- Health
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 9th, 2013
Why Breast Cancer Is Worse in African-American Women
A certain protein ups their risks of a negative outcome, study shows
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 3rd, 2013
Iron in Fossils May Help with Recovering Ancient Tissues
The element could be making fossils harder to find at the same time
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 29th, 2013
Why Blood Stem Cells Appear to Live Forever
The mechanism underlying their survivability is finally exposed
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 28th, 2013
Single Protein May Be Responsible for Triggering Alzheimer’s
Experts gain new insight into how the disease starts in the brain
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 28th, 2013
Enhancer DNA Element That Promotes Leukemia Identified
Experts say they will soon be able to target it with new drugs
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 25th, 2013
3D Protein Models Created via X-ray Lasers for the First Time
A very powerful light source is needed to apply this technology
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 25th, 2013
Alzheimer's Plaques Can Be Detected in the Retina
This test provides a new means of detecting the disease early on
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 19th, 2013
New Protein Could Help in the Fight Against Obesity
The molecule plays an important role in the processing of body fat
- Nano-Biotechnology
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 11th, 2013
Advanced Synthetic Molecular System Developed at Oxford
The research could pave the way for other self-assembling systems
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 11th, 2013
Life on Earth May Have Appeared Inside Clay
New study lends credence to an older scientific theory
- Green/Eco Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- November 1st, 2013
Chickens Among the Winners of the Biofuels Lottery
Researchers say chickens could be the “unexpected beneficiaries” of the biofuels bonanza
- Nano-Biotechnology
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 1st, 2013
Critical AIDS Protein Imaged in Exquisite Detail
The work may pave the way for new HIV vaccines and treatments
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 20th, 2012
Newly Found Enzyme Disintegrates Alzheimer's Plaques
These plaques are made up of beta-amyloid proteins
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 17th, 2012
Protein Involved in Birth Defects Modeled in 3D
This is the first time such a feat is made possible
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 10th, 2012
Altered Goats Will Produce Human Breast Milk
Scientists genetically engineer the animals for this purpose
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 4th, 2012
Protein Promoting DNA Repair Identified
The molecule may be targeted by future anti-aging compounds
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- August 30th, 2012
A Protein Could Be Key in Treating Malaria
Researchers say the molecule has an unusual effect in the body