News tagged with dna patterns
DNA as invisible ink can reversibly hide patterns
(PhysOrg.com) -- While most people know of DNA as the building blocks of life, these large molecules also have potential applications in areas such as biosensing, nanoparticle assembly, and building supramolecular ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 23, 2012 |
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Aging human bodies and aging human oocytes run on different clocks
Reproductive and somatic aging use different molecular mechanisms that show little overlap between the types of genes required to keep oocytes healthy and the genes that generally extend life span, according to Coleen Murphy, ...
Dec 06, 2011 |
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Unknown species and larval stages of extremely long-legged beetles discovered by DNA test
The unknown larval stages and a new species of the curious Spider Water Beetles were described after their assignment by DNA sequences. These taxonomic works are groundwork for the development of water quality ...
Oct 18, 2011 |
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DNA study suggests Asia was settled in multiple waves of migration
An international team of researchers studying DNA patterns from modern and archaic humans has uncovered new clues about the movement and intermixing of populations more than 40,000 years ago in Asia.
Sep 22, 2011 |
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Speeding up evolution: Orchid epigenetics
Organisms adapt to their dynamic environment using various strategies. Ovidiu Paun, working at the Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, investigates how marsh orchids adjust to and diffuse in ...
Jul 28, 2011 |
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Study of an ancient bacterial gene sheds light on movement of North American peoples
(PhysOrg.com) -- DNA from the stomach bacteria of a young man who died hundreds of years ago is shedding light on movement patterns of North American peoples and when they came in contact with Europeans.
Feb 18, 2011 |
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CDC: Haiti cholera matches South Asian strain
(AP) -- A cholera outbreak that has killed more than 300 people in Haiti matches strains commonly found in South Asia, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 01, 2010 |
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The teeth of cadavers reveal their identity
Researchers from the University of Granada, Spain, have shown that a person's dental patterns can be used as proof of their identity with the same degree of reliability as DNA testing, the method that forensic ...
Jun 29, 2010 |
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New tool helps researchers identify DNA patterns of cancer, genetic disorders
A new tool will help researchers identify the minute changes in DNA patterns that lead to cancer, Huntington's disease and a host of other genetic disorders. The tool was developed at North Carolina State ...
May 19, 2009 |
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Research breakthrough targets genetic diseases
(PhysOrg.com) -- A cure for debilitating genetic diseases such as Huntington’s disease, Friedreich’s ataxia and Fragile X syndrome is a step closer to reality, thanks to a recent scientific breakthrough.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 20, 2009 |
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