Molecules of DNA and RNA arose at the same time.Biologists from the United States found evidence of alternative options for the development of life on Earth, in which it is assumed that DNA and RNA molecules emerged at the same time, bypassing the stage of RNA-world. The findings of scientists …
Read More »Biologists have identified a “sixth sense” person
The gene PIEZO2 is responsible for instinctive body position in space. In human DNA accidentally found the gene responsible for instinctive determination of the position of the body in space, the so-called “sixth sense”. Biologists from the National Institute of health, USA revealed an unexpected function of the gene PIEZO2 …
Read More »Biologists have created a bacterium that is resistant to viruses
Synthetic bacteria would appear after a maximum of four years American scientists have completely rewritten the genetic code of Escherichia coli, making it a gene more than 62 thousand changes. The resulting micro-organism is completely resistant to all known viruses will not be able to exchange genes with other bacteria …
Read More »Biologists: cats try to eat healthy food
Domestic cats refuse homemade food, because the proportion of protein and fat in them are far from optimal for these predators the ratio of 1 to 0.4 mm. This was stated by British scientists, noting that the animals can refuse to accept the unusual food. Biologists watched as several home …
Read More »Biologists found another difference between male and female brain
This time, biologists from the USA studied the brain activity of 222 volunteers. Scientists managed to prove once again that men and women think in completely different ways. Experts have discovered another difference between male and female brain. This time, biologists from the USA studied the brain activity of 222 …
Read More »Biologists explained the unique features of the web
The amino acid sequence of the protein fibronol play a crucial role in determining the properties of the silk fibres. The biologists from the Institute of physical and chemical research RIKEN have shown that the amino acid sequence of the protein fibronol play a crucial role in determining the properties …
Read More »Biologists saw the memory in the microscope
Scientists decided to find out how the brain creates and stores memories single. Neuroscientists from the University of California in Los Angeles with the help of miniature microscope watched as the mice brain organizes memory, tying together the various memories. Scientists were also able to recover some of the ties …
Read More »In the US, biologists brought “healing” purple potatoes
The variety is rich in vitamins and devoid of carcinogens. American breeders together with molecular biologists brought a new variety of potato, rich in vitamins and devoid of carcinogens. Another feature of the new varieties, according to the press service of the Colorado state University, that the flesh had red …
Read More »Biologists have solved the mystery of the uncontrollable division of cancer cells
A group of biologists from the Institute Gulbenkian of Portugal was able to understand how a parent cell after division distributes to daughter cell the right number of centrioles — organelles involved in the formation of the cell center and the mitotic spindle, and variations in the population which can …
Read More »Biologists: vegans are less likely to suffer from prostate cancer than meat eaters
Men-vegans, that is, those who do not consume animal products, the risk of Contracting prostate cancer reduced by a third compared to meat eaters. British scientists for five years followed the health of 26 thousand representatives of the stronger sex over 30 years old and came to such conclusions. Voluntary …
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