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- Luminous Bacteria Control Clock Genes In Host's Body
- Another new study takes a further step toward revealing the pervasive influence microbial communities that inhabit plants and animals have on their biology. Scientists in the US have discovered that the luminous bacterium Vibrio fischeri regulates the daily rhythm of its host, the Hawaiian bobtail squid, by interacting with its clock genes...
- Lab-Grown Kidney Transplanted Into Rats Produces Urine
- US scientists have grown kidneys that produce rudimentary urine in the lab and also after being transplanted into rats. They hope to refine the approach so one day it is possible to grow human kidneys in the lab that work as well as donor kidneys in transplant patients but without the need for them to take drugs to suppress their immune system...
- Structure Of Protein LC8 Linked To Cell Division And Medical Applications, ALBA Synchrotron Reveals
- A team led by David Reverter, a researcher at the Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine (IBB) of the UAB, has determined for the first time the three-dimensional structure of a protein pair: LC8 and Nek9. Depending on whether or not they bind, Nek9 ensures that the chromosomes group and separate correctly during cell division...
- Understanding How Oncogenes Affect The Body Clock May Help Create Better Cancer Treatments
- The Myc oncogene can disrupt the 24-hour internal rhythm in cancer cells...
- Altering Calcium Build-Up In Blood Vessels May Be New Treatment Method For Heart Disease
- The cells responsible for creating calcium build-up in vessel walls - resulting in heart disease - have now been identified in a new study published in PLOS Biology. Atherosclerosis - or hardening of the arteries - is the main cause of heart disease. It occurs because of calcium build-up in the blood vessels - resulting in hard and narrow arteries...
- Size Does Matter: Women Find Large Penises More Attractive
- Finally the debate is over: size matters, and women prefer men with larger packages because it predicts a man's sex appeal, according to a new study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The study, conducted by the Australian National University, revealed that the taller the man, the bigger the effect his penis size had on his sex appeal...
- In Zebrafish Embryo, Retinoic Acid Gradient Visualized For The First Time
- In a ground-breaking study, researchers from the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Japan report a new technique that allows them to visualize the distribution of retinoic acid in a live zebrafish embryo, in real-time...
- Breakthrough In Chemical Crystallography
- A research team led by Professor Makoto Fujita of the University of Tokyo, Japan, and complemented by Academy Professor Kari Rissanen of the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, has made a fundamental breakthrough in single-crystal X-ray analysis, the most powerful method for molecular structure determination. The team's breakthrough was reported recently in Nature...
- Scientists Illuminate Elusive Mechanism Of Widely Used Click Reaction
- Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have illuminated the mechanism at the heart of one of the most useful processes in modern chemistry. A reaction that is robust and easy to perform, it is widely employed to synthesize new pharmaceuticals, biological probes, new materials and other products...
- Synthetic Tissues Can Be Built By 3-D Printer
- A custom-built programmable 3D printer can create materials with several of the properties of living tissues, Oxford University scientists have demonstrated. The new type of material consists of thousands of connected water droplets, encapsulated within lipid films, which can perform some of the functions of the cells inside our bodies...
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