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NASA confirms building blocks of life found on comets

By Paul Lester18:40 August 19, 2009 PDT" Fresh evidence has been revealed to support the theory that life on Earth began in space. NASA's Stardust probe, a specially-designed-comet ‘chaser’, successfully...

Peas Could Be Your New Best Friend

Do you have high blood pressure, or chronic kidney disease?  If so, this article could be vital to your health. "New research from Canada found that proteins in the common garden pea may provide a natural...

Insulin May Treat and Prevent Alzheimer's Disease

A research team from Northwestern University has found that insulin may combat Alzheimer's disease by protecting brain synapses from harm.  After emerging theories that Alzheimer's may actually be a third form...

How Daughter Is Different From Mother ... In Yeast Cells

The mother-daughter relationship can be difficult to understand. Why are the two so different? Now a Northwestern University study shows how this happens ..."A research team has discovered a new mechanism for cell fate determination -- how one cell, the daughter, becomes...

'Breakthrough' in malaria fight

Battle against the Malaria have been finally won. Scientists in Australia have discovered a treatment to combat deadly Malaria. This discovery will help millions of  people in developing and  poor...

Bacteria to power laptops - can synthetic biology solve energy crisis?

Cutting edge thinking on harnessing the enzyme activity of bacteria to power appliances such as laptops. Some might begin to worry about the 'design' element when applied to bacteria or other living matter and the...

CANCER RESEARCH: MIT IDs link between brain tumor proteins

" MIT researchers have identified a critical link between two proteins found in brain tumors , a discovery that could eventually help treat a form of brain cancer that kills 99 percent of patients."

Major Paradigm Shift for our DNA

A fundamental shift in the way biologists view and understand how our genetic code works is underway.  This comes a few decades after molecular biologists first produced a coherent model for how genes are...

Anti-cancer chicken eggs produced

"Report came in that UK scientists,The Roslin Institute, near Edinburgh, have developed genetically modified chickens capable of laying eggs containing proteins needed to make cancer-fighting drugs.”One of the characteristics of lots of medical treatments these days is that...

Sperm proteome gives 'tantalising glimpse' towards the origin of sex

The first ever catalogue of the different types of proteins found in sperm could help reveal the origins of sex and explain some of the mysteries of infertility, say scientists. Research published in the journal...

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