Research carried out at Universidad Carlos III of Madrid in collaboration with the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncologicas employed computational techniques to improve the characterization of proteins. ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

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Chromosomes - long, linear DNA molecules – are capped at their ends with special DNA structures called telomeres and an assortment of proteins, which together act as a protective sheath. Telomeres are maintained through ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Nov 21, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 1 |

Researchers at the University of East Anglia have found that biological age and life expectancy can be predicted by measuring an individual's DNA.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Nov 19, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 0 |

Cod was once a staple diet across many European countries, and so important in fact that in the past some countries have even gone to war over this important resource. Their popularity, however, meant that ...

Biology - Ecology

Oct 22, 2012 not rated yet 0

Cod are among Sweden's most common and most popular edible fish and have been fished hard for many years. One consequence is the risk of serious changes in cod stocks, reveals research from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Biology - Ecology

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Rapidly dividing cancer cells are skilled at patching up damage that would stop normal cells in their tracks, including wear and tear of telomeres, the protective caps at the end of each chromosome.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Mar 21, 2012 5 / 5 (6) 0 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- For hundreds, if not thousands of years scientists have been seeking clues to explain why we humans, and all other animals for that matter, age. But it’s been only recently that some ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 10, 2012 4 / 5 (10) 3 |

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine describe for the first time a key target of DNA damage checkpoint enzymes that must be chemically modified to enable stable maintenance of chromosome ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Nov 23, 2011 5 / 5 (5) 1 |

Small furry mammals partial to a daily dose of hibernation in winter are probably extending their lifespan at the same time, according to a study published Wednesday.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Sep 14, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 0

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have uncovered the evolutionary mechanisms that have caused increases or decreases in the numbers of chromosomes in a group of yeast species during the last 100-150 million years. The ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Jul 21, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study the latest issue of Nature Cell Biology sheds light on the mechanism controlling telomere length in budding yeast. In this publication, scientists from the Friedrich Miescher Instit ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Jul 13, 2011 not rated yet 0

In stark contrast to normal cells, which only divide a finite number of times before they enter into a permanent state of growth arrest or simply die, cancer cells never cease to proliferate. Now, scientists ...

Medicine & Health - Cancer

Apr 21, 2011 4.7 / 5 (3) 0 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Certain cases of major depression are associated with premature aging of immune cells, which may make people more susceptible to other serious illness, according to findings from a new UCSF-led study.

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Apr 05, 2011 1 / 5 (1) 0 |

UCSF scientists are reporting several studies showing that psychological stress leads to shorter telomeres – the protective caps on the ends of chromosomes that are a measure of cell age and, thus, health. The findings ...

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Apr 04, 2011 4.7 / 5 (3) 2 |

Results of a study presented at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held here April 2-6, lend credence to the idea that improving quality of life affects stress-related biological markers and possibly the health of people ...

Medicine & Health - Cancer

Apr 02, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0