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InTouch Health Nabs $6M From Roomba Maker - Feb. 1, 2012

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Pfizer, Inc.
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Dendreon Taps New CEO After Volatile Year - Feb. 1, 2012

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Botany: Moonlighting enzyme works double shift 24/7

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 12:08 PM PST

A team of researchers has discovered an overachieving plant enzyme that works both the day and night shifts. The discovery shows that plants evolved a new function for this enzyme by changing merely one of its protein building blocks.

Protein study gives fresh impetus in fight against superbugs

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 07:25 AM PST

Scientists have shed new light on the way superbugs such as MRSA are able to become resistant to treatment with antibiotics.

Ancient DNA holds clues to climate change adaptation

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 07:25 AM PST

Thirty-thousand-year-old bison bones discovered in permafrost at a Canadian goldmine are helping scientists unravel the mystery about how animals adapt to rapid environmental change.

Skin cells turned into neural precusors, bypassing stem-cell stage

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 02:19 PM PST

Mouse skin cells can be converted directly into cells that become the three main parts of the nervous system, according to researchers. The finding is an extension of a previous study by the same group showing that mouse and human skin cells can be directly converted into functional neurons.