The fittest males dont always get the girl
April 16th, 2008 - 1:56 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Apr 16 (ANI): Being an aggressive macho male doesnt mean that you will always get the girl, for according to a new study, the fainthearted do also have a good ... Read more...
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Scientists identify mechanism that helps fruit flies lock-in memories
March 30th, 2008 - 11:35 am ICT by admin
Washington, March 30 (ANI): Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) say that they have identified a protein in fruit flies that alters the strength of synaptic connections called plasticity, which ... Read more...
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New mathematical model offers better understanding of cell signalling
March 25th, 2008 - 1:01 pm ICT by admin
Washington, March 25 (ANI): A researcher at the University of Michigan has unveiled a new mathematical model that offers new understanding of cell signalling, which may be pretty important in identifying ... Read more...
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Gene that reduces ‘bad cholesterol’ identified
March 17th, 2008 - 3:09 pm ICT by admin
London, March 17 (IANS) Swedish scientists have identified a gene that reduces levels of bad cholesterol and combats atherosclerosis, a condition brought about by thickening of inner walls of arteries carrying blood ... Read more...
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Scientists identify genes that protect against atherosclerosis
March 16th, 2008 - 1:40 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Mar 16 (ANI): Researchers at the Swedish Medical University Karolinska Institutet have identified the genes that may protect against atherosclerosis, the main cause of myocardial infarction and stroke.One way to ... Read more...
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Scientists decode flys reaction to changes around it
March 9th, 2008 - 1:11 pm ICT by admin
Washington , March 9 (ANI): American scientists have come up with a new way to view the world through the eyes of a common fly, and to partially decode the insects reactions ... Read more...
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Computer vision may still not be as good as humans
January 25th, 2008 - 3:22 pm ICT by admin
Washington, January 25 (ANI): Experts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have warned against welcoming recent suggestions that computers are making progress in learning how to see like humanssomething really important ... Read more...
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Over 100 genes inactivated in cancer cells identified
January 8th, 2008 - 3:17 pm ICT by admin
Washington, January 8 (ANI): Carnegie Mellon University researchers have found more than 100 genes that have an abnormal pattern of activation in cancer cells.Ziv Bar-Joseph, a computational biologist at the university, ... Read more...
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Molecular pathways common to different addictive drugs identified
January 5th, 2008 - 1:29 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Jan 5 (ANI): Researchers from the Centre for Bioinformatics at Peking University in Beijing have assembled the most comprehensive gene atlas underlying drug addiction and identified five molecular pathways common to ... Read more...
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New computational technique for early detection of medicines side effects
December 12th, 2007 - 3:43 pm ICT by admin
Washington, December 12 (ANI): Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have come up with a computer based technique that allows the identification of potential side effects of medicines before ... Read more...
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300 new human genes discovered
November 21st, 2007 - 1:13 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Nov 21 (ANI): Researchers at the Cornell University have discovered around 300 previously unidentified human genes, and have also found extensions of several hundred genes, which were already known, using evolution-tracking ... Read more...
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