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New Theory on Origin of Cell Structure

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 - 16:23:11 - Anuradha Menon

Understanding how living cells originated and evolved into their present forms remains a fundamental research area in biology, one boosted in recent...

Using RNA to Reprogram to Another Cell Type

Friday, April 17th, 2009 - 16:33:26 - Anuradha Menon

For the past decade, researchers have tried to tweak cells at the gene and nucleus level to reprogram their identity. Now, working on the idea that...

Sweet Tooth Gene Found
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 - Sarah GIngichashvili
Researchers at Toronto University have found a direct link between sweet tooth and the presence of a genetic variant of GLUT...

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The Resurrection of a Disease-Linked Gene

Monday, March 9th, 2009 - 12:19:28 - Sarah Gingichashvili

A glimpse into the evolutionary history of a gene linked to Crohn's disease has revealed a bizarre example of just how dynamic genomes can be. The...

Tooth Enamel Gene Discovered

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 - 18:51:24 - Iddo Genuth

Researchers have identified the gene that ultimately controls the production of tooth enamel, a significant advance that could some day lead to the...

DNA Date
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 - Einat Rotman
A dating agency called ScientificMatch offers its clients the service of finding their chemically, physically, and...

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Electroporation 'Knife' for Cancer

Friday, February 6th, 2009 - 12:45:26 - Anuradha Menon

Electroporation, a technique that microbiologists have long used experimentally to temporarily punch holes in cell membranes and ferry drugs or genes...