Microbiology

Women With Large Abdominal Fat Cells Have A Higher Risk Of Developing Type 2 Diabetes

A new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg says middle-aged women who have large abdominal fat cells are at higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared to women with smaller fat cells. Waist circumference divided by bod ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 21 2009 - 1:16pm

RNA-Powered Nanomotor Leads To Artificial Pores

An RNA-powered nanomotor has become the engine for an artificial pore able to transmit nanoscale material through a membrane, the next step in research on using nanomotors to package and deliver therapeutic agents directly to infected cells. Eventually thi ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 28 2009 - 10:12am

Historic Box of Squid Delivered To My Lab Today

One of the professors at my marine station retired, and is in the process of clearing out his lab. This has resulted in a sudden windfall of free stuff, some awesome (an invertebrate textbook so old it lists the phylum Vermes) and some completely useless ( ...

Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Sep 29 2009 - 11:57pm

Programmed Cell Death- In Plants, Animals And Humans, One Thing We All Have In Common

Parts of our genetic programs that determine programmed cell death in plants and animals are actually evolutionarily related and function in a similar way, according to an article in Nature Cell Biology. Research has previously believed that animals and pl ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 13 2009 - 10:11am

It's alive!

For those who enjoyed our first set of bacteria art images, you will definitely want to check out Microbial Art. www.microbialart.com ...

Blog Post - T. Ryan Gregory - Oct 23 2009 - 3:15pm

It's alive!

For those who enjoyed our first set of bacteria art images, you will definitely want to check out Microbial Art. www.microbialart.com ...

Blog Post - T. Ryan Gregory - Oct 23 2009 - 3:16pm

Halloween Pumpkins May Scare Away Yeast Infection Too

Your Jack-o'-Lantern may scare away more than just birds- the skin of that pumpkin contains a substance that could put a scare into microbes that cause millions of cases of yeast infections in adults and infants each year, says a new study in the Jour ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2010 - 6:58pm

Researchers Transform Embryonic Stem Cells Into Human Germ Cells

Researchers say they have discovered how to transform human embryonic stem cells into germ cells, the embryonic cells that ultimately give rise to sperm and eggs, an advance that will allow researchers to observe previously inaccessible human germ cells in ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 29 2009 - 3:38pm

Need A Helping Hand? Just Infect A Stranger With A Cooperative Gene

Cooperation is seen in every corner of life from microbes to humans, many times with no obvious advantages to those that provide it at high costs. Given the existence of “freeloading cheaters” ready to exploit the resources of those cooperating, why is it ...

Article - Catarina Amorim - Nov 12 2009 - 6:34pm

Picture- Bacteria Talking- In Color

Bacteria are abundant in soil, water, and air as well as in the depths of the Earth's crust, organic matter, and live animals or plants. They are also abundantly social-- among themselves and with others. Not only do they interact with each other but ...

Article - Hatice Cullingford - Nov 17 2009 - 7:16pm