News tagged with clock genes
Scientists find clue to mystery of biological clock
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 30, 2009 |
3.5 / 5 (2) |
0
How does our biological system know that it is supposed to operate on a 24-hour cycle? Scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have discovered that a tiny molecule holds the clue to the mystery.
Search results for clock genes
Appetite, consumption controlled by clockwork genes at cross-purposes in flies
Dec 06, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
One of the pioneers in research on sleep:wake circadian genes, Amita Sehgal, Ph.D., has discovered that fruit flies' appetite and consumption are controlled by two rival sets of clocks, one in neurons and the other in the ...
Feeding the clock: Cycles of feeding and fasting drive circadian gene expression in the liver
Nov 25, 2009 |
4.5 / 5 (4) |
0
When you eat may be just as vital to your health as what you eat, found researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Their experiments in mice revealed that the daily waxing and waning of thousands ...
Review: Moshi voice control alarm clock
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 10, 2009 |
not rated yet |
1
Product: Moshi voice control alarm clock
New suppressor of common liver cancer
Dec 15, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Tumor suppressor genes make proteins that help control cell growth. Mutations in these genes that generate nonfunctional proteins can contribute to tumor development and progression. One of the most well-known tumor suppressor ...
Marking of tissue-specific crucial in embryonic stem cells to ensure proper function
Dec 16, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Tissue-specific genes, thought to be dormant or not marked for activation in embryonic stem cells, are indeed marked by transcription factors, with proper marking potentially crucial for the function of tissues derived from ...
Antagonistic genes control rice growth
Dec 15, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Scientists at the Carnegie Institution, with colleagues, have found that a plant steroid prompts two genes to battle each other—one suppresses the other to ensure that leaves grow normally in rice and the ...
Genetic link to heart failure
Dec 15, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
A team of researchers, at Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, has identified a group of 12 genetic variants in the HSPB7 gene that is associated with heart failure in humans.
Extended youthfulness as a prevention for Alzheimer's disease
Dec 10, 2009 |
4 / 5 (1) |
0
Therapies that can keep us younger longer might also push back the clock on Alzheimer's disease, suggests a new study of mice in the December 11th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication.
Newly discovered mechanism allows cells to change state
Dec 09, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Cells are not static. They can transform themselves over time — but change can have dangerous implications. Benign cells, for example, can suddenly change into cancerous ones.
Bacteria offer insights into human decision making
Dec 08, 2009 |
4.5 / 5 (18) |
1
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists studying how bacteria under stress collectively weigh and initiate different survival strategies say they have gained new insights into how humans make strategic decisions that ...
List of search results for clock genes
