New Findings Regarding DNA Damage Checkpoint Mechanism in Oxidative Stress In an article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) a research team from University of North Carolina at Charlotte announced that they had uncovered a previously unknown surveillance mechanism, known as a DNA damage checkpoint, used by cells to monitor oxidatively damaged DNA. The finding, first-authored by UNC Charlotte biology graduate student Jeremy Willis ...
June 14, 2013 - Newswise
Research shows shift in Hawaiian petrel foraging Researchers say they've documented changes in the foraging habits of Hawaiian petrels. A study recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examined the bone chemistry of modern Hawaiian petrels and sub fossils as old as 4,000 years. The bones indicated older birds ate a diet of relatively large prey high on the food chain. Birds less than a century old ate ...
June 14, 2013 - KITV Honolulu