Wednesday, March 14, 2012

ScienceDaily: Biotechnology News

ScienceDaily: Biotechnology News


Increased honey bee diversity means fewer pathogens, more helpful bacteria

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 04:27 PM PDT

A novel study of honey bee genetic diversity has for the first time found that greater diversity in worker bees leads to colonies with fewer pathogens and more abundant helpful bacteria like probiotic species.

Scientists find insulin, nutrition prevent blood stem cell differentiation in fruit flies

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 07:21 AM PDT

Stem cell researchers have shown that insulin and nutrition keep blood stem cells from differentiating into mature blood cells in Drosophila, the common fruit fly.

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