New research looks at pathogenic attacks on host plants
Two Kansas State University researchers focusing on rice genetics are providing a better understanding of how pathogens take over a plant's nutrients.
Biotechnology
Dec 17, 2010
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Identifying molecular guardian of cell's RNA
When most genes are transcribed, the nascent RNAs they produce are not quite ready to be translated into proteins - they have to be processed first. One of those processes is called splicing, a mechanism by which non-coding ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 25, 2010
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Shutting off a gene causes mobility issues, researchers say
Researchers at the University of Alberta have discovered that shutting off an important gene in the body causes mobility issues, reminiscent of neurological diseases like multiple sclerosis.
Biochemistry
Sep 20, 2010
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Novel electronic biosensing technology could facilitate a new era of personalized medicine
The multi-welled microplate, long a standard tool in biomedical research and diagnostic laboratories, could become a thing of the past thanks to new electronic biosensing technology developed by a team of microelectronics ...
Bio & Medicine
Sep 20, 2010
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Sex differences determined not simply by gender
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Imperial College London have uncovered an inherent difference in the way the genes of males or females can be "switched off" or silenced in the body's developing immune system. This finding ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 16, 2010
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Scientists identify DNA that may contribute to each person's uniqueness
Building on a tool that they developed in yeast four years ago, researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine scanned the human genome and discovered what they believe is the reason people have such a variety ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 11, 2010
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Wallabies and bats harbor 'fossil' genes from the most deadly family of human viruses
Modern marsupials may be popular animals at the zoo and in children's books, but new findings by University at Buffalo biologists reveal that they harbor a "fossil" copy of a gene that codes for filoviruses, which cause Ebola ...
Evolution
Jul 2, 2010
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Mechanism that may trigger degenerative disease identified
(PhysOrg.com) -- A mechanism that regulates stem-cell differentiation in mice testes suggests a similar process that may trigger degenerative disease in humans, according to a Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences reproductive ...
Biotechnology
Jun 25, 2010
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Study uses genetic approach to manipulate microbes in gut
We are what we eat, but who are "we"? New, high-powered genomic analytical techniques have established that as many as 1,000 different single-celled species coexist in relative harmony in every healthy human gut.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 24, 2010
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Jumping Genes Provide Extensive 'Raw Material' for Evolution, Study Finds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using high-throughput sequencing to map the locations of a common type of jumping gene within a person's entire genome, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine found extensive variation ...
Biotechnology
Jun 1, 2010
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