News tagged with biocomputing

Ancient penguin DNA raises doubts about accuracy of genetic dating techniques

Penguins that died 44,000 years ago in Antarctica have provided extraordinary frozen DNA samples that challenge the accuracy of traditional genetic aging measurements, and suggest those approaches have been ...

Biology / Evolution

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (23) | comments 16




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Mapping the genomes of crocodiles and alligators -- It's not for the faint of heart

(Phys.org) -- David Ray never turns his back on his research, and with good reason! "If it can't bite you, it's not interesting," he jokes.

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Contact networks have no influence on cooperation among individuals

Researchers at Carlos III University of Madrid and the University of Zaragoza theoretically predict, in a scientific study, that contact networks have no influence on cooperation among individuals.

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Nerve cells grow on nanocellulose

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Chalmers and the University of Gothenburg have shown that nanocellulose stimulates the formation of neural networks. This is the first step toward creating a three-dimensional ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Biological computer destroys cancer cells

Researchers led by ETH professor Yaakov Benenson and MIT professor Ron Weiss have successfully incorporated a diagnostic biological "computer" network in human cells. This network recognizes certain cancer ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (13) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

New technology reduces storage needs and costs for genomic data

A new computer data compression technique called Genomic SQueeZ (G-SQZ), developed by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), will allow genetic researchers and others to store, analyze and share massive volumes ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

NanoEngineers Print and Test Chemical Sensors on Underwear (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Chemical sensors printed directly on elastic underwear waistbands retained their sensing abilities even after engineers stretched, folded and pulled at the chemical-sensing printable electrodes ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 17, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Fungi can change quickly, pass along infectious ability

Fungi have significant potential for "horizontal" gene transfer, a new study has shown, similar to the mechanisms that allow bacteria to evolve so quickly, become resistant to antibiotics and cause other serious ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 17, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Two software tools that improve identification of cancer biomarkers earn certification

The explosive growth of genomic and proteomic data has ushered in a new era of molecular medicine in which cancer detection, diagnosis and treatment are tailored to each individual's molecular profile. But ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Finding the constant in bacterial communication

The Rosetta Stone of bacterial communication may have been found.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Biomedical engineers teach bacteria to count

Biomedical engineers at Boston University have taught bacteria how to count. Professor James J. Collins and colleagues have wired a new sequence of genes that allow the microbes to count discrete events, opening the door ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1


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