News tagged with genetic model

Biologists Discover Missing Piece of Plant Clock

(PhysOrg.com) -- Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have identified a key protein that links the morning and evening components of the daily biological clock of plants.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

'Undesirable' evolution can be reversed in fish, scientists show

Intensive harvesting of the largest fish over many decades, while leaving the small fish behind, may have unintentionally genetically reprogrammed many species to grow smaller, said lead author Dr. David O. ...

Biology / Evolution

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Predicting risk of stroke from one's genetic blueprint

A new statistical model could be used to predict an individual's lifetime risk of stroke, finds a study from the Children's Hospital Informatics Program (CHIP). Using genetic information from 569 hospital patients, the researchers ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers find genes important to sleep

For many animals, sleep is a risk: foraging for food, mingling with mates and guarding against predators just aren't possible while snoozing.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 22, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Calculating gene and protein connections in a Parkinson's disease model

Researchers have created an algorithm that meshes existing data to produce a clearer step-by-step flow chart of how cells respond to stimuli. Using this new method, Whitehead Institute and Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study suggests possible treatment for neurological disorder Rett syndrome

Using injections of a small derivate of the protein insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), scientists at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have successfully treated ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New Mathematical Model Evaluates Efficiency of E. Coli

The bacterium Escherichia coli, one of the best-studied single-celled organisms around, is a master of industrial efficiency. This bacterium can be thought of as a factory with just one product: itself. It exists to make c ...

Biology /

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Although our genetics differ significantly, we all look alike

The genetic variation within a species can be significant, but very little of that variation results in clear differences in morphology or other phenotypes. Much of the diversity remains hidden ‘under the surface’ in buffered ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Researchers Genetically Link Lou Gehrig's Disease in Humans to Dog Disease

(PhysOrg.com) -- An incurable, paralyzing disease in humans is now genetically linked to a similar disease in dogs. Researchers from the University of Missouri and the Broad Institute have found that the genetic mutation ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers derive first embryonic stem cells from rats

Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) have, for the first time in history, derived authentic embryonic stem (ES) cells from rats. This breakthrough finding will enable scientists to create far more effective ...

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created Dec 24, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0