Life Sciences

Human Cytomegalovirus- A Viral Cloaking Device

receptor. All its efforts have made UL18 virtually undetectable. "It's a good example of a viral ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 18 2008 - 10:13am

Defining DNA Differences Tackles Typhoid Fever

Typhi is found only in humans and the genomes of all isolates are superficially extremely similar, ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 27 2008 - 5:30pm

Anthrasimias Gujaratensis: Tiny 55 Million Year-Old Teeth Show Early Primates Weighed Just 3 Ounces

case a few teeth is all we have." Their PNAS report described two upper molars and one lower ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 4 2008 - 5:05pm

The No-Stick Feet Of Mirid Bugs

explains that all bugs are covered in a greasy layer, so what made the mirid bug's surface more ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 8 2008 - 12:48am

BMP-7 Protein Produces Brown Fat (That's The Good Kind)

Harvard Medical School, all of the Joslin Section on Obesity and Hormone Action; Efi Kokkotou of Beth ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 20 2008 - 1:43pm

Trichoplax Adhaerens Genome Shows Simplest Animal Has Complex Metabolic Capabilities

mitochondrial DNA studies suggested that this "mother of all metazoans," Trichoplax, was the earliest ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 22 2008 - 10:57am

Antidepressants And Exercise Use The Same Biochemical Pathway

results in animal models," Dr. Parada said. "These all resonate with the human condition, so ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 28 2008 - 1:47am

'Untouched' Southern Amazon Region Once Had Urban Cities

it is the world's largest soybean producing area. "This throws a wrench in all the models ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 28 2008 - 2:45pm

Fear Not, Climate Warriors, Global Warming Will Not Lead To Toad Invasion

year. And they couldn’t move at all under typical weather conditions in Adelaide, Melbourne and Hobart. ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 31 2008 - 11:20am

Discovery- First New Living Species Of Giant Clam In Two Decades

making it particularly vulnerable to overfishing. " These are all strong indications that T. costata ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 31 2008 - 11:38am