Life Sciences

Why Scratching Feels Good

Winnicki, M.D., and Robert C. Coghill, Ph.D., senior author, all from Wake Forest. ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 31 2008 - 1:08pm

Roy Orbison Is Awarded His Own Beetle (Seriously)

admiration for Roy’s body of work and all you do to keep his music alive,” said Wheeler in presenting the art ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 31 2008 - 3:39pm

TLR4 Gene Mutation Linked To Increased Risk Of Premature Birth

inflammation,” irrespective of adjustment for maternal race, smoking and lower genital tract infection, all of ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 2 2008 - 10:24am

Excess Nitrogen Boosts Tropical Plant Growth By 20 Percent

wetlands and tundra. Nitrogen, they found, increased plant growth in all ecosystems except for deserts. ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 6 2008 - 11:33am

How Do Red Blood Cells Eject Their Nuclei?

case, when the red blood cell divides, one daughter cell gets all the DNA. What’s fascinating is that in ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 10 2008 - 3:48pm

How 'nature's Ultimate Sensory Machines' Integrate Sight And Smell

all directions at once, though the picture may be grainy. Flies’ keen senses allow for some incredible ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 14 2008 - 1:47pm

Whither Nanobacteria

in PLoS Pathogens says that's all balderdash. Here is the authors' summary: "In the ...

Article - John Dennehy - Feb 19 2008 - 7:57am

Prehistoric AIDS? HIV-Blocking Monkey Gene Evolved More Than Once

inherited by all the species that descend from that ancestor. In the case of TRIM5-CypA and TRIMCyp, this ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 29 2008 - 2:00am

Study: Darwin Got One Thing Wrong- The Origin Of The Domestic Chicken

of the salmon. These characteristics are all caused by carotenoids. The gene may also influence the ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 29 2008 - 10:14am

Comparison Of Real-time PCR And Blood Culture For The Diagnosis Of Bloodstream Infections In Onco-hematologic Patients.

peripheral blood of 51 onco-hematologic patients with clinical suspicion of  bacterial or fungal BSI. All ...

Article - Lorenzo Nardi - Mar 14 2008 - 1:08pm