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Case study: Biology revision - Gillian McCloy

Ballyclare High School pupil Gillian McCloy scored the highest mark in Northern Ireland in GCSE biology last year. With 10 A* and an A at GCSE level, there were many avenues of study open to her. She chose biology, chemistry, maths and ar [...]

Posted On : May, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Study Promises Better Treatment For Chemotherapy Therapy Res...

According to new study conducted at the University of Kentucky and published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, scientists are at one step away from discovering new agents that may treat triple-negative forms of breast cancer [...]

Posted On : Mar, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

European neanderthals were on the verge of extinction even b...

The previously held view of a Europe populated by a stable neanderthal population for hundreds of thousands of years up until modern humans arrived must therefore be revised. This new perspective on the neanderthals comes from a study of [...]

Posted On : Feb, 27 2012 | Comments : 0

Studying Biology Cells

In biology, which is the study of living organisms, the cell is the most important unit. Biology cells are the basis for every biological branch. Cellular biology is the backbone of every type of biology. In fact, no matter what type of b [...]

Posted On : Jan, 30 2012 | Comments : 0

The study of evolutionary biology

Although the history of evolutionary biology dates back to 1858, it was not until the 1970s and 1980s that a notable number of universities included it in their departmental working titles. Concerned with the descent and modification of s [...]

Posted On : Dec, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Cell Study Finds a Way to Slow Ravages of Age

Scientists may have found a way to put off some conditions of aging, according to a study in which they postponed or even prevented such afflictions as cataracts and wrinkle-inducing fat loss in mice by removing cells that had stopped div [...]

Posted On : Nov, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Biology Researchers Study Connecticut’s Native Fish Populati...

There’s something fishy about one of Connecticut’s minnows, and the topic hooked researchers in the Department of Biology. During the last ice age, Connecticut was covered by layers of snow and ice, forcing organisms to seek r [...]

Posted On : Aug, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Decade-long study reveals patterns of viruses in open ocean

Viruses fill the ocean and have a significant effect on ocean biology, specifically marine microbiology, according to a professor of biology at UC Santa Barbara and his collaborators. Craig A. Carlson, professor with [...]

Posted On : Aug, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Researchers Use Nanotechnology to Study Real-Time Cellular C...

The Co-Director of the Center for Regenerative Therapeutics (ReGen Rx) at BWH, Jeffrey Karp, stated that they can track the communication of cells in real-time with unmatched temporal and spatial resolution. He adds that they can now gain [...]

Posted On : Jul, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Biologists study how insect moms fight cannibalistic neighbo...

Maritime earwigs (Anisolabis maritima) live on beaches and are related to the European earwigs that are often seen in homes and yards. Along the high tide line, maritime earwigs make their nests in excavated chambers of sand or soil under [...]

Posted On : Jul, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

How to Study Aging Cell by Computational Biology

Aging is an imminent process for both the cells and the organism. Aging is the natural way to death. Aging cells are critical for the aging of the individual. We still do not know how aging takes place to the cell or how the aging of the [...]

Posted On : Jun, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Glorifying God by studying biology, by Christina Bailey

My name is Christina Bailey. I attend Judson College in this great state of Alabama. I am majoring in biology under the watchful eye of my advisor Dr. Thomas Wilson. I absolutely love watching birds, drawing landscapes, photography, rapp [...]

Posted On : Mar, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Timing Is Everything in Studying Disorderly Proteins

Treating human diseases caused by misfolded proteins requires scientists to identify the potentially pathogenic folded protein. Most methods for studying proteins have been designed to detect conformationally stable proteins, however. De [...]

Posted On : Mar, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

NEW STUDY FINDS PRECISE AREA OF THE BRAIN WHERE FEAR ORIGINA...

For the first time scientists have confirmed the precise area of the brain that causes people to experience fear. The discovery may lead to improvements in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other anxiety induced [...]