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Fighting Australian Crayfish Do Not Forget The Face Of Foes
The fighting Australian
crayfish (yabby) does not
forget the face of its foes
according to zoologists. In
the study, after a fight,
the loser yabby was isolated
... > full story
Building Brains: Mammalian-like Neurogenesis In Fruit Flies
The nerve cells in the brain
of Drosophila are generated
by neural stem cell-like
progenitor cells called
neuroblasts. In the
... > full story
Boron Is Essential For The Growth Of Plants And Animals
A research group has shown
that boron, although only
required in tiny doses, is
essential for organogenesis
in plants. Research on the
biological role of boron
... > full story
First System Of Human Nerve-cell Tissue Engineered
Researchers have
demonstrated that living
human nerve cells can be
engineered into a network
that could one day be used
for transplants to repair
... > full story
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Protein Protects Lung Cancer Cells From Efforts To Fix Or Kill Them
March 2, 2008 — A protein that helps lung cancer cells thrive appears to do so by blocking healthy cells' ability to fix themselves when radiation or chemicals such as nicotine damage their DNA, according to a new ... > full story -
Genetic Coding Of The Pea Unraveled
February 28, 2008 — The pea is one of many important crop species that is unsuited to the Agrobacterium-based genetic modification techniques that are commonly used to work with crops. Researchers have now discovered ... > full story -
New Protein Tag Enhances View Within Living Cells
February 27, 2008 — The view into the inner world of living cells just got a little brighter and more colorful. A powerful new research tool, when used with other labeling technologies, allows simultaneous visualization ... > full story -
New Details Of A Gene-regulatory Network Governing Metabolism Discovered
February 26, 2008 — Metabolism is a central feature of life -- a myriad of biochemical processes that, together, enable organisms to nourish and sustain themselves. Scientists are discovering how the regulation of genes ... > full story -
Building Brains: Mammalian-like Neurogenesis In Fruit Flies
February 24, 2008 — A new way of generating brain cells has been uncovered in Drosophila. This novel mode of neurogenesis is very similar to that seen in mammalian brains, suggesting that key aspects of neural ... > full story -
Social Dynamics Of Yellow Jackets Uncovered
February 24, 2008 — New research uncovers the social dynamics of yellow jackets, which includes multiple sex partners, extreme cooperation and a caste system. Results show that shown that multiple mating does not cause ... > full story -
First Chikungunya Animal Model Created
February 23, 2008 — Researchers have developed the first animal model of the infection caused by chikungunya virus, an emerging arbovirus associated with large-scale epidemics. Using this mouse model scientists ... > full story -
Two-way Cell Talk Provides Clues About Neuromuscular Disease
February 22, 2008 — It's a scientific given that neurons tell other cells what to do, but new evidence suggests that, like with any good relationship, these target cells also have much to contribute, scientists say. In ... > full story -
Biomedical Engineering Challenges Of The Next Century
February 21, 2008 — Much of the work in MIT Institute Professor Robert Langer's prolific lab sounds like something straight from the pages of science fiction, but its products are already saving lives around the world ... > full story -
Genome Of Marine Organism Tells Of Humans' Unicellular Ancestors
February 20, 2008 — A ubiquitous but little-known marine organism, the choanoflagellate, is the last one-celled ancestor of humans and provides insight into how cells learned to assemble into multicelled organisms. The ... > full story
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