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Science news and science jobs from New Scientist - New Scientist. Science News – Science Articles and Current Events | LiveScience. BIOLOGY. Learn.GeneticsBrain Basics. Research. Researchers at CSHL are devoted to understanding the fundamental biology of human cancer and the development of new diagnostics and therapeutics for specific cancer types. Topics of interest include cancer genetics, tumor biology, mouse models for human cancer, chromosome dynamics, epigenetics, gene expression, DNA replication and cell signaling. CSHL neuroscientists focus on understanding how neural activity and neural circuitry underlie behavior as well as how disruptions in these circuits lead to dysfunction and neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, autism, schizophrenia and depression.

Plant Biologists at CSHL focus on plant development and gene expression, using Arabidopsis, maize and tomato as model systems. In addition to leading to a better understanding of these basic processes, this research also works to improve agricultural yield and biofuel production. Much of the research at CSHL involves genetic and genomic information and approaches. Visible Proofs: Forensic Views of the Body: Home Page. Main Exhibits | Bacteria. This site brings together many links on bacteria, bacteriology, and related topics available on the web. It also provides crystal-clear information about many aspects of bacteria. If you're unfamiliar with the subject, here's a start: Bacteria are living things that are neither plants nor animals, but belong to a group all by themselves. They are very small-individually not more than one single cellhowever there are normally millions of them together, for they can multiply really fast.

We provide many links to pictures, video's, and explanatory text. By browsing through our links you are presented with a synopsis of the diverse world of bacteria, you can learn that not all bacteria are harmful, how they are used in industry, that they belong to the oldest living creatures on Earth, and much more. BREAKING NEWS: Trudy Wassenaar, the curator of this museum, has published a book about - what else? This site was produced with financial support from the Foundation for Bacteriology (Prof.

Protein family key to aging, cancer. The list of aging-associated proteins known to be involved in cancer is growing longer, according to research by investigators at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The new study, published Oct. 17 in Cancer Cell, identifies the protein SIRT2 as a tumor suppressor linked to gender-specific tumor development in mice. Along with two other "sirtuin" proteins previously linked to cancer, the new finding suggests the existence of a rare "family" of tumor suppressors. Cancer is primarily a disease of aging, with the majority of cancer cases occurring in people over 50.

However, the biological processes that underlie this association are not clear. In the late-1990s, sirtuins were linked to extended lifespan observed in several species maintained on a calorically restricted diet. They found that SIRT2-deficient mice developed tumors in multiple tissues -- and, strangely, male mice and female mice developed tumors in different tissues. The Nanotechnology of Sundew and English Ivy | Behind the Scenes | LiveScie... This Behind the Scenes article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation.

Fifteen small sundew plants perch on a windowsill collecting sunlight and eating meat in the lab of Mingjun Zhang on the University of Tennessee's Knoxville campus. Sundew plants are carnivores, consuming insects by capturing them with small adhesive balls on the ends of their tentacles. The tentacles and their adhesive properties may be nature's design for catching insects, but Zhang's research team hopes that one day this same adhesive can help attach your grandmother's replacement hip or your artificial knee without fear that your bodies will reject it. Post-doctoral researcher Scott Lenaghan explained that the idea behind this research at the Nano Bio-systems and Bio-mimetics Lab is to learn from biological principles and apply engineering along the way to develop an end product that uses these compounds and principles to advance technology. Finding organic biomaterials. Interactive Sky Map. Science News, Articles and Information | Scientific American.

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