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Researchers have regressed human stem cells to an embryonic state using just a single transcription factor, as opposed to the four factors previously needed to induce pluripotency in human cells, according to a study published online today (August ... Click to continue
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The millions of microbes that crowd the human intestinal tract are teeming with new antibiotic resistance genes that could jump to disease-causing pathogens, according to researchers from Harvard University.An artist's conception of microbialecology ... Click to continue
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[Entry posted at 26th August 2009 06:00 PM GMT]
Researchers have cracked the long-time mystery of how sex is determined in birds: A dose-dependent effect of a single gene on one of the sex chromosomes does the trick, according to a study published this week in Nature.
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Researchers have for the first time succeeded in replacing defective mitochondrial genomes with healthy ones in monkey embryos--a technique that could be used to prevent children from inheriting a variety of incurable genetic diseases caused by ... Click to continue
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An illness that has been decimating US honeybees for more than three years probably isn't caused by a single virus, but by multiple viruses that wear down the bees' ability to produce proteins that can guard them against infection, according to a ... Click to continue
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[Entry posted at 24th August 2009 03:26 PM GMT]
Disgraced stem cell researcher Hwang Woo-suk may face jail time, if South Korean prosecutors have anything to do with it. The prosecutors told the Seoul court today (August 24) that fabricating research findings on human stem cell lines and misusing ... Click to continue
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It's 4 AM. Two grad students sit across the table from each other hunched over textbooks, looking bleary-eyed. One boy asks the other, "Why are we doing this?"
His friend looks up and responds through a haze of exhaustion and self-pity: "You mean, ... Click to continue
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Researchers from the J. Craig Venter Institute have developed a technique for generating modified strains of bacteria with novel, genetically engineered properties, they report online today (August 20) in Science. The advance could help scientists ... Click to continue
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[Entry posted at 20th August 2009 07:02 PM GMT]
Bacteria-infecting viruses, generally thought to be harmful to their hosts, can also be surprisingly beneficial.
A pea aphid Image: WikipediaA bacteriophage infecting a bacterium living in the cells and body cavity of a small, plant-eating insect ... Click to continue
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When the nostrils sense different smells, they may be duking it out for the brain's attention, according to a study published online today (August 20) in Current Biology. Such rivalry, well-documented in other sensory systems, has never before been ... Click to continue
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[Entry posted at 19th August 2009 09:48 PM GMT]
Postdocs funded by the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) will soon have a better way to save for retirement.
The organization this month announced the creation of an internationally portable pension plan for the 400 or so recipients ... Click to continue
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Antioxidants, often credited with an ability to protect cells from the damage that makes them turn cancerous, may actually help cancerous cells survive, says a study ... Click to continue
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Researchers have devised a way to control cell movement using flashes of blue light and have used the technique to uncover the function of a protein crucial to cell motility, they report online in ... Click to continue
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Confusion over an upcoming cardiology conference in Shanghai has forced registered scientists and clinicians to fight for reimbursements, including one who faced more than $2000 in spurious credit card charges he suspects are related to the ... Click to continue
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Mimicking an adhesive naturally produced by marine worms, researchers have created a new glue that may help surgeons reconstruct shattered bone, they reported today (August 17) at the ... Click to continue
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Francis Collins, the new director of the National Institutes of Health, said today (17th August) that making sure the NIH's newly-invigorated budget does not "drop off a cliff" once $10 billion in stimulus funding expires at the end of 2010 will be ... Click to continue
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Research stations in Antarctica are sullying the pristine environment by improperly disposing of sewage waste, reports a study published this month in Polar ... Click to continue
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[Entry posted at 13th August 2009 05:00 PM GMT]
A genetic variant on the X chromosome may explain why some HIV-infected women are slower to develop full-blown AIDS than men.
Although several human genetic variants have been implicated in the control and spread of HIV within a host, this is the ... Click to continue
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[Entry posted at 13th August 2009 04:21 PM GMT]
The US Food and Drug Administration's chief drug approver has been hit with allegations of a conflict of interest, and the head of the agency's division on medical devices is resigning amid claims that he was making decisions that betrayed close ... Click to continue
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[Entry posted at 12th August 2009 06:59 PM GMT]
In a decade of research on human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), scientists have largely depended on just two cell lines, greatly limiting the diversity of research in the budding field, according to a ... Click to continue
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Icelandic biotech deCODE Genetics may become another casualty of tough economic times. The company announced today (August 11) that it has only $3.8 million dollars left in its coffers -- enough to fund operations ... Click to continue
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[Entry posted at 10th August 2009 07:41 PM GMT]
Avian influenza can cause a predisposition to Parkinson's disease, according to research published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Around noon on a sunny Wednesday in mid-May, 25 or so employees of the Waltham, Mass-based biotech Altus Pharmaceuticals are unwrapping their offerings for a company-wide potluck; orzo salad, meatballs, curried ... Click to continue
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[Entry posted at 7th August 2009 05:46 PM GMT]
Geneticist Francis Collins was confirmed by the US Senate this afternoon (7th August) as the next director of the National Institutes of Health, a spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told The Scientist.
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Stem cell researchers at the University of Minnesota are once again under investigation for falsifying data, ... Click to continue
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[Entry posted at 5th August 2009 08:42 PM GMT]
The global economic crisis has got most businesses pinching pennies just to stay afloat, and the drug development industry is no exception. But at least one area of the biotechnology sector -- contract research organizations (CROs) -- is on the ... Click to continue
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[Entry posted at 5th August 2009 06:40 PM GMT]
Francis Collins may be just days away from officially being confirmed to lead the National Institutes of Health, according to Congressional staffers close to the issue.
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[Entry posted at 5th August 2009 04:08 PM GMT]
Looking for a little island property near the Hamptons in New York? How about a charming old Biosafety Level 3 facility?
Plum Island Animal Disease Center Image: Wikipedia The US government is taking steps to sell Plum Island Animal Disease Center, ... Click to continue
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[Entry posted at 2nd August 2009 09:03 PM GMT]
Scientists have met one of the long-standing challenges of regenerative medicine: For the first time, they have succeeded in coaxing an injured spinal cord to regenerate sensory axons in rats that reinnervate the specific place they would need to ... Click to continue
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