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Intrusion strategy of the world's largest virus
The study, conducted by the Weizmann Institute, provides important insights into the process of virus infection. Published online in PLoS Biology, the study revealed the…
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LEARN ABOUT ORIGINAL CELL (Part 2)
Stem cells are one of the most fascinating areas of biology today. But like so many science areas that are growing, research on stem cells raises questions both scientif…
Biology
LEARN ABOUT ORIGINAL CELL (Part 3)
We all start life from a single cell, called zygote, that forms after fertilization. Zygote divides into two cells; every cell in it divides and goes on like that ...
Biology
Artificial viruses carry gene molecules and pharmaceuticals into tumors
Viruses are real professionals who implant genetic material into infected cells. This feature is currently exploited in gene therapy.
Biology
Direct movie recording when the HIV virus is born
Humans have never observed the time when viruses formed. US researchers have filmed one such birth directly - at a particular pathogen: HIV.
Biology
LEARN ABOUT ORIGINAL CELL (Part 1)
For centuries scientists have known that some animals can regenerate lost parts of their bodies. We humans also share this characteristic, like the starfish. Although ou…
Biology
DNA is the focal point of reproductive activity
According to a new study published by Imperial biologist in PNAS in April, there is one type of wild yeast every 1,000 generations of asexual reproduction that exists in…
Biology
Insects evolved a completely different tactic to sniff
In the work published in the April 13 online edition of Nature, researchers at Rockefeller University and Tokyo University revealed that insects have adopted a fundament…
Biology
Decoding the process of bacterial division
Duke University researchers have recently made great strides in understanding the mechanism of bacterial division. This success can bring new antibiotic treatments to pr…
Biology
Can clone genius from skin cells?
Biotechnology company ACT (USA) has developed techniques that can produce babies as desired. This method is more effective than the previous Dolly cloning technique and…
Biology
Is nano bacteria a living organism?
Tiny molecules called nanobacteria have confounded scientists in many ways since people discovered it 20 years ago, but the most controversial question it poses is wheth…
Biology
Survival tactics of a species of African fly larvae
The larvae of an African fly can survive terrible droughts thanks to its ability to transform into a candy-like form. Scientists can rely on this ability to study ways t…
Biology
Discover the maturation and spread of dengue virus
Purdue University biologists have identified why the dengue virus must undergo structural transformation to mature in host cells, and how important these changes are. fo…
Biology
Microorganisms can be the killers of corals
According to the scientists' speech on April 2, 2008 at the 162th Society for General Microbiology session, corals can die slowly due to changes occurring to the bacteri…
Biology
We can create cars, so why can't we make cells?
Let's assume that you don't know anything about cars, so you want to know how they work. By chance you have a friend who is a car repairman so you ask him to explain the…