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Scientists Find Cells Coordinate Gene Activity with FM Bursts

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created Oct 01, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- How a cell achieves the coordinated control of a number of genes at the same time, a process that's necessary for it to regulate its own behavior and development, has long puzzled scientists.





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Discovering the secret code behind photosynthesis

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created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have discovered that an ancient system of communication found in primitive bacteria, may also explain how plants and algae control the process of photosynthesis.


Research defines eye cancer gene's role in retinal development

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 16, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A genetic discovery led by scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital helps answer a long-standing mystery about the eyes of vertebrates, and may translate into a deeper understanding of how genes coordinate the ...


Fat droplet nanoparticle delivers tumor suppressor gene to tumor and metastatic cells

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Dr. Esther Chang describes the most recent developments in human trials of the first systemic, non-viral, tumor-targeted, nanoparticle method designed to restore normal gene function to tumor cells while completely bypassing ...


Why can we talk? 'Humanized' mice speak volumes

Biology / Evolution

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 9

Mice carrying a "humanized version" of a gene believed to influence speech and language may not actually talk, but they nonetheless do have a lot to say about our evolutionary past, according to a report in the May 29th issue ...


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Study: Abraham Lincoln may have had ataxia

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created Jan 23, 2006 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (15) | comments 0

University of Minnesota scientists say they've found evidence President Abraham Lincoln may have been a victim of a neurological disease called ataxia.


Research reveals key to world's toughest organism

Research reveals key to world's toughest organism

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by Cornell researchers uncovers the details of how the world's toughest bacterium survives lethal radiation exposure.


Scientists construct 'off switch' for Parkinson therapy

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 28, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A common antibiotic can function as an "off switch" for a gene therapy being developed for Parkinson's disease, according to University of Florida researchers writing online in advance of September's Molecular Therapy.


Gene implicated in stress-induced high blood pressure

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Do stressful situations make your blood pressure rise? If so, your phosducin gene could be to blame according to a team of researchers, at the University of Freiburg, Germany, and the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, ...


Gene increases effectiveness of drugs used to fight cancer and allows reduction in dosage

Gene increases effectiveness of drugs used to fight cancer and allows reduction in dosage

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Granada, Spain, have found a suicide gene, called 'gene E', which leads to the death of tumour cells derived from breast, lung and colon cancer, and prevents their growth. ...


Molecular partnership controls daily rhythms, body metabolism

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 26, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A research team led by Mitchell Lazar, MD, PhD, Director of the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, has discovered a key molecular partnership that coordinates ...



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