Search Results for 'Biology'

Cell and Molecular Biology at work

You're both wonderful and amazing! You're wonderful because you are just you, unique in so many ways. You're amazing because you are made up of about 20 thousansd billion (20 x 10exp13) cells of some 200 different types most [...]

Posted On : Sep, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

Top 7 in cell biology

1. Parasite's unusual metabolism Plasmodium falciparum may have evolved a unique, non-cyclic version of the textbook energy-producing process in cells known as the Krebs cycle -- presumably as an adaptation to living inside huma [...]

Posted On : Sep, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

Cell Biology Major

The Cell Biology major program provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the cell, the basic structural and functional unit of all living organisms. The course of study integrates principles from many disciplines, including [...]

Posted On : Sep, 19 2010 | Comments : 3

New biology research to run on space station

The International Space Station is about to take one giant leap for biological science in orbit. Three new biomedical experiments funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health will take advantage of the space station's unique orbi [...]

Posted On : Sep, 18 2010 | Comments : 0

Brain biology, not hormones, may be to blame for postpartum ...

Postpartum depression is often blamed on dramatic hormonal changes inside the bodies of new mothers. Estrogen, progesterone and cortisol all drop dramatically in the hours after childbirth, and some women are thought to be particul [...]

Posted On : Sep, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

National Survey On Synthetic Biology Finds Support For Resea...

Synthetic biology – defined as the design and construction of new biological parts, devices, and systems or re-design of existing natural biological systems for useful purposes – holds enormous potential to improve everything [...]

Posted On : Sep, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Biology of diabetes explored

Type 2 diabetes may be caused by “a chain reaction which destroys vital insulin-producing cells”, BBC News reported. The website said that a “malfunctioning protein” called amyloid could trigger the condition, in [...]

Posted On : Sep, 14 2010 | Comments : 0

Biology Essay

Biology essay writing includes all essays that are written about living things. Biology encompasses a wide range of topics within one vast area of study. Different writers tend to specialize in different areas of this field. While some m [...]

Posted On : Sep, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

The Role of Biology in Environment

Biology is the study of life and comprises all levels from the molecular to the global. Biology is the study living organisms, their organization and their functions and biology is a large part of the way our environment evolved from sim [...]

Posted On : Sep, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

Synthetic Biology and Cancer: Exploring the Possibilities

Ten years ago, researchers created the first devices (here and here) widely viewed as launching the field of synthetic biology. In the decade since, advances in genomics and the chemical synthesis of DNA, among other fields, have created [...]

Posted On : Jul, 14 2010 | Comments : 0

New Patent Propels UTSA Biology Researchers toward Developme...

The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) South Texas Center Emerging Infectious Diseases (STCEID), and Bernard Arulanandam, associate dean of research for scientific innovation in. The UTSA College of Sciences, have been granted [...]

Posted On : Jul, 03 2010 | Comments : 0

Natural Gas Into Green Chemicals Via Biology

They exhibit remarkable properties. They never complain. And you can kill off the ones you don't like at the end of the day. Those are just three of the reasons why genetically modified microorganisms could become some of. The mo [...]

Posted On : Jul, 01 2010 | Comments : 0

The Status of U.S. and European Government Funding for Synt...

The U.S. government has spent around $430 million on research related to synthetic biology since 2005, according to the Synthetic Biology Project at the Woodrow Wilson Center. By comparison, the EU and three individual European countries [...]

Posted On : Jun, 11 2010 | Comments : 0

Congress, Obama Take Sudden Interest in Synthetic Biology

Congress explicitly took up the subject of synthetic biology for the first time Thursday during a hastily convened hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The Wired crowd has been talking about how to engineer biological mach [...]