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Evolution Of Fruit Size In Tomato
In general, domesticated
food plants have larger
fruits, heads of grain,
tubers, etc, because this is
one of the characteristics
that early hunter-gatherers
chose when foraging for
... > full story
Sand Dollar Larvae Use Cloning To 'Make Change,' Confound Predators
Biologists find that sand
dollar larvae created clones
of themselves within 24
hours of being exposed to
fish mucous, a cue that
... > full story
Human Skin Cells Reprogrammed Into Embryonic Stem Cells
Stem cell scientists have
reprogrammed human skin
cells into cells with the
same unlimited properties as
embryonic stem cells without
using embryos or eggs. The
... > full story
Medicine From Milk: Gene Therapy Could Transform Goats Into Pharmaceutical Factories
Gene therapy has been used
successfully to breed large
animals capable of producing
therapeutic proteins in
their milk, such as insulin
... > full story
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Tiny Invasive Snail Impacts Great Lakes, Alters Ecology
August 11, 2008 — Long a problem in the western US, the New Zealand mud snail currently inhabits four of the five Great Lakes and is spreading into rivers and tributaries, according to researchers. These tiny ... > full story -
Hybrid Human-Animal Embryo Research Approved In The UK
January 18, 2008 — Two research groups in the United Kingdom have been given permission to use hybrid human-animal embryos in research which aims to lead to the development of new therapies for debilitating human ... > full story -
'Oosight' Microscope Enables Embryonic Stem Cell Breakthrough
December 3, 2007 — A noninvasive, polarized light microscope invented at the Marine Biological Laboratory played a crucial role in a recent breakthrough in embryonic stem-cell research aimed at developing medical ... > full story -
New Strategy To Create Genetically-modified Animals Developed
September 23, 2007 — A new strategy for genetic modification of large animals by employing a virus that transfers genetic modifications to male reproductive cells, which passes naturally to offspring has been developed. ... > full story -
Crop Engineered To Grow In Poisonous Soil
August 29, 2007 — Aluminum toxicity in acidic soils limits crop production in as much as half the world's arable land. Now, researchers have cloned a novel aluminum-tolerant gene in sorghum and expect to have ... > full story -
Clones On Task Serve Greater Good, Evolutionary Study Shows
August 20, 2007 — "Don't ever change" isn't just a romantic platitude. It's a solid evolutionary strategy. Creatures that produce scads of genetically identical offspring -- like microbes, plants or water fleas -- ... > full story -
Strains Of Laboratory Mice More Varied Than Previously Thought
July 30, 2007 — Scientists have found that the genetic variation in the most widely used strains of laboratory mice is vastly greater than previously thought. The research could have major implications for the ... > full story -
Cloned Pigs Help Scientists Towards A Breakthrough In Alzheimer's
June 29, 2007 — The first pigs containing genes responsible for Alzheimer's disease will be born in Denmark in August. This event is a landmark achivement in the effort towards finding a cure for the ... > full story -
Researchers Reprogram Normal Tissue Cells Into Embryonic Stem Cells
June 7, 2007 — Researchers at the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine at UCLA were able to take normal tissue cells and reprogram them into cells with the same unlimited properties as embryonic stem cells, ... > full story -
Detecting Cold, Feeling Pain: Study Reveals Why Menthol Feels Fresh
May 31, 2007 — Scientists have identified the receptor in cells of the peripheral nervous system that is most responsible for the body's ability to sense cold. The finding reveals one of the key mechanisms by which ... > full story
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