A new image of a comet at 353 million miles from Earth shows two jets…
Month: March 2014
Dying cells in fruit fly alert neighboring cells to protect themselves: As a result, neighbors become harder to kill
Cells usually self-destruct when irreparable glitches occur in their DNA. Programmed cell death, or apoptosis,…
Natural plant compounds may assist chemotherapy
Plant compounds present in carrots and parsley may one day support more effective delivery of…
Dentist shortage bites California as more choose to practice out of state
A lingering recession, the elimination of Medicaid dental reimbursements and a glut of established dentists…
Immunotherapy approach to Alzheimer’s studied in fly models
The results of using fly models to investigate passive immunotherapy to block amyloid-²42 peptides of…
Gene mutations in flies, humans produce similar epilepsy syndromes
New findings that build on and expand a previous discovery that mutations in the ‘prickle’…
Caffeinated fruit flies help identify potential genes affecting insecticide resistance
To understand genetic mechanisms underlying insecticide resistance, scientists employed fruit flies and caffeine, a stimulant…
Inherited muscle diseases: ‘Sunday driver’ gene headed the wrong way
Skeletal muscle cells with unevenly spaced nuclei, or nuclei in the wrong location, are telltale…
DNA provides information on origins of yeast, helps evolutionaly biologists
A problem in evolutionary biology has been turned into a new tool to better understand…
Smoke-free air policies seem to protect the heart
Policies prohibiting tobacco smoking in workplaces and other public spaces may substantially improve public health…