Antibiotic-eating bug unearthed in soil
A newly discovered bacterium degrades an antibiotic both to protect itself and get nutrition.
Posted: Dec 7th, 2012
Read moreWhy copper busts bacteria
Researchers in the United Kingdom have discovered that copper has the ability to prevent the horizontal transmission of genes, which has fuelled the spread of global antibiotic-resistant infections.
Posted: Dec 6th, 2012
Read moreNew report finds increase in media coverage of synthetic biology
Press coverage of synthetic biology in the United States and Europe increased significantly between 2008 and 2011, according to a report released today by the Synthetic Biology Project at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Posted: Dec 5th, 2012
Read moreX-ray laser helps slay parasite that causes sleeping sickness
An international team of scientists, using the world's most powerful X-ray laser, has revealed the three dimensional structure of a key enzyme that enables the single-celled parasite that causes African trypanosomiasis (or sleeping sickness) in humans.
Posted: Dec 5th, 2012
Read moreMicrochoreography: Researchers use synthetic molecule to guide cellular 'dance'
Johns Hopkins researchers have used a small synthetic molecule to stimulate cells to move and change shape, bypassing the cells' usual way of sensing and responding to their environment. The experiment pioneers a new tool for studying cell movement, a phenomenon involved in everything from development to immunity to the spread of cancer.
Posted: Dec 5th, 2012
Read moreHybrid scaffold more than skin deep
Researchers in Japan have created a hybrid scaffold which promotes tissue regeneration, strong and biodegradable.
Posted: Dec 5th, 2012
Read moreDiscovery of 100 million-year-old regions of DNA shows short cut to crop science advances
Scientists have discovered 100 million-year-old regions in the DNA of several plant species which could hold secrets about how specific genes are turned 'on' or 'off'.
Posted: Dec 5th, 2012
Read moreStanford launches new center to advance 'information age of genomics'
With a new research center, Stanford scientists from across campus will join a new "information age of genomics." The goal is nothing short of improving human well-being.
Posted: Dec 4th, 2012
Read moreUnexpected toughness may mark out cancer cells in the blood
New finding might help improve "liquid biopsy" approach for detecting cancer cells in blood.
Posted: Dec 4th, 2012
Read moreSystems biology meets epigenetics: A computational model explains epigenome dynamics during differentiation
Scientists from the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research and the Biozentrum of the University of Basel have published an important proof-of-principle study showing that a computational model can elucidate the interplay of transcription regulators and epigenome dynamics during differentiation. This is critical for a better understanding of the nature of different cell types and disease stages.
Posted: Dec 4th, 2012
Read morePlant organ development breakthrough
New research from two teams led by Carnegie's Zhiyong Wang and Kathryn Barton focuses on the role of the crucial plant hormone brassinosteroid in the creation of plant-shoot architecture.
Posted: Dec 4th, 2012
Read moreResearchers develop innovative gene-silencing biotechnology to advance aquaculture with prawns
Sustainable technique does not add chemicals, hormones or create genetically modified organisms.
Posted: Dec 4th, 2012
Read moreCrucial step in AIDS virus maturation simulated for first time
Using computational techniques, researchers have shown how a protein responsible for the maturation of the virus releases itself to initiate infection.
Posted: Dec 4th, 2012
Read moreLipid metabolism regulates the activity of adult neural stem cells
Neural stem cells in the adult brain boost their levels of lipid metabolism to grow and generate new neurons. This new finding may open novel therapeutic avenues to treat age- or disease-associated loss of brain cells.
Posted: Dec 4th, 2012
Read moreCorn: Many active genes - high yield
Researchers at the University of Bonn investigate one of the oldest mysteries of plant breeding.
Posted: Dec 3rd, 2012
Read moreNew $25 million grant will improve cassava breeding
To improve the productivity of cassava - a rough and ready root crop that has long been the foundation of food security in Africa -- and plant breeding in sub-Saharan Africa, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Department for International Development of the United Kingdom have awarded Cornell $25.2 million to host a five-year research project.
Posted: Dec 1st, 2012
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