News tagged with replication
Study identifies human genes required for hepatitis C viral replication
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers are investigating a new way to block reproduction of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) - targeting not the virus itself but the human genes the virus exploits in ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 18, 2009 |
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Researchers' new goal: Drug-free remission for HIV infection
A group including leading academic and industry scientists has issued a challenge to researchers in the field of HIV/AIDS: find a way to effectively purge latent HIV infection and eliminate the need for chronic, suppressive ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Mar 05, 2009 |
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Compounds that trigger beta cell replication identified
Researchers at the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation (GNF) have identified a set of compounds that can trigger the proliferation of insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, using sophisticated high-throughput ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 25, 2009 |
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New study identifies how ebola virus avoids the immune system
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have likely found one reason why the Ebola virus is such a powerful, deadly, and effective virus. Using a cell culture model ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 27, 2009 |
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Human beta cells can be easily induced to replicate
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have successfully induced human insulin-producing cells, known as beta cells, to replicate robustly in a living animal, as well as in the lab. The discovery not ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 13, 2009 |
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Biologists discover link between CGG repeats in DNA and neurological disorders
Researchers have long known that some repetitive DNA sequences can make human chromosomes "fragile," i.e. appearing constricted or even broken during cell divisions. Scientists at Tufts University have found that one such ...
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Jan 11, 2009 |
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Scientists develop first examples of RNA that replicates itself indefinitely
Now, a pair of Scripps Research Institute scientists has taken a significant step toward answering that question. The scientists have synthesized for the first time RNA enzymes that can replicate themselves without the help ...
Jan 09, 2009 |
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Researchers illuminate mechanisms that regulate DNA damage control and replication
Scientists at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have demonstrated important new roles for the protein kinase complex Cdc7/Dbf4 or Cdc7/Drf1 (Ddk) in monitoring damage control during DNA replication and reinitiating ...
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Jan 05, 2009 |
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