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

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast feature

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 ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

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.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 18, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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 ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 29, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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

created Jan 20, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0