Genetics & Molecular Biology

SHP-2: Key Factor In Regulating Placenta, Fetal Growth

SHP-2, a common biological protein molecule, is central to placental growth and could hold the key to mitigating growth restriction of babies in the womb,  according to research is published today in Endocrinology. ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 20 2009 - 4:10pm

Genetic Discovery Could Accelerate Grapevine Breeding- And Bring Back European Vines From 150 Years Ago

European-tasting wines from American species and cultivars?  It could happen, say German researchers who have unraveled an unexpected twist in grapevine DNA. ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 23 2009 - 8:28pm

Synthetic Biology And Nanotechnology- The Public Knows Little

Not a week goes by in science that there isn't a new study related to synthetic biology or nanotechnology.   They are two of the hottest fields in science and there is discussion of either ethical or environmental concerns on a recurring basis. But th ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 29 2009 - 10:13am

Survey- Which Countries Come Down In Favor Of GMO For Pharmaceuticals?

Like Spain, Israel, the USA and some other countries, a survey of Danish citizens support using GM plants for production of pharmaceuticals- science Austria, Germany and Japan and some others do not accept. Isn't it 'against' nature?  Yes, D ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 23 2012 - 11:40pm

New Understanding Of Genetic Basis Of Sex Determination

Biologists from the University of Maryland writing in Science have described the genetic basis for two co-existing systems of sexual determination in cichlid fish from Lake Malawi and, in doing so, identified a mechanism by which new sex chromosomes may ev ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 1 2009 - 3:39pm

Nobel Musings

Three deserving, outstanding scientists have won the Nobel of medicine. As a footnote, Blackburn's outstanding career has included dismissal from Bush II's bioethics committee over her dissent on the Bush administration's stem cell policy. T ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Oct 6 2009 - 8:49am

Heart Regeneration A Step Closer

Calcium is crucial for heart regeneration by cardiac stem cells following cardiovascular problems say scientists in an article to be published in the journal Circulation Research this 9th of October. The study also identifies the body molecules controlling ...

Article - Catarina Amorim - Oct 10 2009 - 3:42am

Replicated- Butterfly Wings On A Nano Scale

Researchers have developed a technique to replicate biological structures, such as butterfly wings, except on a nano scale and the resulting biomaterial could also be used to make optically active structures, such as optical diffusers for solar panels, the ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 11 2009 - 10:55am

'Junk RNA'? Not Anymore

For many years, so called 'junk RNA' was thought to be nothing more than cellular trash. Recent research, however, has called this view into question as scientists have discovered the importance of some small RNAs that generally contain more than ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 13 2009 - 4:14pm

The Heart: So Elegant, Yet So Complex

The human heart, a tireless organ that beats within our chests continuously for decades, continues to amaze me, in spite of my having studied it for several years now.  My continued amazement stems not from the fact that this muscle functions for so long, ...

Article - Byron Roberts - Oct 16 2009 - 2:17pm