In our 2013 predictions, we noted how malware would only gradually evolve without much in…
Month: January 2013
Warmer soils release additional CO2 into atmosphere; Effect stabilizes over longer term
Warmer temperatures due to climate change could cause soils to release additional carbon into the…
One form of neuron turned into another in brain
A new finding by stem cell biologists turns one of the basics of neurobiology on…
‘Quadruple helix’ DNA discovered in human cells
In 1953, Cambridge researchers Watson and Crick published an article describing the interweaving “double helix”…
Developing microbial cell factories by employing synthetic small regulatory RNAs
Biotechnologists have been working hard to address the climate change and limited fossil resource issues…
Epigenetics explains rheumatism? Genes and their regulatory ‘tags’ conspire to promote rheumatoid arthritis
In one of the first genome-wide studies to hunt for both genes and their regulatory…
Tumors evolve rapidly in a childhood cancer, leaving fewer obvious treatment targets
An extensive genomic study of the childhood cancer neuroblastoma reinforces the challenges in treating the…
Genetic basis of high-risk childhood cancer points to possible new drug treatment strategy
Scientists have identified a possible lead in treatment of two childhood leukemia subtypes known for…
Scientists find protein that reins in runaway network
Marked for death with molecular tags that act like a homing signal for a cell’s…
Molecular switch enabling immune cells to better fight disease
Scientists have discovered the mechanism that enables CD4 helper T cells to assume the more…