Abiogenesis
... Hubert Yockey argued that chemical evolutionary
research begs the question:
research on the origin of life seems to be unique in that ... is no reason that this should be different in the
research on the origin of life. (Yockey, 1992. ...
Antibiotic
... Duchesne died within a few years, and his
research was forgotten for a generation, until an accident ... and came into widespread use, and a new era of
research into the possibility of similarly "magic" ... to fungal and viral infections. Antibiotic
research led to great strides in our knowledge of basic ...
Apoptosis
... fragments.
Since the beginning of the 1990s,
research on apoptosis has grown spectacularly. In addition ...
4 History and highlights in apoptosis
research
4.1 Early research, and the "worm people" ... by macrophages or by neighboring cells.
research on chick embryos - specifically on chick neural ...
Artificial life
... in their history and approach. Organized AI
research began early in the history of digital computers, ... automata machine" allowed an explosion of alife
research among scientists who could not otherwise afford ... continued to be a key commercial driver of alife
research as the creators of movies attempt to find more ...
Biology
... disciplines
Biology has become such a vast
research enterprise that it is not generally studied as a ...
Institutions, publications
NASA Ames
research Center - Bachelor of Science - Publications ... The Journal of Biology : A small, but free,
research journal
The Public Library of Science: ...
Bioinformatics
... computer science to solve biological problems.
research in computational biology often overlaps with systems biology . Major
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1 Major
research areas
1.1 Sequence analysis
2 ...
Biophysics
... sciences to questions of biology .
Biophysics
research today comprises a number of specific biological ... biophysics is also understood to encompass
research areas that apply models and experimental ... techniques are unique to this field.
Many of the
research traditions in biophysics were initiated by ...
Brain
... of these diseases can be treated, but stem cell
research may offer a cure. Mental illnesses , such as ... Parkinson's disease .
Both of these avenues of
research have potentially serious ethical implications.
... led, in the 19th century, to the development of
research in bioelectricity and to the discovery of the ...
Cancer
... with cancer
8 Social impact
9 Cancer
research
10 See also
11 References
12 ... , also called experimental cancer treatment or
research studies, test new treatments in people with cancer. The goal of this
research is to find better ways to treat cancer and help ...
Bioinformatics
... computer science to solve biological problems.
research in computational biology often overlaps with systems biology . Major
research efforts in the field include sequence alignment ... showTocToggle("show","hide")
1 Major
research areas
1.1 Sequence analysis
2 ...
Diabetes mellitus
... (by transplant) is being investigated in several
research programs and may become clinically available in ... signals (hormones and cytokines ). Other
research shows that type 2 diabetes causes obesity. 12 ...
Diabetes Control and Complications Trial
research Group. The effect of intensive treatment of ...
Digital organism
...
1 History
2 Systems for digital organisms
research
3 External links
4 Further reading
... those with Tierra. With Avida, digital organism
research has begun to be accepted as a valid contribution ... (USA).
Systems for digital organisms
research
Amoeba
Avida
Core world
Physis
...
Down syndrome
...
1 Overview
2 Medical
research
3 Down syndrome's sociology
4 Notable ... unexpected positive results.
Medical
research
Of the inborn disorders that affect ... may soon be elucidated. Naturally, Ts65Dn
research is also likely to highly benefit Alzheimer's ...
Francis Crick
... of Cambridge in England. Building on the X-ray
research of Rosalind Franklin , they together developed ... is a very readable first hand account of the
research by Crick and Watson. The book also formed the ... Francis Crick and James Watson: Pioneers in DNA
research by John Bankston, Francis Crick and James D. ...
Genetics
... the twentieth century, after his death, when his
research was re-discovered by other scientists working on ... modified for some kind of practical end, but most
research in genetics is aimed at understanding and ... publications in genetics
List of genetics
research organizations
genetic counseling
genetic ...
Insulin
... , but was unable to convince his director and the
research was shut down. Israel Kleiner demonstrated ... called isletin .
Macleod saw the value of the
research on his return from Europe, but demanded a re-run ... all 'insulin activity' is lost. There are
research efforts underway to develop methods of protecting ...
Konrad Lorenz
... the Max Planck Institute in 1973 but continued to
research and publish from Altenberg (his family home, ... Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition
research
Konrad Lorenz
research Station , Grnau im Almtal
Konrad Lorenz ...
Marcello Malpighi
...
1 Academic career
2
research
3 Years in Rome
4 Some of Malpighi's ... he stayed for four years.
Most of Malpighi's
research results were published as articles in the journal ... first such recognition given to an Italian.
research
Malpighi used the microscope for studies on ...
Mathematical biology
... Contents showTocToggle("show","hide")
1
research
2 Bibliographical references
3 External ... 4 Internal links
5 External links
research
Below is a list of some areas of
research in mathematical biology and links to related ...
Nutrition
... food and health through nutrition.
Nutrition
research has identified many components of good nutrition, ... adverse effects of food processing, together with
research findings and the need to be cautious in the light ... of caloric restriction followed, involving
research into longevity of those who simply reduced their ...
Origin of life
... This article focuses on modern scientific
research on the origin of life. For alternate uses, see origin of life (disambiguation) .
research into the origin of life is a limited field of
research despite its profound impact on biology and ...
Rudolf Steiner
... movement it is seen as the source of
research activity in education, agriculture, art, natural ... society, it is seen as a centre of
research in education, agriculture, art, natural science, ... or by secretly paying scientists to produce
research results favorable to the business’s ...
Sociobiology
... opponents of sociobiology and genetic behavior
research self-identified as ethnically Jewish, which ... opposition to sociobiology and genetic behavior
research due to fears that these fields could give rise to ... of it. Scientific criticism of this kind of
research usually centers on pointing out that these ...
Stem cell
... mass cells of a blastocyst . Embryonic stem cell
research is still in the basic
research phase.
research with embryonic stem cells derived from humans ...
Y chromosome
... apparently employed by the Y chromosome.
A
research team, led by David C. Page, M.D., a Howard Hughes ... at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical
research in Cambridge, Mass.; Richard K. Wilson, Ph.D., ... - From the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical
research
Nature:focus on the Y chomosome
...
Andrew Huxley
... shared the prize that year with John Carew Eccles , who was cited for
research on synapses . Hodgkin and Huxley's findings led the pair to hypothesize ... known as the "voltage clamp". The second critical element of their
research was the so-called giant axon of Atlantic squid ( Loligo pealei ), which ...
Avian influenza
...
In July 2004 researchers, headed by H. Deng of the Harbin Veterinary
research Institute , Harbin , China and Professor Robert Webster of the St Jude Children's
research Hospital , Memphis, Tennessee , reported results of experiments in which ...
Biodiversity
... first American Forum on biological diversity organized by the National
research Council (NRC). The word biodiversity was suggested to him by the staff ... functions are important for ecosystem function and human survival.
research suggests that a more diverse an ecosystem is better able withstand ...
Biologist
... and their relationship to their environment. Biologists involved in basic
research attempt to discover underlying mechanisms that govern how organisms work. ... . A PhD (or equivalent) is generally required to direct independent
research but a bachelor's or master's degree is sufficient for most non-research ...
Biomechanics
... the use of Continuum Mechanics .
Some simple examples of biomechanics
research include the investigation of the forces that act on limbs, the ... and deformations can affect the properties of living tissue. There is much
research in the field of growth and remodeling as a response to applied loads. For ...
Charles Darwin
... attempt to discover holes in the hypothesis. He took his time with careful
research until he had enough evidence, knowing that a great deal of opposition ... continued to dog him and his fame grew, Darwin continued his struggle to
research and write about problems arising from his theory. Experiments on seedlings ...
DNA
... DNA (ssDNA) and repair of mutations
9 The history of DNA
research
9.1 First isolation of DNA
9.2 Establishing a link between ... lower cost of replicating one strand versus two.
The history of DNA
research
James Watson in the Cavendish Laboratory at the ...
Eugenics
... American biologist , assumed the role of director of a biological
research station based in Cold Spring Harbor . Here he began experimenting with ... the idea of extermination). Though we now see the methodology and
research methods as being highly flawed, in their time they were seen as legitimate ...
Evolution
... of degeneration [6] .
Since metabolic processes do not leave fossils,
research into the evolution of the basic cellular processes is also done largely by ... Watson published their famous paper on the structure of DNA, based on the
research of Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins . These developments ignited ...
Malaria
... by 30% and severity of infections by over 50% [1] . Further necessary
research will delay this vaccine from commercial release until around 2010 . In ...
Malaria. The UNICEF-UNDP-World Bank-WHO Special Programme for
research and Training in Tropical Diseases
story of the discovery of the ...
Magnetic resonance imaging
... information results. Typical medical resolution is about 1 mm 3 , while
research models can exceed 1 µm 3 .
Application
In clinical practice, ... to a set of fibers. Diffusion MRI for this application is still at the
research stage. Identifying fibers on diffusion MRI is called tractography.
...
Paleontology
...
1 Overview
2 Notable paleontologists
3
research
4 See also
5 External links
Overview
Modern ... paleontology include John Ostrom , Bob Bakker and Jack Horner .
research
The work done in paleontology can be divided into field work , ...
Phage
... in 1915 and by Flix d’Herelle in 1917. d'Herelle continued his
research and development in Stalin 's Soviet Union .
Phages infect only ... killing bacteria is what phages do best. There is an extensive library of
research into specific phages and their therapeutic uses in the Tbilisi Institute ...
Physiology
... diverse as the tree of life itself. Due to this diversity of subjects,
research in animal physiology tends to concentrate on understanding how ... Other major branches of scientific study that have grown out of physiology
research include biochemistry , biophysics , biomechanics , and pharmacology .
...
Robert Koch
... Pasteur in bacteriological research.
In 1883, Koch worked with a French
research team in Alexandria , Egypt , studying cholera . Koch identified the ... and cultured again.
But after his success the quality of his own
research declined (especially with the fiasco over his ineffective TB cure ...