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BioMed Central, the leading open access publisher, has announced the launch of BMC Systems Biology, the first open access journal focussed solely on the entire emerging subject of systems biology. A peer-reviewed online journal, BMC Systems Biology has just published its first articles online at htt... read more »
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Microbiology specialist, Oxoid, has today announced the release of an improved product in its Atmosphere Generation Systems (AGS) range. AnaeroGen? Compact now incorporates easy-to-use, self-seal "W-Zip" transparent pouches that are designed for the incubation of small numbers of microbiological cul... read more »
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A UCL (University College London) study has found that you are more likely to perform well if you do not think too hard and instead trust your instincts. The research, published online today in the journal Current Biology, shows that, in some cases, instinctive snap decisions are more reliable than ... read more »
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Peering deep within the cells of fruit flies, developmental biologists at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia may have discovered a new way that genes are turned on and off during development. If they're right, and the same processes are at work in higher organism... read more »
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The third edition of a landmark genetics textbook--Recombinant DNA: Genes and Genomes--A Short Course--has just been released. Infused with descriptions of genome sequencing technologies, biological insights from sequencing projects, and practical applications of genetics and genomics research, the ... read more »
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By joining a sugar to a short-chain fatty acid compound, Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a two-pronged molecular weapon that kills cancer cells in lab tests. The researchers cautioned that their double-punch molecule, described in the journal Chemistry & Biology, has not yet been tested on ... read more »
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Stem cells grew, multiplied and differentiated into brain cells on a new three-dimensional scaffold of tiny protein fragments designed to be more like a living body than any other cell culture system.An MIT engineer and Italian colleagues will report the invention-which may one day replace the ubiqu... read more »
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In an advance in the emerging field of bacterial imaging, scientists are reporting development of a method for identifying specific sites of localized bacterial infections in living animals. Bradley D. Smith at the University of Notre Dame and colleagues describe the method in a report scheduled for... read more »
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