Life Sciences

Stem Cell And Feeder Cell Link Challenged

feeder cells, which are difficult to grow, may not be important at all for stem cell growth."  In ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 27 2015 - 8:08am

Adenine DNA Methylation May Affect Epigenetic Information

and functional roles," He said. "All three studies together uncover a potential new ...

Article - News Staff - May 6 2015 - 9:31am

Why Do We Need One Vaccine For Measles And A Yearly One For The Flu?

The researchers used a high-throughput approach to mutate all of the genes in a virus in one ...

Article - News Staff - May 21 2015 - 11:54am

Ranavirosis: Frogs Face Risk In Garden Ponds

can all help limit the impact of this devastating disease. It is important to reduce the use of garden ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 9 2015 - 8:41am

Female Mice Only Smell Male Pheromones When Ready To Mate

find--in the mouse--that the nose is not simply a sense organ, passively vacuuming up all stimuli and ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 12 2015 - 9:11am

Stable Memories- Why You Never 'Forget' Motor Skills Like Riding A Bike

researchers. We're all familiar with the old saying that you never forget how to ride a bike and perhaps ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 24 2015 - 11:27am

Substance Abuse Associated With Lower Brain Volume In Women- But Not Men

"In contrast, all men and healthy women did not show such correlations." The findings may provide ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 20 2015 - 2:42pm

Antibodies In The Blood Provide Clues To Transplant Recipients' Likelihood Of Rejection

presence of donor-specific HLA antibodies in a recipient is usually not a good sign, not all patients who ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 26 2015 - 4:59pm

Genetic Ancestry Partially Explains A Racial Sleep Difference

Martica Hall, professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh. "Although all humans have the ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 1 2015 - 6:30am

There's No Wild Bee Colony Collapse Either

survival, which just happens to be true of all wild animals and insects. With respect to wild bees, however, ...

Article - Genetic Literacy ... - Aug 25 2015 - 7:16am