Posts Tagged ‘molecular genetics’
Science & Technology - Sep 13, 2010 10:42 - 0 Comments
Biofuel from rock ‘em, sock ‘em yeast
UC BERKELEY (US)—Researchers have taken genes from grass-eating fungi and stuffed them into yeast. As a result they have created strains that produce alcohol from tough plant material—cellulose—that normal yeast can’t digest. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 17, 2010 11:29 - 1 Comment
Lower speed limit posted for protein assembly
MICHIGAN STATE (US)—The apparently random self-assembly of molecular threads into the proteins that make the body work is far less frantic than previously thought, according to new research. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 9, 2010 16:09 - 2 Comments
Growing hard corn to better feed the world
RUTGERS (US)—Scientists have discovered the basis for hard corn kernels which could lead to better hybrids and increase the food supply for people in developing countries who rely on corn as a nutritional staple. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 20, 2010 12:02 - 0 Comments
How to grow corn rich in vitamin A
MICHIGAN STATE (US)—A research team has uncovered the mechanism by which the amount of beta-carotene, or provitamin A, is increased in corn, a finding that can help combat vitamin A deficiency and improve human health in the developing world. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 14, 2010 17:07 - 4 Comments
Pathogenic fungus craves your brain sugar
DUKE (US)—Highly dangerous Cryptococcus fungi love sugar and will consume it anywhere because it helps them reproduce. In particular, they thrive on a sugar called inositol, which is abundant in the human brain and spinal cord. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 28, 2009 16:35 - 0 Comments
Mature brain recycles embryonic circuit maker
JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—Neuroscientists have discovered that an older mammal’s brain shrewdly revisits and reuses molecular cues from prenatal development to control the complex design of its circuits. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 21, 2009 14:24 - 0 Comments
Remodel job may curb cancer cells
TEXAS A&M (US)—It may be possible to slow or even stop malignant cancer cells from spreading by altering their architecture, new research suggests. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 9, 2009 14:54 - 0 Comments
Why King Kong failed to impress
DUKE (US)—Humans have the same receptors for detecting odors related to sex as do other apes and primates. But each species uses them in different ways, stemming from the way the genes for these receptors have evolved over time. (more…)
