Biology
New technolgies created by Harvard and MIT researchers could allow the editing of a cell's genome.
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Binghamton University researcher Christof Grewer thinks he has an important brain transport protein – glutamate transporter – figured out. And he’s using a novel approach to spy on them by taking aim with lasers. Grewer, a bioph
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University College Dublin and USDA-ARS win competition designed to promote proteomics research in life sciences Integromics, a market leader in IT solutions for life sciences in the field of genomics and proteomics, today announces the two winner
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Stem cell technologies have been proposed for cell-based diagnostics and regenerative medicine therapies. However, being able to make stem cells efficiently develop into a desired cell type -- such as muscle, skin, blood vessels, bone or neurons -- l
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Among science’s “final frontiers,” one of the most difficult to cross has been looking into the molecular-level workings of living cells. Now, a University of Massachusetts Amherst physicist has built an instrument to do just that a
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Liquid crystal droplets could replace horseshoe crab blood in common endotoxin test The Food and Drug Administration requires every drug they certify to be tested for certain poisons that damage patient health. The current gold standard for
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Newswise — Over time, plants have evolved to adapt to a constantly changing, often hostile, environment. Unfortunately, they are facing a new and difficult challenge ahead. Ever since the Industrial Revolution, their environment has become
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In laboratories at MIT and around the world, scientists are deciphering the molecular structures of proteins involved in...
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Those vegetables you had for dinner may have once been protected by an immune system akin to the one that helps you fight disease...
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“Genomic Revolution” Forging Major Breakthroughs in Medicine, Agriculture, Security & Justice, and Energy and Promises to Create Significantly More Jobs in the Future...
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University of Arkansas researchers found a way to use fat development in fruit flies to help understand fat metabolism in other animals, including humans...
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The National Institutes of Health has awarded Virginia Tech researchers a $2.13 million grant to develop new systems biology approaches to study...
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