News articles tagged with 'organism'
Algae that live inside the cells of salamanders are the first known vertebrate endosymbionts
— 6 Apr 2011 16:13 | BiologyA species of algae long known to associate with spotted salamanders has been discovered to live inside the cells of developing embryos, say scientists from the U.S. and Canada, who…
Smithsonian scientists help block ship-borne bioinvaders before they dock
— 29 Mar 2011 16:34 | EnvironmentThe global economy depends on marine transportation. But in addition to cargo, the world's 50,000-plus commercial ships carry tiny stowaways that can cause huge problems for the environment…
Berkeley Lab scientists take a look at systems biology and cellular networking
— 18 Mar 2011 15:04 | BiologySystems biology is a holistic approach to the study of how a living organism emerges from the interactions of the individual elements that make up its constituent cells. Embracing a…
Unprecedented view of protein folding may help develop brain disease therapies
— 16 Mar 2011 13:46 | HealthMisfold an origami swan and the worst that happens is you wind up with an ugly paper duckling. Misfold one of the vital proteins in your body - each of which must be folded in a particular…
How the slime mould gets organised
— 15 Mar 2011 21:05 | BiologyThe so-called cellular slime mould, a unicellular organism that may transition into a multicellular organism under stress, has just been found to have a tissue structure that was previously…
Missing DNA helps make us human
— 10 Mar 2011 18:49 | BiologyA new study demonstrates that specific traits that distinguish humans from their closest living relatives - chimpanzees, with whom we share 96 percent of our DNA - can be attributed…
Study analyses role of PARP enzyme in eukaryotes
— 9 Mar 2011 18:59 | HealthAn Ohio State University molecular biologist leveraged a supercomputer to help better define the family tree of a group of enzymes that have been implicated in a wide range of human…
'David and Goliath' viruses shed light on the origin of jumping genes: UBC study
— 4 Mar 2011 14:41 | BiologyUniversity of British Columbia researchers have identified a small virus that attacks another virus more than 100 times its own size, rescuing the infected zooplankton from certain…
Homoplasy: A good thread to pull to understand the evolutionary ball of yarn
— 26 Feb 2011 17:51 | BiologyWith the genetics of so many organisms that have different traits yet to study, and with the techniques for gathering full sets of genetic information from organisms rapidly evolving,…
UT researchers crack code to harmful brown tides
— 24 Feb 2011 19:02 | EnvironmentA team involving University of Tennessee, Knoxville, researchers has conducted the first-ever genetic sequencing of a harmful algal bloom (HAB) species, cracking the genome of the micro-organism…