News tagged with genome biology
Closing the gaps in the human genome
Sequence gaps in human chromosome 15 have been closed by the application of 454 technology. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Genome Biology have described a simple and scalable method for finish ...
Jun 01, 2009 |
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Biomedical engineers teach bacteria to count
Biomedical engineers at Boston University have taught bacteria how to count. Professor James J. Collins and colleagues have wired a new sequence of genes that allow the microbes to count discrete events, opening the door ...
May 28, 2009 |
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Research team finds important role for junk DNA
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have called it "junk DNA." They have long been perplexed by these extensive strands of genetic material that dominate the genome but seem to lack specific functions. Why would nature ...
May 20, 2009 |
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New research on the 'guardian of the genome'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Protein p53 protects the body against cancer and is knocked out in many cancer tumours. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have identified two molecules that can restore p53's cancer-killing properties. ...
May 12, 2009 |
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FANTOM findings boost for biologists
Genomic regulatory blocks have unique features that may explain their ability to respond to regulatory inputs from very long distances, according to a special thematic series of companion articles from the FANTOM4 consortium. ...
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Switching off protein 'thermostat' shuts down deadly fungal disease
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Toronto researchers have discovered that by switching off a protein "thermostat" that controls the growth and spread of lethal fungal infections, the disease may be halted.
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Catching the common cold virus genome
A new study by Brigham Young University researchers on the virus behind nearly half of all cold infections explains how and where evolution occurs in the rhinovirus genome and what this means for possible vaccines.
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Reversing ecology reveals ancient environments
From hair color to the ancestral line of parasitic bacteria, scientists can glean a lot from genes. But imagine if genes also revealed where you lived or who you spent time with. It turns out they do, if you know where and ...
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Feb 25, 2009 |
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'It takes a genome: How a clash between our genes and modern life is making us sick'
It's not just the climate that is struggling with what humans have done to the modern world, our genes are feeling the pressure as well, according to Professor Greg Gibson's recently published book.
Feb 25, 2009 |
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Research breakthrough to treat malaria
A team of Monash University researchers led by Professor James Whisstock has made a major breakthrough in the international fight against malaria, which claims the life of a child across the world every 30 seconds.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 03, 2009 |
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New method prevents microRNAs from escaping cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- MicroRNAs — one of the tiniest entities in the human genome — are great escape artists. Despite scientists’ best efforts to detect and capture them in different tissues, they often manage ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 26, 2009 |
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