Molecular Fossil Shows How RNA Is Made

Molecular Fossil Shows How RNA Is Made

Proteins are the indispensable catalytic workhorses, carrying out the processes essential to life in today's sophisticated organisms, but long ago ribonucleic acid (RNA) reigned supreme. Researchers…
Invisible Man: Closer To Reality?

Invisible Man: Closer To Reality?

'Agouti' is a family of genes previously identified in humans and the first two members are responsible for skin and hair color. Identified by Vanderbilt scientists, AgRP2 the newest member of…
Response To Alcohol Changes With Dopamine D2

Response To Alcohol Changes With Dopamine D2

Is alcoholism genetic as well as behavioral?  Studies have suggested it in the past and scientists at Brookhaven National Lab say they have the first experimental evidence of it.Their study…
Why CNVs Explain My Kid's Grades

Why CNVs Explain My Kid's Grades

'Copy Number Variants' (CNVs) are hot. A CNV is a sizeable chunk of DNA that's either missing from your genome or present in extra copies. Chunks of DNA get copied or deleted on a surprisingly…
Cellular Memory, Amnesia And "Inception"

Cellular Memory, Amnesia And "Inception"

The smallest entity of life is the single cell, which exists not only as single cell organisms, but as evolution proceeds, as members of a bigger and more complex living organism. During the…
Jatropha is not a holy cow

Jatropha is not a holy cow

People considered Jatropha some kind of miracle plant which will produce tonnes of oil without nutrition, water and good land and good seed or good climate. Researchers are not needed. Agrotechnology…