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Gene That Suppresses Herpesviruses Discovered
18.2.2013 | Press monitoring
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) hide within the worldwide human population. While dormant ...
Light-Emitting Bioprobe Fits in a Single Cell
15.2.2013 | Press monitoring
If engineers at Stanford have their way, biological research may soon be transformed by a new class of light-emitting probes small enough ...
Stem Cell Breakthrough Could Lead to New Bone Repair Therapies On Nanoscale Surfaces
14.2.2013 | Press monitoring
Scientists at the University of Southampton have created a new method to generate bone cells which could lead to revolutionary bone repair therapies ...
Combining Synthetic, Natural Toxins Could Disarm Cancer, Drug-Resistant Bacteria
13.2.2013 | Press monitoring
Cancer researchers from Rice University suggest that a new human-made drug that's already proven effective at killing cancer and drug-resistant bacteria ...
Cell Circuits Remember Their History
12.2.2013 | Press monitoring
MIT engineers have created genetic circuits in bacterial cells that not only perform logic functions, but also remember the results ...
Liver cancer survival time tripled by virus
11.2.2013 | Press monitoring
The virus used in the vaccine that helped eradicate smallpox is now working its magic on liver cancer.
\'Zombie\' Cells May Outperform Live Ones as Catalysts and Conductors
8.2.2013 | Press monitoring
"Zombie" mammalian cells that may function better after they die have been created by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico (UNM).
Sequencing hundreds of chloroplast genomes now possible
7.2.2013 | Press monitoring
Researchers at the University of Florida and Oberlin College have developed a sequencing method that will allow potentially hundreds of plant chloroplast genomes to be sequenced at once, facilitating studies of molecular biology and evolution in plants.
3-D Printing Breakthrough With Human Embryonic Stem Cells
6.2.2013 | Press monitoring
A team of researchers from Scotland has used a novel 3D printing technique to arrange human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) for the very first time.
This Is What a Fish Thought Looks Like
5.2.2013 | Press monitoring
For the first time, researchers have been able to see a thought "swim" through the brain of a living fish. The new technology is a useful tool for studies of perception.
