Novel method to reveal drug targets

Origins of the brain
(Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute) One of the great scientific challenges is to understand the design principles and origins of the human brain. New...

Second genetic link to weight and obesity
(Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute) A study of 90,000 people has uncovered new genetic variants close to a gene called MC4R that influence fat mass,...

Novel Large-scale Method Reveals Drug Targets
Scientists have developed a new large-scale method to identify the interactions between proteins that are a major target for therapeutic...

By Amplifying Cell Death Signals, Scientists Make Precancerous...
On the cellular level, death signals can actually be life saving -- by killing off abnormally dividing cells before they turn cancerous. Now,...

The Universe in a Mirror: The Saga of the Hubble Space...
The Hubble Space Telescope has produced the most stunning images of the cosmos humanity has ever seen. It has transformed our understanding of the...

The Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and...
The Merck Index is a one-volume encyclopedia of chemicals, drugs and biologicals that contains more than 10,000 monographs. Each monograph in this...

The Reef Aquarium: Science, Art, and Technology, Vol. 3
The Reef Aquarium Volume Three: Science, Art, and Technology Reefkeeping science involves the interplay of biology, chemistry, and physics. However,...