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  • By Vlad Tarko
  • October 23rd, 2006
Why Do Enzymes Have Knots?

Why Do Enzymes Have Knots?

And why are some of these knots so complicated?

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  • By Stefan Anitei
  • October 23rd, 2006
The Gene of the Memory

The Gene of the Memory

It is active in the hippocampus

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  • By Stefan Anitei
  • October 20th, 2006
An Odd Bacterial Comunity Found 2 Miles Underground

An Odd Bacterial Comunity Found 2 Miles Underground

Could similar organisms live beneath the surface of other planets?

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  • By Stefan Anitei
  • October 20th, 2006
Methane Eating Bacteria Found in Icy Arctic Water

Methane Eating Bacteria Found in Icy Arctic Water

They live around a mud volcano at 1250 m

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  • By Stefan Anitei
  • October 20th, 2006
Why Some Moles Do Not Develop Skin Cancer?

Why Some Moles Do Not Develop Skin Cancer?

Endoplasmic reticulum seems to be involved

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  • By Stefan Anitei
  • October 19th, 2006
Just One Gene Makes the Difference Between Pygmy Dogs and Huge Ones

Just One Gene Makes the Difference Between Pygmy Dogs and Huge Ones

The gene sets the amount of growing hormone

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  • By Stefan Anitei
  • October 19th, 2006
A Gene That Turns Your Girl into a Boy

A Gene That Turns Your Girl into a Boy

Femaleness is determined by the suppression of maleness gene

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  • By Stefan Anitei
  • October 18th, 2006
Polar Bacteria in Our Own Backyard

Polar Bacteria in Our Own Backyard

These bacteria could have multiple technological applications

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  • By Stefan Anitei
  • October 16th, 2006
The Smallest Cell Genome

The Smallest Cell Genome

It belongs to an endosymbiotic bacteria

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  • By Stefan Anitei
  • October 13th, 2006
Mitochondrial DNA Analysis Fails to Trace the Ancestry on African Americans

Mitochondrial DNA Analysis Fails to Trace the Ancestry on African Americans

Less than 10% of the analysis led to a specific ethnic group

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  • By Stefan Anitei
  • October 11th, 2006
A Protein Linked to Cell Fusion Has Been Discovered

A Protein Linked to Cell Fusion Has Been Discovered

This finding could bloom cell therapy

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  • By Vlad Tarko
  • October 10th, 2006
The Source of All the Magic: How Do Enzymes Work?

The Source of All the Magic: How Do Enzymes Work?

How does improbability gets turned into reliability?

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  • By Stefan Anitei
  • October 10th, 2006
Stinkbug Symbiotic Bacteria Could Spark Light on the Evolution of the Pathogenic Bacteria

Stinkbug Symbiotic Bacteria Could Spark Light on the Evolution of the Pathogenic Bacteria

The gut bacteria coevolved with their host

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  • By Stefan Anitei
  • October 5th, 2006
How Does the Plague Bacteria Attack ?

How Does the Plague Bacteria Attack ?

It has a switch system to fool the immune system

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  • By Stefan Anitei
  • October 5th, 2006
The Ancestors of the Vascular Plants Revealed by Genetic Analysis

The Ancestors of the Vascular Plants Revealed by Genetic Analysis

This has a great impact on evolutionary biology

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  • By Stefan Anitei
  • October 5th, 2006
Oyster Mushroom's Genome is Being Decoded

Oyster Mushroom's Genome is Being Decoded

This has many practical and theoretical applications

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  • By Stefan Anitei
  • October 3rd, 2006
Bacterial Toxin Used as Insecticide Kills Intestinal Worms

Bacterial Toxin Used as Insecticide Kills Intestinal Worms

New effective drugs will be developed

 
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