Life Sciences

No Sex For 40 Million Years? No Problem

speciation in sexual organisms. Asexual creatures like the bdelloid rotifers were known not to be all ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 21 2007 - 12:29am

Denizens Of Deep Seas And Deep Time: Part 1: The Frilled Shark & Goblin Shark

change to their environment. Their great diversity is familiar to us all: from the fearsome gape of the ...

Article - Sarda Sahney - Mar 30 2007 - 6:22pm

Denizens Of Deep Seas And Deep Time Part 2: The Coelacanth

made in the Comorian islands. The locals all knew of the coelacanth, as it occasionally appeared in ...

Article - Sarda Sahney - Apr 1 2007 - 11:55am

Gene Mutation That Causes Infertility?

ultimately all the genes needed for fertility in mice and apply this information to the human situation. ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 11 2007 - 12:37am

'Fusion' Protein Found By Johns Hopkins Researchers

Zhang, Sabrina Hong, Kristen Sens, Jinyan Bo, Guillermo Gonzalez and Elizabeth Chen, all of Johns ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 11 2007 - 12:57am

The Gene Genie- Random OMIM Search Term Of The Day: "nine"

protein (BMP) family. These proteins are very important signaling molecules that mediate all kinds of ...

Article - Timothy Erickson - Jul 25 2007 - 10:08am

Gene That Governs Toxin Production In Deadly Mold Found

infection. "The gene is not expressed all the time, which means there must be a signal that says ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 12 2007 - 11:22pm

New Light On Membrane Fusion

and ready for it to occur, to the point of sharing membranes," Wessel said. "So all that is ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 17 2007 - 3:15pm

New Life Form Discovered In Medusa Hydrotherma Vent

all knew it would be special when we found creatures living at this new vent field." Source: ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 19 2007 - 11:56am

Study Reveals What Makes Plants Flower

exciting discoveries all pointing to the FT gene being central to controlling flowering time. Now that we ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 19 2007 - 2:45pm