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An international research team led by Tim Nilsen, Ph.D., a professor of medicine and biochemistry and the director of the School of Medicine's Center for RNA Molecular Biology, has discovered an unexpected mechanism governing alternative splicing, the process by which single genes produce different proteins in different situations.
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered stem cells in the oesophagus of mice that were able to grow into tissue-like structures and when placed into immune-deficient mice were able to form parts of an oesophagus lining.
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When neurons started dying in Clive Svendsen's lab dishes, he couldn't have been more pleased.
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Diets and beauty products claiming to have anti-oxidant properties are unlikely to prevent ageing, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust.
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Imaging study is one of the first to analyze influence of multiple genes
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Amoebas glide toward their prey with the help of a protein switch that controls a molecular compass, biologists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered.
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In a groundbreaking study led by a molecular biologist at Florida State University, researchers have discovered that as embryonic stem cells turn into different cell types, there are dramatic corresponding changes to the order in which DNA is replicated and reorganized.
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Scientists have confirmed the second-ever case of a 'virgin birth' in a shark, indicating once again that female sharks can reproduce without mating and raising the possibility that many female sharks have this incredible capacity.
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The Worldwide LHC Computing Grid combines the IT power of more than 140 computer centres, the result of collaboration between 33 countries.
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First long-term study finds that treatment slows symptom progression, benefits last for years
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Findings Show RNA Interference Has Much Larger Role in Cellular Functions and Processes Than Previously Thought
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Duke University Medical Center researchers have discovered genetic links between the nervous system and the immune system in a well-studied worm, and the findings could illuminate new approaches to human therapies.
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Most people would agree that stress increases your risk for illness and this is particularly true for severe long-term stresses, such as caring for a family member with a chronic medical illness.
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New Consumer Application Pack Uses NVIDIA CUDA Technology to Improve
Performance Beyond Graphics on NVIDIA GeForce GPUs.
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Cancer biologists are turning their attention to the normal cells that give rise to cancers, to learn more about how tumor growth might be stopped at the earliest opportunity.
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A dietary cocktail that includes a type of omega-3 fatty acid can improve memory and learning in gerbils, according to the latest study from MIT researchers that points to a possible beverage-based treatment for Alzheimer's and other brain diseases.
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When Alice MacDonald arrived at MIT four years ago, the biological engineering major did not exist. But this Friday, MacDonald and 22 other adventuresome MIT students will become the Institute's first graduates from the new biological engineering program.
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Obesity-related inflammation also pegged as catalyst in metabolic syndrome
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Higher organisms do not have a "cost of complexity" - or slowdown in the evolution of complex traits - according to a report by researchers at Yale and Washington University in Nature.
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MIT biologists have provoked soil-dwelling bacteria into producing a new type of antibiotic by pitting them against another strain of bacteria in a battle for survival.
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