Peeling Back DNA Packaging To Gain Insight Into Cells Scientists have built a clearer picture of how lengthy strands of DNA are concertinaed when our cells grow and divide, in a discovery could help explain how cell renewal can go wrong. Scientists have identified thousands of proteins that play a key role in compacting DNA - a crucial process by which DNA is shortened up to 10,000 times to fit inside cells as they split into two... Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PDT
U.N.-NGO Meeting Concludes With Participants Calling On World Leaders To Do More For MDGs A group of more than 350 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) concluded a U.N. forum in Melbourne, Australia, on Wednesday with a call for world leaders to step up their commitments to achieving the U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the Australian Associated Press/Sydney Morning Herald reports (Rose, 9/1). "In a wide-ranging declaration adopted at the end of the three-day meeting ... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:00:00 PDT
Study Links Fluoride To Pre-term Birth And Anemia In Pregnancy Fluoride avoidance reduced anemia in pregnant women, decreased pre-term births and enhanced babies' birth-weight, concludes leading fluoride expert, AK Susheela and colleagues, in a study published in Current Science (May 2010)... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:00:00 PDT
