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Framing science - scientists should adopt new communication techniques
February 24th, 2008
Seed Washington Correspondent Chris Mooney and American University professor and ScienceBlogs contributor Dr. Matthew Nisbet are co-authors of a provocative new article in Science entitled, Framing Science. Read more
Scientists decode genome of Streptococcus sanguinis
February 23rd, 2008
Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have decoded the genome of a bacteria normally present in the healthy human mouth that can cause a deadly heart infection if it enters the bloodstream. Read more
Cylindrical nanoparticles deliver drugs to tumors
February 23rd, 2008
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine & School of Engineering and Applied Science have discovered a better way to deliver drugs to tumors. Read more
Study provides first direct link between plants and humans
February 22nd, 2008
The study was published in an advance online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences during the week of April 9, 2007. Read more
Female stem cells work better
February 22nd, 2008
Female stem cells derived from muscle have a greater ability to regenerate skeletal muscle tissue than male cells, according to a study at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. Read more
Breakthrough in photoswitchable fluorescent protein science
February 21st, 2008
University of Oregon scientists have identified molecular features that determine the light-emitting ability green fluorescent proteins, and by strategically inserting a single oxygen atom they were able to keep the lights turned off for up to 65 hours. Read more
Scientists at Johns Hopkins discover Solitary protein
February 21st, 2008
Working with fruit flies, scientists at Johns Hopkins have discovered a protein required for two neighboring cells to fuse and become one "super cell." Read more
First measurement of a cellular heartbeat
February 21st, 2008
Researchers have made a breakthrough by detecting the electrical equivalent of a living cell's last gasp. The work takes them a step closer to both seeing the 'heartbeat' of a living cell and a new way to test drugs. Read more
Analysis of Rhesus monkey genome provides new clues to primate biology
February 20th, 2008
An international consortium of researchers has published the genome sequence of the rhesus macaque monkey and aligned it with the chimpanzee and human genomes. Read more
Scientists discover key player in embryonic muscle development
February 20th, 2008
Muscle fibers are large cells that contain many nuclei. They begin, like all animal cells, as naive embryonic cells. These cells differentiate, producing intermediate cells called myoblasts that are now destined to become muscle. Read more
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Glaucoma is a group of diseases of the optic nerve involving loss of retinal ganglion cells in a characteristic pattern of optic neuropathy.