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How many scientists fabricate and falsify research?

Posted on 31. May, 2009 by admin.

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Press release from PLoS ONE
It’s a long-standing and crucial question that, as yet, remains unanswered: just how common is scientific misconduct? In the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE, Daniele Fanelli of the University of Edinburgh reports the first meta-analysis of surveys questioning scientists about their misbehaviours. The results suggest that altering or making up data [...]

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New malaria agent found in chimpanzees close to that commonly observed in humans

Posted on 31. May, 2009 by admin.

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Researchers based in Gabon and France report the discovery of a new malaria agent infecting chimpanzees in Central Africa. This new species, named Plasmodium gaboni, is a close relative of the most virulent human agent P. falciparum; it is described in an article published May 29 in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens.
P. falciparum is the [...]

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In a rare disorder, a familiar protein disrupts gene function

Posted on 27. May, 2009 by admin.

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Press release from PLoS Biology
As reported this week in the open-access journal PLoS Biology, an international team of scientists studying a rare genetic disease has discovered that a bundle of proteins already known to be important for keeping chromosomes together also plays an important role in regulating gene expression in humans. In addition to shedding [...]

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Insect gene expression responds to diet

Posted on 08. May, 2009 by admin.

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Cabbage looper caterpillars (Trichoplusia ni) are able to alter the expression of genes associated with metabolism, homeostasis and immunity in response to feeding on plants carrying bacteria. Research published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Frontiers in Zoology has shown that, as well as tailoring gene expression within their own digestive systems, the insects are [...]

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Swine flu genes dissimilar to past pandemics

Posted on 08. May, 2009 by admin.

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Some genetic markers of influenza infection severity have been identified from past outbreaks. Researchers have failed to find most of these markers, described in the open access journal BMC Microbiology, in samples of the current swine-flu strain.
Jonathan Allen and Tom Slezak from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, America, published their analysis identifying 34 conserved amino acid [...]

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