Fitting pieces for biosensors

Fitting pieces for biosensors

Leipzig: Research and industry are increasingly exploiting the potential of aptamers. As well as their application in research, medical diagnosis and treatment, aptamers are also interesting as a…
Altered gene can increase risk of schizophrenia

Altered gene can increase risk of schizophrenia

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – Rutgers geneticist Linda Brzustowicz and her colleagues have identified a specific DNA change that is likely to increase risk for developing schizophrenia in some people. It…
Has HIV become more virulent?

Has HIV become more virulent?

Damage to patients' immune systems is happening sooner now than it did at the beginning of the HIV epidemic, suggesting the virus has become more virulent, according to a new study in the May 1, 2009…