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DNA analysis may be done on Mars for first time - space - 09 April 2009 - New ScientistIn August 1996, molecular biologist Gary Ruvkun was about to reveal one of the biggest discoveries of his scientific career. His lab at Harvard Medical School had recently found a gene called age-1 that determines lifespan in roundworms. Their work offered the tantalising possibility that ...
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Discovery Fleshes Out Metabolism Of Key Environmental And Energy BacteriaDiscovery Fleshes Out Metabolism Of Key Environmental And Energy Bacteria ScienceDaily (Feb. 11, 2009) — An international collaboration of researchers has discovered a new enzyme in a species of bacteria with potential environmental cleanup and energy roles. This is the first multi-protein ...
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Rot's unique wood degrading machinery to be harnessed for better biofuels productionAn international team led by scientists from the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute and the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory have translated the genetic code that explains the complex biochemical machinery making brown-rot fungi uniquely ...
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IEEE Spectrum: Researchers Hope to Mime 1000 Neurons With High-Res Artificial RetinaResearchers from three major California universities are working on an artificial retina that could give limited sight to people with degenerative diseases of the retina, such as macular degeneration. Such a prosthesis is a more realistic future treatment than stem-cell therapy, gene therapy, or ...
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Researchers seek to understand and improve virus that infects lung cancer cellsUsing data collected at Advanced Photon Source at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, researchers at The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, Calif., have for the first time solved the structure of a virus that can infect specific cancer cells.
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World's first brain prosthesis revealed - 12 March 2003 - New ScientistAn artificial hippocampus is about to be tested in California - researchers hope it will one day replace damaged brain tissue
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