Jose Morachis's – August 2012 Archive (2)

Planting the seeds of defense

Salk study finds stress triggers widespread epigenetic changes that aid in disease resistance

LA JOLLA, CA—It was long thought that methylation, a crucial part of normal organism development, was a static modification of DNA that could not be altered by environmental conditions. New findings by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, however, suggest that the DNA of organisms exposed to stress undergo changes in DNA methylation patterns that…

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Scripps and SoCalGas System to Use Algae to Capture Carbon Dioxide

Algae could absorb pollution emissions at the source

A new system will explore using algae to capture carbon.

Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego (Scripps) and Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) have entered into an agreement focusing on the…

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