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Tue, 21 May 2013 22:52:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Berkeley Lab Discoveries Open New Hope for MMP Cancer Therapies http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2013/05/02/new-hope-for-mmp-cancer-therapies/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2013/05/02/new-hope-for-mmp-cancer-therapies/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 17:46:02 +0000 lcyarris http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=27928 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2013/05/02/new-hope-for-mmp-cancer-therapies/feed/ 0 Computer Simulations Yield Clues to How Cells Interact With Surroundings http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2013/03/21/computer-sims-integrin/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2013/03/21/computer-sims-integrin/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:25:38 +0000 dankrotz http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=27217 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2013/03/21/computer-sims-integrin/feed/ 0 Revealing the Secrets of Motility in Archaea http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2013/02/14/archaellum-structure/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2013/02/14/archaellum-structure/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:35:49 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=26486 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2013/02/14/archaellum-structure/feed/ 0 New Computational Pipeline Analyzes Tumor Images, May Help Predict Response to Cancer Therapy http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2013/01/31/pipeline-tumor-images/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2013/01/31/pipeline-tumor-images/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:00:09 +0000 dankrotz http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=26224 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2013/01/31/pipeline-tumor-images/feed/ 0 Berkeley Lab Scientists Help Map Molecular Architecture of Organelle Critical to Hearing http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2013/01/30/hearing-protein/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2013/01/30/hearing-protein/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:00:19 +0000 dankrotz http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=26202 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2013/01/30/hearing-protein/feed/ 0 Berkeley Lab Scientists Developing Quick Way to ID People Exposed to Ionizing Radiation http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/12/14/radiation/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/12/14/radiation/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:43:07 +0000 dankrotz http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=25278 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/12/14/radiation/feed/ 0 Medical imaging goes underground: SPECT maps 3-D changes in soil samples, may shed light on bioremediation http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2012/12/06/medical-imaging-underground/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2012/12/06/medical-imaging-underground/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2012 20:43:50 +0000 dankrotz http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=25170 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/science-shorts/2012/12/06/medical-imaging-underground/feed/ 0 Two Berkeley Lab Scientists Named AAAS Fellows http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/11/29/celniker-leemans-aaas-fellows/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/11/29/celniker-leemans-aaas-fellows/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:00:20 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=24967 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/11/29/celniker-leemans-aaas-fellows/feed/ 0 Berkeley Lab Scientists Help Develop Promising Therapy for Huntington’s Disease http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/11/01/huntingtons-disease/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/11/01/huntingtons-disease/#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:42:44 +0000 dankrotz http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=24501 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/11/01/huntingtons-disease/feed/ 0 New Insights Into How Genetic Differences Among Individuals Influence Breast Cancer Risk from Low-Dose Radiation http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/10/15/cancer-risk-low-dose-radiation/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/10/15/cancer-risk-low-dose-radiation/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:05:09 +0000 dankrotz http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=24196 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/10/15/cancer-risk-low-dose-radiation/feed/ 0 Nutrition Tied to Improved Sperm DNA Quality in Older Men http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/08/27/nutrition-dna-quality/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/08/27/nutrition-dna-quality/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:53:00 +0000 dankrotz http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=23604 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/08/27/nutrition-dna-quality/feed/ 0 Berkeley Lab Scientists Develop New Way to Study Inner-Workings of Algae Cells http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/08/20/algae-cells/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/08/20/algae-cells/#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:02:33 +0000 dankrotz http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=23476 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/08/20/algae-cells/feed/ 0 Berkeley Lab Scientists Help Define the Healthy Human Microbiome http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/06/13/human-microbiome/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/06/13/human-microbiome/#comments Wed, 13 Jun 2012 17:49:58 +0000 dankrotz http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=22784 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/06/13/human-microbiome/feed/ 0 The Search for the Earliest Signs of Alzheimer’s http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/05/23/alzheimers/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/05/23/alzheimers/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 20:05:55 +0000 dankrotz http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=22329 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/05/23/alzheimers/feed/ 0 New Findings in Breast Cancer http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/04/18/new-findings-in-breast-cancer/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/04/18/new-findings-in-breast-cancer/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:08:49 +0000 lcyarris http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=21415 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/04/18/new-findings-in-breast-cancer/feed/ 0 Under the Electron Microscope – A 3-D Image of an Individual Protein http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/24/3d-protein/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/24/3d-protein/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:14:16 +0000 dankrotz http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=20146 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/01/24/3d-protein/feed/ 0 How Key Genes Cooperate to Make Healthy Skin http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2011/09/20/key-genes-skin/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2011/09/20/key-genes-skin/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:35:37 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=18208 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2011/09/20/key-genes-skin/feed/ 0 Ovarian Cancer Genome Mapped, Opens Door to Personalized Medicine http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2011/06/29/ovarian-cancer/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2011/06/29/ovarian-cancer/#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:08:07 +0000 dankrotz http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=16433 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2011/06/29/ovarian-cancer/feed/ 0 Into the (Mis)fold: a Diagnostic Tool for Proteins http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/05/31/diagnostic-tool-for-proteins/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/05/31/diagnostic-tool-for-proteins/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 21:09:53 +0000 dankrotz http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=15860 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/05/31/diagnostic-tool-for-proteins/feed/ 0 Atomic-scale Structures of Ribosome Could Help Improve Antibiotics http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2011/05/19/ribosome-action/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2011/05/19/ribosome-action/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 18:09:52 +0000 dankrotz http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=15358 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2011/05/19/ribosome-action/feed/ 0 Safeguarding Genome Integrity Through Extraordinary DNA Repair http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/04/18/dsb-hetero/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/04/18/dsb-hetero/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:53:42 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=15122 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/04/18/dsb-hetero/feed/ 0 Secrets of a Precision Protein Machine http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2011/04/14/secrets-of-a-precision-protein-machine/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2011/04/14/secrets-of-a-precision-protein-machine/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:06:02 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=15004 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2011/04/14/secrets-of-a-precision-protein-machine/feed/ 0 For DNA Repair Machine, it’s all About Flexibility http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2011/03/30/dna-repair-machine-flexibility/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2011/03/30/dna-repair-machine-flexibility/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:19:12 +0000 dankrotz http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=14892 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2011/03/30/dna-repair-machine-flexibility/feed/ 0 RNA-Exporting Machine Deciphered at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/03/28/rna-exporting-machine/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/03/28/rna-exporting-machine/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:32:39 +0000 dankrotz http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=14142 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/03/28/rna-exporting-machine/feed/ 0 Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source Finds Big Surprise in Paleozoic Scorpion Fossil http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/02/28/scorpion-fossil/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/02/28/scorpion-fossil/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 23:18:27 +0000 dankrotz http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=14247 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/02/28/scorpion-fossil/feed/ 0 A Nanoscale Rope, and Another Step Toward Complex Nanomaterials That Assemble Themselves http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/01/18/nanoscale-rope/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/01/18/nanoscale-rope/#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:19:05 +0000 dankrotz http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=13765 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/01/18/nanoscale-rope/feed/ 0 From Dusty Punch Cards, New Insights Into Link Between Cholesterol and Heart Disease http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/01/04/cholesterol-heart-disease/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/01/04/cholesterol-heart-disease/#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 19:37:51 +0000 dankrotz http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=13539 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/01/04/cholesterol-heart-disease/feed/ 0 Learning to Read the Genome http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2010/12/22/modencode-genome/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2010/12/22/modencode-genome/#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 18:00:02 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=13429 Drosophila genome as recorded by DNA and RNA base pairs and the patterns and physical organization of its chromosomes, both essential for producing a functioning fruit fly. These new insights into reading the genome apply to human beings and many other organisms as well. ]]> http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2010/12/22/modencode-genome/feed/ 0 Biotechnology at the Cutting Edge http://newscenter.lbl.gov/videos/2010/12/14/biotechnology-at-the-cutting-edge/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/videos/2010/12/14/biotechnology-at-the-cutting-edge/#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:47:29 +0000 dankrotz http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=13309 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/videos/2010/12/14/biotechnology-at-the-cutting-edge/feed/ 0 The Future of Metabolic Engineering – Designer Molecules, Cells and Microorganisms http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2010/12/02/metabolic-engineering/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2010/12/02/metabolic-engineering/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:58:36 +0000 lcyarris http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=13115 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2010/12/02/metabolic-engineering/feed/ 0 Zebrafish Yield Clues to How We Process Visual Information http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2010/10/29/zebrafish-vision/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2010/10/29/zebrafish-vision/#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:31:13 +0000 dankrotz http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=12768 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2010/10/29/zebrafish-vision/feed/ 0 The Promise of Ion Beam Cancer Therapy http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2010/10/18/ion-beam-therapy/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2010/10/18/ion-beam-therapy/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 20:15:51 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=12452 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2010/10/18/ion-beam-therapy/feed/ 0 A cellular housekeeper, and potential target of obesity drugs, caught in action http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2010/08/01/cellular-housekeeper/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2010/08/01/cellular-housekeeper/#comments Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:01:30 +0000 dankrotz http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=11203 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2010/08/01/cellular-housekeeper/feed/ 0 Microbial world’s use of metals mostly unmapped http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2010/07/18/microbial-world-unmapped/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2010/07/18/microbial-world-unmapped/#comments Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:52:33 +0000 dankrotz http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=11001 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2010/07/18/microbial-world-unmapped/feed/ 0 Lensless Imaging of Whole Biological Cells with Soft X-Rays http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2010/04/27/lensless-imaging/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2010/04/27/lensless-imaging/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:25:33 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=9677 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2010/04/27/lensless-imaging/feed/ 0 A Novel Route to Discovery, Part Four http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2010/03/03/ldrd-discovery-part-four/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2010/03/03/ldrd-discovery-part-four/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:25:58 +0000 paulpreuss http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=8424 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2010/03/03/ldrd-discovery-part-four/feed/ 1 From uncharted region of human genome, clues emerge about origins of coronary artery disease http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2010/02/21/coronary-artery-disease/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2010/02/21/coronary-artery-disease/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:25:10 +0000 dankrotz http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=8261 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2010/02/21/coronary-artery-disease/feed/ 0 Life’s smallest motor, cargo carrier of the cells, moves like a seesaw http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2010/02/17/kinesin-seesaw/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2010/02/17/kinesin-seesaw/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:08:50 +0000 dankrotz http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=8172 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2010/02/17/kinesin-seesaw/feed/ 0 Brain protein critical to movement, memory, and learning deciphered at the Advanced Light Source http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2010/01/21/glutamate-receptor/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2010/01/21/glutamate-receptor/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:35:19 +0000 dankrotz http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=7828 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2010/01/21/glutamate-receptor/feed/ 0 Berkeley Lab Awarded $12.8 Million in Stimulus Funds for Health Research http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2010/01/19/berkeley-lab-awarded-12-8-million-in-stimulus-funds-for-health-research/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2010/01/19/berkeley-lab-awarded-12-8-million-in-stimulus-funds-for-health-research/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:42:13 +0000 juliechao http://newscenter.lbl.gov/?p=7756 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2010/01/19/berkeley-lab-awarded-12-8-million-in-stimulus-funds-for-health-research/feed/ 0