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Isolating a gene that allows a type of fern to tolerate high levels of arsenic, Purdue University researchers hope to use the finding to create plants that can clean up soils and waters contaminated by the toxic metal.The fern Pteris vittata can tolerate 100 to 1,000 times more arsenic than other plants. Jody Banks, a [...]
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Fern Evolution Gives Arsenic Tolerance That May Clean Toxic Land
Posted by mrudula on June 15th, 2010
Posted in Science 
Tags: Biology, Gene, Genetics, Jody Banks, National Science Foundation., Plant Cell, Pteris, Purdue University 
2 Comments »New Centerstone center to offer training for health care jobs
Posted by mrudula on June 2nd, 2010
New Centerstone center to offer training for health care jobs:Centerstone, the state’s largest provider of community-based mental health and substance abuse treatment services, has launched a new center to train people for jobs in health care. Starting July 1, the Centerstone Career Resource Center will operate from offices in Tullahoma and Columbia, Tenn. The center [...]
What Makes You Unique? Not Genes So Much as Surrounding Sequences, Study Finds
Posted by Siril on March 19th, 2010
The key to human individuality may lie not in our genes, but in the sequences that surround and control them, according to new research by scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Yale University. The interaction of those sequences with a class of key proteins, called transcription factors, can vary significantly between two [...]
Posted in Science Tags: B.E, B.ED, B.Tech, BBA, BCA, CA, Career news, career options, Career search, colleges, Computers, CS, Education, Education in India, Education India, Educational Portal, Engineering, Graduation, ICWA, India, Indian Universities, Law, M.E, M.Ed, M.PHIL., M.Tech, Management, MBA, MCA, MDS, Medical, PGDBM, PGDCA, PGDHRD, Phd, Polytechnic, Post-graduate, Study Finds, Universities, What Makes You Unique? Not Genes So Much as Surrounding Sequences No Comments »'Death Signal' Can Be Blocked; Discovery May Aid Drug Development
Posted by mrudula on January 25th, 2010
Biomedical scientists from the University of Central Florida and Louisiana State University have identified a way to block a “cell death signal” that they believe triggers brain damage during strokes. Strokes, also known as cerebral ischemia, are caused by inadequate blood flow to the brain and are the third-leading cause of death in the United [...]
Researchers Synchronize Blinking 'Genetic Clocks' – Genetically Engineered Bacteria That Keep Track of Time
Posted by mrudula on January 25th, 2010
Researchers at UC San Diego who last year genetically engineered bacteria to keep track of time by turning on and off fluorescent proteins within their cells have taken another step toward the construction of a programmable genetic sensor. The scientists recently synchronized these bacterial “genetic clocks” to blink in unison and engineered the bacterial genes [...]
