Lab identifies elusive telomere RNA subunit in single cell model
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The Stowers Institute’s Baumann Lab has identified the long-sought telomerase RNA gene in a single-cell research model. Their findings have been posted to the Web site of the journal Nature Structural & Molecular Biology and wi ...
New plant study reveals a 'deeply hidden' layer of the transcriptome
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Dec 27, 2007 |
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Cells keep a close watch over the transcriptome – the totality of all parts of the genome that are expressed in any given cell at any given time. Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and ...
Overeating and obesity triggered by lack of BDNF
Dec 27, 2007 |
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, close to one-third of the population in the United States is obese and another third is overweight. Excessive weight gain is elicited by alterations in energy balance, ...
Philippines work to save giant clams
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A new effort is under way in the Philippines to stem the declining population of the world's largest clams, called taklobos.
New clinical trial results show how personalized medicine will alter treatment of genetic disorders
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One of the nation’s pre-eminent genetic researchers, Eric Hoffman, PhD, of Children’s Research Institute at Children’s National Medical Center, predicts that in relatively short order, medicine’s next innovation--individualized ...
Adult male chimpanzees don't stray far from the home
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Dec 27, 2007 |
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When it comes to choosing a place to live, male chimpanzees in the wild don’t stray far from home, according to a new report in the Dec. 27th Current Biology, a publication of Cell Press. The researchers found that adult ...
Copy number variation may stem from replication misstep
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Genome rearrangements, resulting in variations in the numbers of copies of genes, occur when the cellular process that copies DNA during cell division stalls and then switches to a different genetic “template,” said researchers ...
Human factors researchers test voting systems for seniors
Dec 27, 2007 |
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Human factors researchers at Florida State University have identified ways to improve electronic voting accuracy among older voters while also shortening waiting time at the polls. The results of their study were published ...
Cancer gene mutation crossed ethnic lines
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Scientists in California have found that a gene mutation previously linked to Jewish breast cancer patients has apparently crossed ethnic lines.
FOXO factor promotes survival of oxygen-deprived cancer cells
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Scientists report that an evolutionarily conserved transcription factor may have both positive and negative effects on the growth of tumors, depending on whether or not the tumor cells have enough oxygen. The research, published ...
Cone-Beam CT faster, potentially more accurate than conventional mammography
Dec 27, 2007 |
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Cone-beam breast CT provides exceptional tissue contrast and can potentially reduce examination time with comparable radiation dose to conventional 2D mammography, according to a new study by a team of researchers from the ...
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