Molecular Biology

Remnant Of An Ancient 'RNA World' Discovered By Yale Researchers (Medical News Today)

20 Jul 2008

Some bacterial cells can swim, morph into new forms and even become dangerously virulent - all without initial involvement of DNA. Yale University researchers described in the journal Science how bacteria accomplish this amazing feat - and in doing so provide a glimpse of what the earliest forms of life on Earth may have looked like.

American Society For Microbiology Honors Presented at the 108th General Meeting (Medical News Today)

20 Jul 2008

American Society for Microbiology honors Dianne K. Newman The 2008 American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Eli Lilly and Company Research Award is being presented to Dianne K. Newman, Wilson Professor of Biology and Geobiology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Agilent moves from background to role on global stage (San Jose Mercury News)

20 Jul 2008

When the world's eyes are on Beijing next month, most people won't know that a company based in Santa Clara made the scientific equipment that officials will use to test Olympic competitors for banned substances.