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The Games Microbes Play

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 - 10:10:08 - Anuradha Menon

One of the perplexing questions raised by evolutionary theory is how cooperative behavior, which benefits other members of a species at a cost to the...

Key Patterns in the Packaging of Genes

Saturday, July 12th, 2008 - 12:04:37 - Anuradha Menon

Although every cell of our bodies contains the same genetic instructions, specific genes typically act only in specific cells at particular times...

Genetics Cause People to Vote Differently

Friday, June 27th, 2008 - 21:58:14 - Anuradha Menon

A groundbreaking new study finds that genes significantly affect variation in voter turnout, shedding new light on the reasons why people vote and...

Genes from Extinct Tasmanian Tiger Extracted

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 - 08:15:45 - Ehud Rattner

In a world first, researchers from the University of Melbourne, Australia, and the University of Texas, USA, have extracted genes from the extinct...

Transgenic Mice Decipher another Part of Autism
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 - Michal Dekel
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have recently generated a mice model for autistic savants -...

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Broccoli For A Better Immune System

Friday, March 14th, 2008 - 20:41:45 - Roni Barr

UCLA researchers have found that a chemical in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables may hold a key to restoring the body's immunity, which...

A Family of Liver Cancer Genes Discovered

Friday, February 29th, 2008 - 20:00:00 - Ehud Rattner

An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Stony Brook University Medical Center has identified a family of genes linked to the development of liver...

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