Nov 9th, 2008 · A new study says a blood test to measure C-reactive protein, along with cholesterol levels, is an important indicator of cardiovascular disease. But there is disagreement in the scientific community over what the study results mean.
Oct 9th, 2008 · The Nobel Prize for chemistry was awarded this week to three scientists working in the United States for their work on a jellyfish protein that glows in the dark. But the scientist who found the gene for this protein, and gave it to the eventual Nobel winners, is no longer working in the field. He drives a shuttle bus for an auto dealership.
Oct 8th, 2008 · Two Americans and a Japanese researcher have won the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry for the discovery of a glowing jellyfish protein. This enables scientists to study the previously invisible machinery of life in action and is used by researchers around the world.
Oct 8th, 2008 · Two Americans and a Japanese researcher have won the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry for the discovery of a glowing jellyfish protein. This enables scientists to study the previously invisible machinery of life in action and is used by researchers around the world.
Oct 8th, 2008 · Three scientists — a Japanese citizen and two Americans — who created a method for unveiling the previously invisible machinery inside living cells, using a protein that glows in the dark, won the 2008 Nobel Prize for chemistry.
Jul 30th, 2008 · At its simplest, a sandwich is bread enclosing a filling. It also can be a perfectly balanced meal, with protein, vegetable, carbohydrate, dairy and even fruit — and can reflect the culture of a city or an entire nation. And it can be eaten — as its creator intended — by hand.
Jul 25th, 2008 · Researchers report that they've been able to use tobacco plants as biological factories to manufacture specialized proteins needed for an experimental individualized cancer therapy. The researchers are studying a potentially fatal form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Apr 25th, 2008 · Analysis of proteins found in a scrap of collagen from a 68-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex leg bone provides strong evidence for the idea that dinosaurs are the ancestors of modern-day birds. Paleontologist Mary Higby Schweitzer talks about the finding and what it means for our understanding of evolution.