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New research funded mainly through the Wellcome Trust with additional support from the Medical Research Council shows that a new treatment route for bovine spongiform encephalopathy and its human form Creutzfeldt Jakob disease could be a step closer.

Viruses are well known for attacking humans and animals, but some viruses instead attack bacteria.

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have uncovered the genetic identity of a cellular receptor for the immune system's first-response antibody, a discovery that sheds new light on infection control and immune disorders.

For the first time, scientists have successfully used a method called exome sequencing to quickly discover a previously unknown gene responsible for a mendelian disorder.

A team led by Penn State's Ross Hardison, T. Ming Chu Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, has taken a large step toward unraveling how regulatory proteins control the production of gene products during development and growth.

A new study of maize has identified thousands of diverse genes in genetically inaccessible portions of the genome.

Neuherberg, November 17, 2009. The regulating protein Srebp2 drives cholesterol formation, which prions need for their propagation, in prion-infected neuronal cells.

The new method offers a long-sought tool for studying stem cells, cancer and other problems of fundamental importance to biology and medicine.

Thiocyanate -- an anti-oxidant found in broccoli and cauliflower -- may help those with cystic fibrosis, U.S. researchers found.

This is a high-resolution image of the surface of the adult stem cell niche in a mouse brain with a genetic label that makes FoxJ1+ cells green.

When Charles Darwin visited the Falkland Islands during the voyage of the Beagle in 1835, he saw a wolf-like species, wrote about it in his diaries and correctly commented that it was being hunted in such large numbers that it would soon become extinct.

The study examines how dietary restriction and a high-caloric diet influence biochemical responses.

The Associated Press, that bastion of scientific knowledge, shares with us a list of "pests that are benefiting or could benefit from global warming", starting with:

Main Category: Cancer / Oncology Also Included In: Genetics ; Conferences ; Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 12 Nov 2009 - 5:00 PST Phillip A. Sharp, a world leader of research in molecular biology and biochemistry and an institute professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been named winner of the American Society for ...

Recent advances in EMCCD technology have solved the problem of non-standardized measurement units by using the photoelectron to standardize imaging experiments.

Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine discovered that a dietary antioxidant found in such vegetables as broccoli and cauliflower protects cells from damage caused by chemicals generated during the body's inflammatory response to infection and injury.

People's immunity to A/H1N1 flu virus is greater than previously thought, a new study suggests.

Main Category: Genetics Also Included In: Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 16 Nov 2009 - 0:00 PST Meiosis - the pairing and recombination of chromosomes, followed by segregation of half to each egg or sperm cell - is a major crossroads in all organisms reproducing sexually.

A team led by University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences researchers on the cutting edge of nanotechnology has found a way to capture tumor cells in the bloodstream that could dramatically improve earlier cancer diagnosis and prevent deadly metastasis.

Gene mutations linked to inherited Parkinson's disease also appear to be connected to the more common form of the disease that strikes people whose relatives don't have it, researchers now say.