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Researchers look to imprinted genes for clues to fetal growth restriction in cloned swine

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at North Carolina State University have found that intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), which results in low birth weight and long-term deleterious health effects in cloned swine, is linked ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Dubai claims world's first cloned camel

The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday claimed its own version of Dolly the sheep, the world's first cloned mammal, after the birth of a cloned camel in Dubai this month.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2




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Researchers discover 'green' pesticide effective against citrus pests

University of Florida researchers have discovered a key amino acid essential for human nutrition is also an effective insecticide against caterpillars that threaten the citrus industry.

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Study of skates and sharks questions assumptions about 'essential' genes

Biologists have long assumed that all jawed vertebrates possess a full complement of nearly identical genes for critical aspects of their development. But a paper in the December 16 issue of Science with Benjamin King of the ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Japan, Russia see chance to clone mammoth

Scientists from Japan and Russia believe it may be possible to clone a mammoth after finding well-preserved bone marrow in a thigh bone recovered from permafrost soil in Siberia, a report said Saturday.

Biology / Biotechnology

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New research offers insight into long term sperm storage in animals and parthenogenesis

(PhysOrg.com) -- Recently an eastern diamond-backed rattlesnake gave birth to 19 offspring; not exactly headline news, except for the fact that the female had been separated from any male snakes for five years. ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Scientists construct, to maintain complementary DNA libraries of first lizard genome sequence

Scientists at Indiana University Bloomington's Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics are credited with constructing the cDNA libraries for the first-ever genome sequence of a non-bird reptile, the North American ...

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created Sep 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Are genes our destiny? 'Hidden' code in DNA evolves more rapidly than genetic code, scientists discover

A "hidden" code linked to the DNA of plants allows them to develop and pass down new biological traits far more rapidly than previously thought, according to the findings of a groundbreaking study by researchers ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (27) | comments 26 | with audio podcast

Sperm coat protein may be key to male infertility

The loss of a protein that coats sperm may explain a significant proportion of infertility in men worldwide, according to a study by an international team of researchers led by UC Davis. The research could ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Innate immune system proteins attack bacteria by triggering bacterial suicide mechanisms

A group of proteins that act as the body's built-in line of defense against invading bacteria use a molecular trick to induce bacteria to destroy themselves, researchers at the Indiana University School of ...

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Girl power: Female boa constrictor doesn't need a male

In a finding that upends decades of scientific theory on reptile reproduction, researchers at North Carolina State University have discovered that female boa constrictors can squeeze out babies without mating.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 03, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

'Warrior worms' discovered in snails; Scientists see possible biomedical applications

Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have discovered a caste of genetically identical "warrior worms" -- members of a parasitic fluke species that invades the California horn snail. The findings are reported in ...

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