Synthetic Biology: Transforming Cells Into Microscopic Biologica...

Think Zinc: Molecular Sensor Could Reveal Zinc's Role...
Scientists have developed a new molecular sensor that can reveal the amount of zinc in cells, which could tell us more about a number of diseases, including type 2 diabetes. The research...

Sweet! -- sugar plays key role in cell division
(Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions) Using an elaborate sleuthing system they developed to probe how cells manage their own division, Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered that common but...

Grant to study how cells sense electric fields
(University of California - Davis) Learning how living cells can detect and respond to electric fields is the aim of a $570,000, three-year grant from the National Science Foundation to UC...

Biology with MasteringBiology™ (8th Edition)...
The best-selling biology textbook in the world just got better!  Neil Campbell and Jane Reece’s BIOLOGY  is the unsurpassed leader in introductory biology. The book's hallmark...

A World in a Drop of Water: Exploring with a...
This inexpensive volume showcases an array of curious creatures: a blob-like amoeba; a slipper-shaped paramecium and its mortal enemy, the suctorian; and many others. The authors recount the...