Life Sciences

"Genderblind" Gene Helps Researchers Turn Fruit Flies Homosexual Behavior On And Off

post-doctoral researcher Yael Grosjean noticed that all the GB mutant male flies were courting other males. ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 9 2007 - 4:35pm

Breakthrough: Two Obstacles To Stem Cell Heart Repair Overcome

the basic biological developments. As with all new biomedical applications, an understanding of the ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 12 2007 - 6:30pm

Plant Geneticists Find Veritas In Vino: Genome Sequence Of Pinot Noir Grape Revealed

Agrario di San Michele all'Adige, used a shotgun sequencing approach, which has resulted in 10.7X ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 19 2007 - 12:30am

Researchers Chase Synaptojanin's Role In Neurotransmission

neurological disease," Dr. Ryan explains. "All of that will come to pass over the next few decades. ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 23 2007 - 8:30am

Fungi Clues In The Evolution Of The Sexes

between fungal types before identifying a candidate that appeared related in all lineages," says ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 9 2008 - 5:31pm

Keratin In Human Hair May Speed Up Nerve Regeneration

injury site and isn’t possible in all patients. The tubes, known as nerve guidance conduits, cannot be ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 10 2008 - 11:54am

Embryonic Stem Cells Improve Muscular Dystrophy In Mice

researchers’ newly developed technique, which involves stringent sorting to preserve all stem cells destined to ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 20 2008 - 3:31pm

Solved: Mystery Of How Mitochondrial Disease Passes From Mother To Child

failure and epilepsy. All human and animal cells contain many mitochondria, which are involved in energy ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 27 2008 - 3:42pm

Lusty Wandering Voles Have More Fun- Because They Forget They Have A Home

male “wanderers” wander — behavior all the more puzzling because faithful males enthusiastically defend ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 28 2008 - 6:54pm

An Evolution Reading List

a brilliant way to tell the story of our evolutionary lineage all the way back. Summer for The Gods, Edward ...

Article - Michael White - Feb 12 2008 - 12:39am