Gaining access to the inner workings of a neuron in the living brain offers a wealth of useful information: its patterns of electrical activity, its shape, even a profile of which genes are turned on at a given moment

How does a broken DNA molecule get repaired?

07 May 2012

Biologists turn back the clock to understand evolution of sex differences

05 May 2012

Prototype NIST / CU bioreactor evaluates engineered tissue while creating it

05 May 2012

FANCM gene plays key role in inheritance

02 May 2012

Scientists uncover strong support for once-marginalised theory on Parkinson’s Disease

28 Apr 2012

Slicing mitotic spindle with lasers, nanosurgeons unravel old pole-to-pole theory

28 Apr 2012

Just a few cell clones can make heart muscle

27 Apr 2012

Scientists find the structure of a key ‘gene silencer’ protein

27 Apr 2012

BIological engineers find that proteins in mucus help ward off viral infection

26 Apr 2012

Scientists take steps toward fast, low-cost DNA sequencing device

25 Apr 2012

`Housekeeping’ mechanism for brain stem cells discovered

24 Apr 2012

Nanoparticles may increase plant DNA damage: Study

24 Apr 2012

Scientists uncover how ‘checkpoint’ proteins bind chromosomes

21 Apr 2012

DNA defines the spot where bacteria divide

17 Apr 2012

Breast cancer study finds new type of mutation

16 Apr 2012

Tumour study reveals size limitations for new drugs

12 Apr 2012

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