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New Technique for Yeast Cells' Penetration

Monday, October 5th, 2009 - 11:56:06 - Ehud Rattner

If you want to know how a cell responds to a particular chemical, the experiment is simple: Inject it with that chemical. Micropipettes — tiny...

Ingesting Injectable Drugs
Thursday, June 4th, 2009 - Janice Karin
Cadrus Therapeutics, Inc of Worcester, Massachusetts is developing a new drug delivery platform that will allow patients to...

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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...

Yeast Reveals Sexual Selection in Action

Saturday, October 18th, 2008 - 10:38:40 - Ehud Rattner

Why did peacocks develop such elaborate tails? A study that tracks how a gene spreads through a population of yeast could finally help answer such...

New Light on Cells' Ability to Follow

Saturday, October 4th, 2008 - 14:53:09 - Anuradha Menon

Scientists have long known that single-cell organisms find their way around by detecting chemicals in their surroundings. Now new research out this...

DNA Study Reveals Evolution of Beer Yeasts

Friday, September 12th, 2008 - 14:15:23 - Anuradha Menon

Lager lovers convinced that their beer of choice stands alone should prepare to drink their words this Oktoberfest. New research by geneticists at...

The Key to Living Healthily Ever After
Thursday, February 14th, 2008 - Einat Rotman
Biologists at the University of Southern California have achieved a 10-fold life span extension in baker’s yeast. By...