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Amazing Ants Imagine walking through the Amazon rainforest. Trees surround you, blocking out the sky, plants and insects swarm on every surface, and unseen animals rustle through the canopy above. Suddenly, you ... Read more |
Personalized Medicine It is estimated that over 106,000 people die every year because they are given the wrong dose of medicine. Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) are a signifcant problem in today’s health ... Read more |
A New Method to Monitor Proteins in vivo Bioluminescent imaging is one of the most important tools available to scientists trying to understand how cells and proteins function. This technique has been revolutionized following a new discovery by ... Read more |
Biochemistry Genius Uncovered Over a span of nine days in September, Stanford Associate Professor of Biochemistry Pehr Harbury was awarded two grants guaranteeing him no less than $3 million in research money for ... Read more |
Two Radically Different Metabolic Processes Octopus Spring in Yellowstone National Park is one of the most inhospitable places on the planet. Yet, life fourishes there at temperatures that reach nearly 90°C (194° F), close to ... Read more |
Genomic Health For many of us, the ability to select from and customize products to suit our individual needs has long been a given. From personalized ringtones to tailored wardrobes, we consume ... Read more |
Gene Patenting As the 19th century imperialist leaders of Europe once jostled to stake their claims in African territories, the leaders of biomedical research are currently scrambling to stake their claims in ... Read more |
Not Just Biology How do dramatic ecological shifts precipitate the outbreak of latent infectious diseases? Professor William Durham, the chair of the Anthropological Sciences Department at Stanford University, and his colleague, Assistant Professor ... Read more |
Controlling Metastatic Cancer The majority of cancer deaths occur when cancer cells spread from a localized tumor to other parts of the body during a process called metastasis. Investigations into the mechanisms of ... Read more |
The Link between Down Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease What does Down Syndrome have in common with Alzheimer’s disease? Down Syndrome is a common genetic disorder that causes delayed physical and cognitive development from birth. It affects over 3... Read more |
Bacterial Pathogenesis: Friend or Foe? It may be scary to think that our bodies are home to ten times more tttttv cells than our own cells. However, in a recent article published in the journal ... Read more |
Overcoming Obesity If you are sitting in a room right now with two other adults, statistically one of you should be overweight or obese. Obesity is a serious and growing health threat, ... Read more |
Visible Evolution Imagine finding components of a human eye in a worm. What would this tell us about eye evolution? Opponents of natural selection have frequently claimed the eye is too complex ... Read more |
Ancestral Origins Many preconceptions about individuals start with the assumption that a person's ethnicity can be judged by simply looking at her or her physical traits. Eyes, skin, even hair all yield ... Read more |
Small RNA, Big Potential for Treating HCV The estimated 170 million people infected with Hepatitis C virus (HCV) have been living with limited medical options. There is no cure for HCV, and today’s therapies work in only ... Read more |
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