11-03-08 Scientists on the Norwich Research Park have sequenced the genome of a novel strain of Clostridium botulinum(肉毒杆菌) , one of the most dangerous pathogens known to man. The strain produces an unusual botulinum neurotoxin(神经毒素) , known as t...
10-09-08 An international consortium(联合,财团) of researchers has completed the majority of the genome sequence of the domesticated(家养的,驯服的) turkey, publishing it in the online open-access journal PLoS Biology next week. In 2008, the research co...
10-08-02 Pediatric(小儿科的) researchers have discovered a new biological pathway in which small segments of RNA, called microRNA, help protect red blood cells from injury caused by chemicals called free radicals(自由基) . The microRNA seems to have only...
10-07-28 Debates have raged for decades about how to arrange the Australian and South American branches of the marsupial(有袋类动物) family tree. While marsupials like the Australian tammar wallaby(塔马尔沙袋鼠) and the South American opossum(负鼠) see...
10-07-20 An international team including Empa researcher Francis Schwarze has sequenced the genome of the common split gill(沟壑,溪流) mushroom, Schizophyllum(裂褶菌属) commune, a widely distributed fungus which grows on and decomposes(分解,腐烂) woo...
10-06-23 A Purdue University researcher hopes a better understanding of the neurological(神经学的) system of the body louse(虱子) through the mapping of its genome will lead to better control or elimination of the human parasite(寄生虫) . Catherine Hil...
10-06-22 Like an unwelcome houseguest or itinerant(巡回的,流动的) squatter(擅自居住) , the human body louse(虱子) shows up when times are bad and always makes them worse. Now a multi-institutional team reports that it has sequenced the body louse geno...
10-06-02 Researchers at the Public University of Navarra, the Polytechnic University of Madrid (CBGP), the University of Malaga, the University of Wisconsin and the Valencian Institute of Agricultural Research have managed to sequence the genome of the bacte...
10-05-25 A top UK scientist who helped sequence the human genome has said efforts to patent the first synthetic life form would give its creator a monopoly on a range of genetic engineering. 曾经参与人类基因组定序的一位顶尖英国科学家称,将首个合成生命形式申...
10-05-21 Scientists have developed the first cell controlled by a synthetic(合成的,人造的) genome. They now hope to use this method to probe the basic machinery of life and to engineer bacteria specially designed to solve environmental or energy problems....