, but can we please eat first?”- Dr. Florence Wambugu The blind girl lurched toward me across the parking lot at Tirta Empul temple, mewling. I guessed ...

Blog Post - Norm Benson - May 4 2014 - 11:04am

Adult Stem Cells Changed Into Pluripotent Stem Cells By Nuclear Transfer

In 2009, President Barack Obama slightly eased restrictions on the human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research that was first funded by his predecessor, President George W. Bush, but limited to specific lines. Using an executive order, Pres. Obama allowed fo ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 4 2014 - 12:46pm

MitoQ Antioxidant Makes Old Arteries Seem Young Again- Study

A research team gave old mice-  the equivalent of 70- to 80-year-old humans- water containing an antioxidant known as MitoQ for four weeks and found that their arteries functioned as well as the arteries of mice with an equivalent human age of just 25 to ...

Article - News Staff - May 5 2014 - 6:13pm

Premature Birth Genetic Risk Factor Found

A gene that codes for a protein that scientists have found helps the body’s immune cells recognize and fight Group B Streptococcus (GBS) bacteria has been implicated in premature birth risk. The bacteria are found in the vagina or lower gastrointestinal tr ...

Article - News Staff - May 5 2014 - 9:47pm

The Molecular High-Speed Origami Of Protein Folding

Proteins, those workhorses of the cell responsible for almost all biological functions, have to be adaptable and that means chain-like molecules must engage in an intricate three-dimensional conformation. This process- protein folding- is one of the most ...

Article - News Staff - May 10 2014 - 5:05pm

Weekend Science: Pigs That Taste Like Rye Whiskey

If you're like me, you always throw a little Pabst Blue Ribbon on meat. Some people use whiskey in their marinade. At the Templeton Rye Distillery in Templeton, Iowa they are cutting out the middleman- they are trying to create pork that already taste ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - May 10 2014 - 12:17pm