News tagged with dna mapping

Scientists crack gene code of common cancers

Two common forms of cancer have been genetically mapped for the first time, British scientists announced, in a major breakthrough in understanding the diseases.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 2

Grass to gas: Researchers' genome map speeds biofuel development

Researchers at the University of Georgia have taken a major step in the ongoing effort to find sources of cleaner, renewable energy by mapping the genomes of two originator cells of Miscanthus x giganteus, a large perenn ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Platypus link to ovarian cancer

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the Royal Adelaide Hospital and University of Adelaide believe our oldest mammalian relative may help us to better understand ovarian cancer.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers develop whole genome sequencing approach for mutation discovery

The Stowers Institute's Hawley Lab and Molecular Biology Facility have developed a "whole-genome sequencing approach" to mapping mutations in fruit flies. The novel methodology promises to reduce the time and effort required ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sequencing of first frog genome sheds light on treating disease

A pair of University of Houston researchers contributed to the assembly of the first comprehensive DNA sequence of an amphibian genome, which will shed light on the study of embryonic development, with implications ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers 'unzip' molecules to measure interactions keeping DNA packed in cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- Anyone who has ever battled a stuck zipper knows it's a good idea to see what's stuck, where and how badly -- and then to pull hard. A Cornell research team's experiments involve the "unzipping" ...

Biology /

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0