The SCOOTER Store Donates Power Wheelchair, Giving New Parents Chance to Be an Active Family

...on has watched her sister "lift the heavy manual wheelchair in and out of the trunk" and Mr. Sokol "try and hold the baby or carry grocery items as he shuffles his feet to move his chair." Thankfully, Ms. Simpson says the new power wheelchair will "ultimately benefit the whole family and allow them to just ha...

Chromatin remodeling complex connected to DNA damage control

...arriers to DNA against anything that wants access to DNA, such as a transcription factor or DNA repair machinery," Shen says. "Chromatin remodeling shuffles the nucleosomes around to create access to DNA," Shen says. "This moving and sliding of the 'beads on the string' is accomplished by large protein com...

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Sex involved in plant defense

...mpounds produced as defenses by the plant, the specialized plant-eaters are attracted to them. Johnson says the nuanced results make sense. "Sex shuffles up genes and allows individual plants to get rid of bad genes and keep good ones," he said. "That helps them evolve defenses against generalist herbiv...

Blue-eyed humans have a single, common ancestor

... decade of genetic research, which began in 1996, when Professor Eiberg first implicated the OCA2 gene as being responsible for eye colour. Nature shuffles our genes The mutation of brown eyes to blue represents neither a positive nor a negative mutation. It is one of several mutations such as hair co...

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Third Wave shuffles finance, sales management

Madison, Wis. Third Wave Technologies is appointing more new top management in the wake of its CEO transition, according to a press release. Maneesh Arora, 37, will become CFO after the firm's next annual report is filed. Arora has held senior positions in marketing and operations for the c...

Napier joins board of Third Wave Technologies

...venues rebound Third Wave reports clinical growth, continued loss Third Wave announces two senior management appointments Third Wave shuffles finance, sales management Third Wave CEO steps aside as company departs research market ...