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New Path Found To Antibiotics In Dirt
A teaspoon of dirt contains
an estimated 10,000 species
of bacteria, but it's only
one percent of these
microbial bugs -- the ones
that can be grown easily in
a lab -- that have brought
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Cause Of Weakness In Marine Animal Hybrids Discovered
A genetic malfunction found
in marine crustaceans called
copepods likely explains why
populations of animals that
diverge and eventually
reconnect produce weak
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Olive Leaf Extract Can Help Tackle High Blood Pressure And Cholesterol
Taking 1000 mg of a specific
olive leaf extract (EFLA
943) can lower cholesterol
and lower blood pressure in
patients with mild
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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
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Being Unique Has Advantages: 'Rareness' Key To Some Insects Being Favored By Evolution
November 6, 2008 — As the saying goes -- blondes have more fun, but in the world of insects it may actually be the rare "redheads" that have the last laugh ... at least in terms of evolution. A new study has discovered ... > full story -
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 -
Crop Scientists Discover Gene That Controls Fruit Shape
March 17, 2008 — Crop scientists have cloned a gene that controls the shape of tomatoes, a discovery that could help unravel the mystery behind the huge morphological differences among edible fruits and vegetables, ... > full story -
Sand Dollar Larvae Use Cloning To 'Make Change,' Confound Predators
March 14, 2008 — Biologists find that sand dollar larvae created clones of themselves within 24 hours of being exposed to fish mucous, a cue that predators are near. The cloning process resulted in small new larvae ... > full story -
Human Skin Cells Reprogrammed Into Embryonic Stem Cells
February 12, 2008 — 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 implications for disease treatment ... > full story -
Medicine From Milk: Gene Therapy Could Transform Goats Into Pharmaceutical Factories
February 1, 2008 — Gene therapy has been used successfully to breed large animals capable of producing therapeutic proteins in their milk, such as insulin or those that fight cancer. This represents a significant ... > 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
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