News tagged with gene functions
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Scientists uncover new DNA role in modifying gene function
For years, scientists have thought of DNA as a passive blueprint capable only of producing specific proteins through RNA transcription. Now, research led by scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute ...
Apr 10, 2011 |
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Tumors Feel the Deadly Sting of Nanobees
When bees sting, they pump into their victims a peptide toxin called melittin that destroys cell membranes. Now, by encapsulating this extremely potent molecule within a nanoparticle, researchers at the Washington University ...
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Aug 28, 2009 |
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Scientists sequence genome of grass that can be a biofuel model crop
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their colleagues at the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute today announced that they have completed sequencing the genome of a kind of wild grass ...
Feb 10, 2010 |
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Red wine, fruit compound could help block fat cell formation
(PhysOrg.com) -- A compound found in red wine, grapes and other fruits, and similar in structure to resveratrol, is able to block cellular processes that allow fat cells to develop, opening a door to a potential ...
Apr 04, 2012 |
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Using plants to silence insect genes in a high-throughput manner
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany, are now using a procedure which brings forward ecological research on insects: They study gene functions in moth larvae by manipulating ...
Feb 02, 2012 |
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A foot in the door to genetic information
In the cell nucleus, DNA wraps around what are called histone proteins, forming regularly spaced spherical bodies called nucleosomes. Thus, large portions of the genetic material are inaccessible to the gene reading machinery. ...
Mar 07, 2012 |
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Fruit fly intestine may hold secret to the fountain of youth
One of the few reliable ways to extend an organism's lifespan, be it a fruit fly or a mouse, is to restrict calorie intake. Now, a new study in fruit flies is helping to explain why such minimal diets are ...
Nov 02, 2011 |
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New technique gives precise picture of how regulatory RNA controls gene activity
A new technique developed by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine allows researchers to identify the exact DNA sequences and locations bound by regulatory RNAs. This information is necessary to understand ...
Sep 29, 2011 |
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Researchers find new piece in Alzheimer's puzzle
Yale researchers have filled in a missing gap on the molecular road map of Alzheimer's disease. In the Feb. 26 issue of the journal Nature, the Yale team reports that cellular prion proteins trigger the process by which ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 25, 2009 |
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Shear brain power - sheep smarter than previously believed
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Cambridge have discovered that sheep are more intelligent than previously believed.
Feb 21, 2011 |
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Schizophrenia gene's role may be broader, more potent, than thought
(PhysOrg.com) -- UCSF scientists studying nerve cells in fruit flies have uncovered a new function for a gene whose human equivalent may play a critical role in schizophrenia.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 19, 2009 |
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As the worm turns, its secrets are revealed
An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, have developed a new method for discerning the functions of previously uncharacterized ...
Apr 28, 2011 |
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Stress can control our genes
Stress has become one of the major disease states in the developed world. But what is stress? It depends on from where you look. You may experience stress as something that affects your entire body and mind, ...
Sep 24, 2010 |
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Research makes plant breeding easier
University of Illinois research has resulted in the development of a novel and widely applicable molecular tool that can serve as a road map for making plant breeding easier to understand. Researchers developed ...
Jan 04, 2011 |
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Discovery may aid search for anti-aging drugs
A team of University of Michigan scientists has found that suppressing a newly discovered gene lengthens the lifespan of roundworms. Scientists who study aging have long known that significantly restricting food intake makes ...
Aug 18, 2010 |
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