Life Sciences

The Evolutionary Bursts That Made Us Big

"We were surprised to observe that nearly all of the increase in size occurred in two distinct ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 22 2008 - 8:01pm

Discovery? Genetic Pathway Why Human Teeth Form In A Single Row

the jaw line to form a band of cells called the dental lamina. Because all teeth subsequently form ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 26 2009 - 4:34pm

The Game Of Life In An Organic Universe

How could this possibly happen? After all, a living cell is incredibly complex. I think the answer ...

Article - Dave Deamer - Apr 16 2009 - 12:33am

New Swine Flu Virus Supports 'Mixing Vessel' Theory

Subsequent tests showed the virus was present in all the animals, but none showed obvious signs of illness.  ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 26 2009 - 10:58am

Get To Know H1N1 Swine Flu- And What Makes Influenza A So Nasty

host cell entry via receptor binding which requires genetic compatibility.  Overcoming all of these ...

Article - Hayley Mann - May 4 2009 - 11:45pm

Fossilized Collagen Protein Links Hadrosaur To Tyrannosaurus Rex- And Birds To Dinosaurs

conclusion." At the heart of the controversy is the idea that ancient protein can exist at all. When an animal ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 30 2009 - 5:55pm

Molecular Condom Is AIDS Prevention For Women (And Men Won't Even Know)

a gel that would stop HIV from interacting with vaginal tissue." Kiser estimates that if all goes ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 10 2009 - 8:18pm

Molecular Markers

DNA to which we wish the primer to anneal. DNA sequencing: DNA sequencing reactions all use a primer ...

Article - Ashwani Kumar - Nov 2 2009 - 1:59pm

Need A Helping Hand? Just Infect A Stranger With A Cooperative Gene

the “core genome” – those genes shared by all the strains of the species so, supposedly, those linked ...

Article - Catarina Amorim - Nov 12 2009 - 6:34pm

Killing For Living; A Magnificent Selfish Act

within the organism, it has to use as the chemical income, parts of other amino acids; so as a whole, all ...

Article - Arturo Pèrez-Arteaga - May 11 2010 - 5:38pm