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Erwin Schrodinger Prize 2008 Goes To The Max Delbrück Center In Berlin - First Map Showing Human Protein Interactions
31.08.2008 14:15
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A Berlin research team led by Professor Erich E. Wanker of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch, Germany, has been awarded this year's Erwin Schrodinger Prize for creating a unique "connection scheme" showing for the first time how thousands of human proteins - the building blocks and machines of life - interact with each other.
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Visually Mediated Motor Planning In The Escape Response Of Drosophila
31.08.2008 10:30
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Over the past two decades, Michael Dickinson has been interviewed by reporters hundreds of times about his research on the biomechanics of insect flight. One question from the press has always dogged him: Why are flies so hard to swat? "Now I can finally answer," says Dickinson, the Esther M. and Abe M. Zarem Professor of Bioengineering at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
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Research Shows That Engineered Proteins Can 'Bypass' The Genetic Defect In Cystic Fibrosis
31.08.2008 06:17
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By manipulating the machinery used by our cells for quality control, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh have found a way to restore the function of cystic fibrosis (CF) airway cells. This could significantly reduce the sticky mucus that plugs the lungs of CF patients, which leads to antibiotic-resistant infections and untimely death. The study, appearing in the September 2008 print issue of The FASEB Journal (
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Binocular Vision Allows Animals To 'See Through' The Clutter In The World
31.08.2008 06:17
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The advantage of using two eyes to see the world around us has long been associated solely with our capacity to see in 3-D. Now, a new study from a scientist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has uncovered a truly eye-opening advantage to binocular vision: our ability to see through things.
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International Journal Of Behavioral Medicine To Be Published By Springer
31.08.2008 04:21
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Starting in 2009, Springer will publish the International Journal of Behavioral Medicine (IJBM). The quarterly peer-reviewed journal is the official organ of the International Society of Behavioral Medicine (ISBM) and was previously published by Taylor & Francis.
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