How defects in 1 gene cause 3 distinct and devastating human diseasesMay 29, 2008
By studying heat-loving microbes, two research teams have gained new insight into how seemingly small differences in a single protein involved in DNA transcription and repair can lead to strikingly different genetic disorders ... |
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 The structure of XPD sheds light on cancer and agingMay 29, 2008
The protein XPD is one component of an essential repair mechanism that maintains the integrity of DNA. XPD is unique, however, in that pinpoint mutations of this single protein are responsible for three different ... |
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The good news in our DNA: Defects you can fix with vitamins and mineralsJun 02, 2008
As the cost of sequencing a single human genome drops rapidly, with one company predicting a price of $100 per person in five years, soon the only reason not to look at your "personal genome" will be fear of what bad news ... |
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 Possible new approach to purifying drinking waterJun 03, 2008
A genetic tool used by medical researchers may also be used in a novel approach to remove harmful microbes and viruses from drinking water. |
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Are microbes the answer to the energy crisis?Jun 04, 2008
The answer to the looming fuel crisis in the 21st century may be found by thinking small, microscopic in fact. Microscopic organisms from bacteria and cyanobacteria, to fungi to microalgae, are biological factories that ... |
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Ancient antibody molecule offers clues to how humans evolved allergiesJun 13, 2008
Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council have discovered how evolution may have lumbered humans with allergy problems. The team from the Randall Division of Cell & Molecular Biophysics, ... |
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Yale researchers discover Legionnaire microbe's tricksJun 19, 2008
Yale University researchers have shed new light how bacteria like the ones that cause Legionnaires' disease and Q-fever raise such havoc in human patients. |
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Texas A&M researchers develop tool to study complex clusters of genesJul 02, 2008
Texas A&M University researchers have developed a computational tool that will help scientists more accurately study complex units of clustered genes, called operons, in bacteria. |
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