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Cutting a gene in immune cells could offer a new way to treat HIV infections.Published: 07/02/2008Found in: Body & Brain, Genes & Cells and Molecules
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Looking at one gene at a time misses about a third of the genes that contribute to the way a cell functions, scientists say.Published: 06/27/2008Found in: Genes & Cells, Life and Molecules
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Scientists could create wimpy versions of real viruses to develop vaccines for emerging diseases.Published: 06/26/2008Found in: Life and Molecules
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A new way to treat diabetes could recruit cells in the gut to make insulin when the pancreas can’t.Published: 06/19/2008Found in: Biomedicine, Body & Brain and Genes & Cells
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A radically different form of contraception would prevent pregnancies with small molecules of RNA.Published: 06/12/2008Found in: Body & Brain, Genes & Cells and Molecules
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Customized RNA snippets delivered by a harmless virus could someday provide a new way to combat the hepatitis B virus.Published: 06/11/2008Found in: Body & Brain, Genes & Cells and Molecules
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When inherited from mom, a gene linked to obesity and diabetes interferes with blood sugar metabolism.Published: 06/10/2008Found in: Body & Brain and Genes & Cells
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A new 3-D microscopy technique offers unprecedented views of cells.Published: 06/05/2008Found in: Genes & Cells and Life -
Spheres of fat suggest a way that life on Earth could have gotten started.Published: 06/04/2008Found in: Life and Molecules
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By watching bacteria evolve in the lab for 20 years, researchers show that evolution may be rather capricious.Published: 06/02/2008Found in: Life
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In a step toward someday making brain-controlled prosthetic arms for people, scientists have trained monkeys to control a robotic arm with their thoughts. Click on the image to read the story and see the video.Published: 05/28/2008Found in: Behavior, Body & Brain and Life -
Using software that mimics neural networks, researchers have found new mosquito repellents that last longer than commercially available repellent.Published: 05/27/2008Found in: Molecules -
Unsuspected, ever-changing variation among stem cells in bone marrow helps determine the development path the cells will follow during differentiation.Published: 05/21/2008Found in: Biology, Biomedicine and Genes & Cells
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Bacteria that can "flip pancakes" with their DNA are the first microbes engineered to be living computers.Published: 05/19/2008Found in: Biomedicine, Molecules and Technology -
Discovering how bacteria defend themselves from foreign DNA might improve techniques for using microbes as little factories to make human proteins.Published: 05/15/2008Found in: Life