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DNA Replication Protein Also has a Role in Mitosis, Cancer

DNA Replication Protein Also has a Role in Mitosis, Cancer

The foundation of biological inheritance is DNA replication – a tightly coordinated process in which DNA is simultaneously copied at hundreds of thousands of different sites across the genome. If that copying mechanism doesn’t work as it should,...
Undocumented Latino Youth Turn to Activism to Combat Obstacles

Undocumented Latino Youth Turn to Activism to Combat Obstacles

Undocumented Latino youth in the U.S. face futures clouded by fewer rights than their documented peers and the constant fear of deportation. Such status constraints usually aren’t fully understood until young adulthood, said UC Irvine anthropologist...
Saving One Turtle At a Time in Bali

Saving One Turtle At a Time in Bali

Indonesia is 90% Muslim, but Bali is the exception, which is 90% Hindu. The Hindu community of Bali has traditionally used marine turtles for religious ceremonies for decades. Consumption of these turtles summed between 10,000 and 20,000 a year.
Scientists ‘read’ the Ash From the Icelandic Volcano 2 Years After Its Eruption

Scientists ‘read’ the Ash From the Icelandic Volcano 2 Years After Its Eruption

n May 2010, the ash cloud from the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull reached the Iberian Peninsula and brought airports to a halt all over Europe. At the time, scientists followed its paths using satellites, laser detectors, sun photometers and other...
Increasing Predator-friendly Land Can Help Farmers Reduce Costs

Increasing Predator-friendly Land Can Help Farmers Reduce Costs

Having natural habitat in farming areas that supports ladybugs could help increase their abundance in crops where they control pests and help farmers reduce their costs, says a Michigan State University study. Ladybugs and other predatory insects eat...
Molecular Subtypes And Genetic Alterations May Determine Response to Lung Cancer Therapy

Molecular Subtypes And Genetic Alterations May Determine Response to Lung Cancer Therapy

Cancer therapies targeting specific molecular subtypes of the disease allow physicians to tailor treatment to a patient’s individual molecular profile. But scientists are finding that in many types of cancer the molecular subtypes are more varied...
CITGO, Eight Mile Boulevard Association And Miss Michigan Representatives Team Up To Clean The D

CITGO, Eight Mile Boulevard Association And Miss Michigan Representatives Team Up To Clean The D

Volunteers from CITGO Petroleum Corporation, local CITGO Marketers and Retailers, Eight Mile Boulevard Association (8MBA), and the Miss Michigan Organization came together on May 5th for the 16th annual "Clean the D" event to improve a 27 mile...
Rutgers University Team Discovers Novel Approach to Stimulate Immune Cells

Rutgers University Team Discovers Novel Approach to Stimulate Immune Cells

Researchers at Rutgers University have uncovered a new way to stimulate activity of immune cell opiate receptors, leading to efficient tumor cell clearance. Dipak Sarkar, professor in the Department of Animal Sciences at the Rutgers School of Environmental...
Forests in the Amazon Basin are Expected to be Less Vulnerable to Wildfires This Year

Forests in the Amazon Basin are Expected to be Less Vulnerable to Wildfires This Year

Forests in the Amazon Basin are expected to be less vulnerable to wildfires this year, according to the first forecast from a new fire severity model developed by university and NASA researchers. Fire season across most of the Amazon rain forest typically...
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