News tagged with dna fiber
Discovery may lead to mitochndria syndrome treatment
Mitochondrial depletion syndrome accounts for about 11 percent of the cases of children born with common myopathies and a more mild form of the syndrome affecting adults. A new finding by Cornell researchers ...
Sep 22, 2011 |
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Gut microbe makeup affected by diet: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study in the US has shown that the type of "good" bacteria that predominate in human stools varies with the diet.
Sep 02, 2011 |
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Viruses in the human gut show dynamic response to diet
The digestive system is home to a myriad of viruses, but how they are involved in health and disease is poorly understood. In a study published online today in Genome Research, researchers have investigated the dynamics of vir ...
Aug 30, 2011 |
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Dynamic changes in DNA linked to human diabetes
A study in the September issue of Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication, may give new meaning to the adage, "You are what you eat."
Sep 01, 2009 |
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UCSD Engineer Provides Insights to Decades-Old DNA Squabble
(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of nanoengineers, biologists and physicists have used innovative approaches to deduce the internal structure of chromatin, a key player in DNA regulation, to reconcile a longstanding ...
Jul 31, 2009 |
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White glow: Dye-doped DNA nanofibers emit white light
(PhysOrg.com) -- Efficient energy transport plays an important role in the development of optoelectonic materials. The true masters of energy transfer via a hierarchical arrangement of different molecules are the photosynthetic ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 08, 2009 |
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Progress Toward Artificial Tissue?
(PhysOrg.com) -- For modern implants and the growth of artificial tissue and organs, it is important to generate materials with characteristics that closely emulate nature.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 15, 2009 |
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Colon cancer shuts down receptor that could shut it down
Though a high-fiber diet has long been considered good for you and beneficial in staving off colon cancer, Medical College of Georgia researchers have discovered a reason why: roughage activates a receptor ...
Apr 13, 2009 |
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Study identifies new gene associated with ALS
A collaborative research effort spanning nearly a decade between researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and King’s College London (KCL) has identified a novel gene for inherited amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ...
Feb 26, 2009 |
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Chemists create two-armed nanorobotic device to maneuver world's tiniest particles
Chemists at New York University and China's Nanjing University have developed a two-armed nanorobotic device that can manipulate molecules within a device built from DNA. The device is described in the latest issue of the ...
Feb 15, 2009 |
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