News tagged with gene ontology

Reviews of microbial gene language published in special issue of Trends in Microbiology

Ten articles describing how a universal language to describe genes is bringing benefits to the study of the microbial world have been published in a special issue of Trends in Microbiology, co-edited by Virginia Bioinformatics Instit ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Web interface defines new paradigm for life science data-sharing

A new lightweight web service interface for accessing massive amounts of life science research data across multiple public and private domains has been developed by researchers at RIKEN, Japan's flagship research ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The digital side of biology

Revolutions in science come in waves. One of the epoch-making events in modern biology came in 1995 when J. Craig Venter, an American biologist, decoded the whole genome of the Haemohilus influenzae bacterium ...

Biology / Other

created Mar 07, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Is the shape of a genome as important as its content?

If there is one thing that recent advances in genomics have revealed, it is that our genes are interrelated, "chattering" to each other across separate chromosomes and vast stretches of DNA. According to researchers ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 29, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (13) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New research finds major activation themes in denture-stomatitis

Today during the 88th General Session & Exhibition of the International Association for Dental Research, in Barcelona, Spain, S. Offenbacher will present an abstract titled "Mucosal Gene Expression and Salivary Proteomic ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Data mining algorithm explains complex temporal interactions among genes

Researchers at Virginia Tech, New York University (NYU), and the University of Milan, Italy, have created a data mining algorithm they call GOALIE that can automatically reveal how biological processes are coordinated in ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Examining alcohol use disorders through gene networks instead of individual genes

Alcohol use disorders (AUDs) are influenced by multiple genetic, environmental and behavioral factors, which makes it difficult to find individual genetic markers to help identify those at risk of developing AUDs. This study ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Mar 02, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Genetic changes shown to be important indicators for disease progression in cervical cancer patients

Cervical cancer patients with specific changes in the cancer genome have a three- or fourfold increased risk of relapse after standard treatment compared to patients without these changes, according to a study by Norwegian ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Grid browser finds the meaning of life

(PhysOrg.com) -- A web browser that can understand technical terms in life sciences and automatically find additional resources and services has been developed by European researchers. It could lead to a new generation of ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers unveil landscape of human-pathogen protein interactions

Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute and the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech have provided the first global analysis of human proteins interacting with viral proteins and proteins in other ...

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created Feb 18, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

HARDY rice: less water, more food

An international team of scientists has produced a new type of rice that grows better and uses water more efficiently than other rice crops. Professor Andy Pereira at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) has been working ...

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created Sep 10, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 0


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