13-02-03 There is something sinister（阴险的） about epilepsy: the disease affects the very core of our being, our brain. Epileptic attacks can lead to seizures throughout the body or in parts of it. Clouding of consciousness or memory lapses are also possib...

13-02-03 A research team in Japan exploring the functions of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) -- a molecule that encodes the chemical blueprint for protein synthesis -- has discovered a way to take a close look at the temperature distribution inside living...

12-12-20 Cells cannot remain alive outside certain limits of temperature and much narrower limits mark the boundaries of effective functioning. Enzyme systems of mammals and birds are most efficient only within a narrow range around 37C; a departure of a few...

12-12-17 Our immune system does not shut down with age, says a new study led by McMaster University researchers. A study published in PLOS Pathogens today shows a specialized class of immune cells, known as T cells, can respond to virus infections in an olde...

12-11-14 UC Irvine biologists have discovered that fats within cells store a class of proteins with potent antibacterial activity, revealing a previously unknown type of immune system response that targets and kills bacterial infections. Steven Gross, UCI pr...

12-11-13 Tumor cells circulating in a patient's bloodstream can yield a great deal of information on how a tumor is responding to treatment and what drugs might be more effective against it. But first, these rare cells have to be captured and isolated from t...

12-11-06 Biologists at the University of Rochester have determined how blind mole rats fight off cancer -- and the mechanism differs from what they discovered three years ago in another long-lived and cancer-resistant mole rat species, the naked mole rat. Th...

12-11-02 Tendon（腱） injuries affect athletic horses at all levels. Researchers from the University of Connecticut are studying the use of stem cells in treating equine（马的） tendon injuries. Their findings were published Oct. 16 in the Journal of Animal...

12-10-24 A team of researchers from North Carolina State University and the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) has found more evidence for the preservation of ancient dinosaur proteins, including reactivity to antibodies that target specific proteins normally...

12-10-13 英国2012年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖获奖科学家约翰格登表示，15岁时，他的生物课成绩在250名同年龄的男生班中排最后一名，在其他科学类学科中成绩也都垫底。老师对他的评价是在大学搞科学纯粹是浪费时间。 A British scientist whose schoolmasters told him he was too s...