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New Forensic Method Aims to Predict What a Person Looks Like from DNA Sample
Mar 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Arizona research team recently completed a study looking at the DNA blueprint of almost 1,000 individuals and comparing that to detailed measurements of their hair, skin and ...
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First DNA molecule made almost entirely of artificial parts
Jul 07, 2008 |
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Chemists in Japan report development of the world's first DNA molecule made almost entirely of artificial parts. The finding could lead to improvements in gene therapy, futuristic nano-sized computers, and ...
Royal jelly makes bee queens, boosts nurture case
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Mar 14, 2008 |
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New Australian National University research may explain why eating royal jelly destines honeybee larvae to become queens instead of workers – and in the process adds new weight to the role of environmental factors in the ...
DNA is blueprint, contractor and construction worker for new structures
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 30, 2008 |
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DNA is the blueprint of all life, giving instruction and function to organisms ranging from simple one-celled bacteria to complex human beings. Now Northwestern University researchers report they have used DNA as the blueprint, ...
The Nobel Prize and Pond Scum as a 'Model' Organism
Oct 15, 2009 |
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A man is a man and a mouse is a mouse, but if you talk to a few biomedical scientists about their research, at least one is likely to spring the term “mouse model” on you.
Are you the next Usain Bolt? The answer could be in your saliva
Aug 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Newcastle University are launching a ground-breaking study to find out why some of us can run faster than others - despite doing the same amount of training.
Researchers discover new way to attack some forms of leukemia
Oct 28, 2008 |
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Each year, some 29,000 adults and 2,000 children are diagnosed with leukemia, a form of cancer that is caused by the abnormal production of white blood cells in the bone marrow. Current treatments rely primarily on killing ...
DNA clues to reproductive behaviour
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May 19, 2008 |
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A species of wild yeast goes through a cycle of sexual reproduction once in every 1,000 asexual generations, according to new research by Imperial biologists published in the PNAS journal in April.
Unique protein from an extremophilic organism discovered
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Jun 17, 2008 |
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New light has been shed on the microbial life living in extreme environments. Research by Professor Peter Golyshin of Bangor University, and an international team, published in the prestigious scientific journal, ...
Models begin to unravel how single DNA strands combine
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using computer simulations, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers has identified some of the pathways through which single complementary strands of DNA interact and combine to form the double ...
Early-stage gene transcription creates access to DNA
Oct 06, 2008 |
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A gene contained in laboratory yeast has helped an international team of researchers uncover new findings about the process by which protein molecules bind to control sequences in genes in order to initiate gene expression, ...
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