Life Sciences

Open Source Species- Charting The Ever-Changing Genome

a lot of changes,” explains Borevitz. “All the data have been placed in a publicly accessible database ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 19 2007 - 4:09pm

Cytochrome P450 And Cytochrome B5: 'Mother Nature's Blowtorch'

"These proteins are involved in all major diseases, everywhere in the body, and are therefore primary ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 15 2007 - 2:16am

Tahina Spectabilis: New Genus Of Palm Grows For A Century, Blooms- And Then Dies

flora with over 170 known species, all but six of which are endemic. Scientists predict that there are ...

Article - News Staff - May 23 2009 - 5:17pm

Bt Cotton And The Evolution Of Resistance

as they would be if they were recessive. Helicoverpa zea has not evolved resistance in all areas- ...

Article - Ian Ramjohn - Feb 23 2008 - 8:19pm

Did These Researchers Find Evidence Of The Key To Life Before Its Origin On Earth?

in meteorites and, above all, that these excesses appear to signify that their precursor molecules, ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 28 2008 - 5:42pm

Biologists Diagnose Cause Of Two 20th Century Flu Epidemics

and Jill Taylor, all research assistants, New York State Department of Health. ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 4 2008 - 11:41am

PERK And The Molecular Pathway Underlying Sleep Apnea

are Yan Zhou, Polina Fenik, Guanxia Zhan, Ben Sanfillipo-Cohn, and Nirinjini Naidoo, all from Penn. ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 19 2008 - 11:05am

Another Tree Of Life Mystery- Insects, Ion Channels And Smell

common, though, is that they all specifically inhibit the influx of positively charged ions into the cell. ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 13 2008 - 3:21pm

Sexually Antagonistic Selection- A Darwinian Evolution Model For Homosexuality

factors always contribute, all else being equal, a positive net increase of the fecundity of the whole ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 17 2008 - 9:35pm

New Synthetic Molecules Coax Stem Cells To Differentiate

retinoids EC23 and EC19 could be used to replace All-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA). ATRA is sensitive to light, ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 2 2008 - 9:32pm