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Scripps research scientists discover molecular defect involved in hearing loss

— 14 May 2009 09:54 | Health

Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have elucidated the action of a protein, harmonin, which is involved in the mechanics of hearing. This finding sheds new light on the... — full story

Potential biologic markers of cholangiocarcinoma

— 16 Oct 2008 10:20 | Health

Dr Hong-Yang Wang and his colleagues confirmed that reduced or absent expressions of E-cadherin and P120 were shown to be associated with the tumour histological grade... — full story

Choanoflagellates are aquatic microbial eukaryotes that are distinguished by an apical flagellum (green), which is used for swimming and feeding, surrounded by a collar of microvilli or tentacles (red) against which bacterial prey are trapped. The nucleus is highlighted in blue, (c) Nicole King laboratory, UC BerkeleyGenome of marine organism tells of humans' unicellular ancestors

— 15 Feb 2008 15:04 | Biology

The newly sequenced genome of a one-celled, planktonic marine organism, reported 14 February in the journal Nature, is already telling scientists about the evolutionary changes that... — full story

This 3-D reconstruction of a human skin cell was produced by electron tomography and shows organelles in different colours: regions of cell-cell contact (sandy brown), nucleus and nuclear envelope (blue) with pores (red), microtubules (green), mitochondria (purple), endoplasmic reticulum (steel blue), (c) Achilleas Frangakis, EMBLA powerful microscope technique reveals the molecular organisation of skin

— 6 Dec 2007 20:23 | Biology

Seeing proteins in their natural environment and interactions inside cells has been a long-standing goal. Using an advanced microscopy technique called cryo-electron tomography, researchers... — full story

Cotton fields in Parker Valley, Arizona. Bt cotton is the greener field in the foreground. The whiter swath of cotton in the background is a refuge field of non-Bt cotton, (c) Timothy DennehyNew designer toxins kill Bt-resistant insect pests

— 2 Nov 2007 06:50 | Environment

A new way to combat resistant pests stems from discovering how the widely used natural insecticide Bt kills insects. Figuring out how Bt toxins punch holes in the cells of an insect's... — full story

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