Biology & Life Sciences

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Chemistry World September 4, 2006 Michael Gross	Antibodies in the Greenhouse Researchers have developed a way to produce molecules of the antibody class immunoglobulin G (IgG) in the leaves of ordinary tobacco plants.
Science News September 2, 2006 Janet Raloff	Another Way Men and Women Differ One reason young women face a much lower heart-disease risk than do men may reflect the different way their bodies respond to fats circulating in their blood during the first hours after a meal.
Geotimes September 2006 Kathryn Hansen	Microbes Act as Alchemists Placed in a solution of toxic gold and chloride, some microbes can take elemental gold and transform it into a nontoxic solid clump of gold -- a trick that might help the microbe survive in seemingly inhospitable environments.
Geotimes September 2006 Carolyn Gramling	Corals Adapt to Sea Change When seawater chemistry changes, some corals can change their structural makeup in an effort to adjust -- making them the first creatures known to do so, according to a new study.
IEEE Spectrum September 2006 Michael Dumiak	Cells on Ice An engineering team prepares for the day when stem cells win public acceptance.
Chemistry World August 29, 2006 Jessica Ebert	Life in a CO2 Lake A microbial community able to survive in the sediments overlying a deep-sea liquid CO 2 lake could serve as a natural laboratory for studying the impacts of deep-sea CO 2 storage on marine life, report scientists.
Chemistry World August 29, 2006 Simon Hadlington	Bacteria Put New Spin on Micromotors Researchers have used motile bacteria to rotate a microscopic motor made from silicon. The team believes that their system -- fuelled by glucose -- is the first micromechanical device to integrate inorganic materials with living bacteria.
Chemistry World August 24, 2006 Michael Gross	Biotronics Branches Out Harvard researchers have developed nanowire transistors that interface with individual neurons and, even better, with the individual neuronal extensions that reach out to contact other cells.
Chemistry World August 24, 2006 Jessica Ebert	Alzheimer's Researchers Tackle Waste Disposal The memory of mice with Alzheimer's-like symptoms is improved by inoculating the mice with an enzyme involved in protein degradation, report US researchers. The work could lead to new therapies for patients with Alzheimer's disease.
Scientific American September 2006 Steve Mirsky	Requiem for a Heavyweight A Galapagos tortoise's heart, which began beating when Abraham Lincoln was barely out of his teens, finally stopped on June 23. Biologists say Harriet was over 175 years old.
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