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Please add updates@feedmyinbox.com to your address book to make sure you receive these messages in the future. science / biology news stories aggregated by FeedZilla.com Unnatural Selection: Birth Control Pills May Alter Choice Of Partners (source: Science daily) October 8, 2009 at 11:00 am Is it possible that the use of oral contraceptives is interfering with a woman's ability to choose, compete for and retain her preferred mate? A new paper reviews emerging evidence suggesting that contraceptive methods which alter a woman's natural hormona... (source: Science daily) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com How Memories are Maintained Over Time (source: Scientific American) October 8, 2009 at 11:00 am The brain's ability to learn and form memories of day-to-day facts and events depends on the hippocampus, a structure deep within the brain. But is the hippocampus still maintaining the memory of, say, the commencement address at your college graduation 20... (source: Scientific American) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Pill May Change Attraction (source: Scientific American) October 8, 2009 at 10:50 am [ The following is an exact transcript of this podcast. ]Some people like to think there's something fated about who we fall in love with. It's that perfect mix of attraction, compatibility, and of course timing. But in some cases, fate may be taking its c... (source: Scientific American) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com Petite Pictures: The 20 Microscopic Photo Competition Prizewinners (source: Scientific American) October 8, 2009 at 10:05 am Microscopes have been around for some 400 years, and today they are even accessible via customized cell phones . The act of peering into a microscope of any power can open a whole world of life and beauty that exists right under (or in) our noses. And to ... (source: Scientific American) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Insulin-Producing Beta Cells Improved By Sophisticated Genetic Engineering (source: Medical News Today) October 8, 2009 at 8:00 am One of the biggest mysteries about diabetes is why specialized cells in the pancreas stop secreting insulin, which the body needs in order to store glucose from food. A team from the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute has iden... (source: Medical News Today) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Myosins pull together--separately (source: .jcb.org) October 8, 2009 at 7:00 am Study suggests that asynchronous molecular motors can integrate their actions. (source: .jcb.org) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Irina Conboy: Making the old feel young again (source: .jcb.org) October 8, 2009 at 7:00 am Conboy has found her niche in chasing down what ails aged, decrepit muscle stem cells. (source: .jcb.org) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com A compiled and systematic reference map of nucleosome positions across the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome (source: Genomebiology.com) October 8, 2009 at 7:00 am Nucleosomes have position-specific functions in controlling gene expression. A complete systematic genome-wide reference map of absolute and relative nucleosome positions is needed to minimize potential confusion when referring to the function of individu... (source: Genomebiology.com) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com Genomic DNA k-mer spectra: models and modalities (source: Genomebiology.com) October 8, 2009 at 7:00 am Background: The empirical frequencies of DNA k-mers in whole genome sequences provide an interesting perspective on genomic complexity and the availability of large segments of genomic sequence from many organisms means that analysis of k-mers with non-tr... (source: Genomebiology.com) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com National Jewish Health Developing A Molecular Roadmap For Chronic Lung Diseases (source: Medical News Today) October 8, 2009 at 6:00 am Researchers at five research centers have been awarded an $11 million, two-year grant from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute as part of the NIH Recovery Act that will allow a team of national scientists to delve deeply into the biology of two fat... (source: Medical News Today) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com List of winners of top science and research medals (source: Topix.net) October 8, 2009 at 5:27 am The winners of the 2008 National Medal of Science: _Berni Alder, for developing computer methods useful for conceiving and executing experimental shock-wave simulations. (source: Topix.net) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com MicroRNA Drives Cells' Adaptation To Low-Oxygen Living (source: Medical News Today) October 8, 2009 at 5:00 am Researchers have fresh insight into an evolutionarily ancient way that cells cope when oxygen levels decline, according to a new study in the October 7th issue of Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication. (source: Medical News Today) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com Nuclear Barrier Less Restrictive Than Expected In New Cells (source: Medical News Today) October 8, 2009 at 4:00 am When it comes to the two basic types of cells, prokaryotes and eukaryotes, compartmentalization is everything. Prokaryotes are evolutionarily ancient cells that only have a membrane surrounding their outer boundary, while the more complex eukaryotes have a... (source: Medical News Today) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com New Findings About Brain Proteins Suggest Possible Way To Fight Alzheimer's (source: Medical News Today) October 8, 2009 at 3:00 am The action of a small protein that is a major villain in Alzheimer's disease can be counterbalanced with another brain protein, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found in an animal study. The findings, available online in the journal Pr... (source: Medical News Today) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com Wildlife As A Source For Livestock Infections (source: Medical News Today) October 8, 2009 at 3:00 am A bacterium possibly linked to Crohn's disease could be lurking in wild animals. According to research published in the open access journal BMC Microbiology, Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (Map), can be transmitted between wildlife and dom... (source: Medical News Today) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com UK Incidence Of Children Living With Substance-misusing Parents Considerably Underestimated (source: Science daily) October 8, 2009 at 2:00 am Current figures underestimate the number of children who may be at risk of harm from parental substance use. Researchers have generated new estimates using five national surveys which include measures of binge, hazardous and dependent drinking, illicit dru... (source: Science daily) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Potential Pieces of Autism Puzzle Revealed (source: Topix.net) October 8, 2009 at 1:09 am New genes and genomic regions that might be associated with autism have been identified by an international research team. (source: Topix.net) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com Survivors of childhood cancer less likely to marry (source: Eurekalert.org) October 8, 2009 at 12:00 am (American Association for Cancer Research) Childhood cancer survivors typically suffer from the long-term effects of cancer treatment on physical health, and results of a new study suggest that social implications also exist, which may affect their chance ... (source: Eurekalert.org) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com   This email was sent to 4ndr1fm@gmail.com.  Manage Your Account Don't want to receive this feed any longer? Unsubscribe here.