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New insights into antibiotic resistance: Researchers find charitable behavior in bacteria
In the war against antibiotics, bacteria aren't selfish. According to a new report from Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers, a handful of resistant pathogens can protect an entire ...
Wed 1 Sep 10 from PhysOrg
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App shows 2-D structure of thousands of RNA molecules
For the first time, it's possible to experimentally capture a global snapshot of the conformation of thousands of RNA molecules in a cell. The finding is important because this scrappy little ...
Wed 1 Sep 10 from PhysOrg
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Frugal microbes reduce the cost of proteins
Bacteria tend to be more frugal when constructing proteins for use outside of the cell versus internally, saving their energy for synthesizing compounds that can be recycled, according to research ...
Wed 1 Sep 10 from PhysOrg
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Frog skin could beat 'superbugs'
Frog skin may be an important source of new antibiotics to treat superbugs say researchers.
Fri 27 Aug 10 from BBC News
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Ants use multiple antibiotics to protect their colonies
Scientists in England have discovered that the leaf cutter ant uses multiple antibiotic-creating bacteria to protect its larvae and queen from ...
Fri 27 Aug 10 from USA today
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Researchers discover novel mechanism protecting plants against freezing
New ground broken by Michigan State University biochemists helps explain how plants protect themselves from freezing temperatures and could lead to discoveries related to plant tolerance for ...
Thu 26 Aug 10 from PhysOrg
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Toward safer foods for human consumption with anthrax protection
An antibacterial enzyme found in human tears and other body fluids could be applied to certain foods for protection against intentional contamination with anthrax, scientists reported today ...
Thu 26 Aug 10 from PhysOrg
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Stress protein Hsp12 provides a cellular survival mechanism never seen before
Despite clear evidence that Hsp12 -- a so-called heat shock or stress protein -- helps cells survive life-threatening conditions, how it works was an open question until now. The surprising ...
Thu 26 Aug 10 from PhysOrg
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Evolution writ small: Study measures physical effects of evolution at molecular scale
A unique experiment at Rice University that forces bacteria into a head-to-head competition for evolutionary dominance has yielded new insights about the way Darwinian selection plays out at ...
Wed 25 Aug 10 from PhysOrg
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Growing drought-tolerant crops inching forward
A collaborative team of scientists led by researchers at The Medical College of Wisconsin, in Milwaukee, has used the tools of structural biology to understand how a synthetic chemical mimics ...
Wed 25 Aug 10 from PhysOrg
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