News tagged with gene sequencing
Bacteria Are Better Gene Packers Than We Thought
(PhysOrg.com) -- In microbial genomes, genes are typically depicted as linear series of separate regulatory and coding regions. This leads to the assumption that annotations done by computer to predict such ...
Feb 12, 2010 |
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Moss helps chart the conquest of land by plants (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent work at Washington University in St. Louis sheds light on one of the most important events in earth-history, the conquest of land by plants 480 million years ago.
Feb 04, 2010 |
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Epigenetics could help researchers determine any risks associated with low-dose radiation
There remains a lack of consensus amongst the medical and scientific communities about any cancer risk from low level radiation, particularly low-dose radiation delivered from computed tomography (CT) scans. However, the ...
Feb 01, 2010 |
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Software reveals the inner workings of the human genome
(PhysOrg.com) -- A biologist and computer scientist seek sites of RNA editing, a phenomenon that plays a key role in human genetic complexity.
Jan 12, 2010 |
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Researchers discover genetic differences between lethal and treatable forms of leukemia
A tumor's genetic profile is often useful when diagnosing and deciding on treatment for certain cancers, but inexplicably, genetically similar leukemias in different patients do not always respond well to the same therapy. ...
Jan 07, 2010 |
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'Junk DNA' could spotlight breast and bowel cancer
Scientists at The University of Nottingham have found that a group of genetic rogue elements, produced by DNA sequences commonly known as 'junk DNA', could help diagnose breast and bowel cancer. Their research, funded by ...
Jan 05, 2010 |
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Broken genomes behind breast cancers
The first detailed search of breast cancer genomes to uncover genomic rearrangements is published today. The team characterised the ways in which the human genome is broken and put back together in 24 cases of breast cancer.
Dec 23, 2009 |
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Seeing how evolutionary mechanisms yield biological diversity
An international team of scientists has discovered how changes in both gene expression and gene sequence led to the diversity of visual systems in African cichlid fish.
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Toward reading your own personal 'Book of Life'
What secrets about your risk for diseases are written in your own personal "Book of Life" -- the 30,000 or so genes that make you you?
Dec 16, 2009 |
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Why we outlive our ape ancestors
In spite of their genetic similarity to humans, chimpanzees and great apes have maximum lifespans that rarely exceed 50 years. The difference, explains USC Davis School of Gerontology Professor Caleb Finch, is that as humans ...
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Dec 02, 2009 |
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Immunity-Related Genes in Leafcutting Bee Uncovered
(PhysOrg.com) -- The first analysis of immunity-related genes in a solitary bee has been conducted by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and cooperators.
Nov 30, 2009 |
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New tools for prediction of disease progression in acute childhood leukemia
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Uppsala University and University Children’s Hospital in Uppsala have devised powerful new tools for typing cells from children with acute lymphatic leukemia and for prediction of how children ...
Nov 27, 2009 |
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The tall and short of diseases
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research shows that being taller means a fatter pay check and an increased risk of some cancers.
Nov 25, 2009 |
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Scientists reveal how induced pluripotent stem cells differ from embryonic stem cells
The same genes that are chemically altered during normal cell differentiation, as well as when normal cells become cancer cells, are also changed in stem cells that scientists derive from adult cells, according to new research ...
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Termites? gut reactions show how to improve renewable fuel, researchers say
(PhysOrg.com) -- Termite damage costs the U.S. more than $1 billion each year, but that same destructive power might help solve one of the nation’s most pressing economic quandaries: sustainable fuel production.
Nov 04, 2009 |
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