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Platypus link to ovarian cancer
Jun 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the Royal Adelaide Hospital and University of Adelaide believe our oldest mammalian relative may help us to better understand ovarian cancer.
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New cheaper method for mapping disease genes
May 27, 2008 |
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Scientists at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have developed a new DNA-sequencing method that is much cheaper than those currently in use in laboratories. They hope that this new method will make it possible ...
Researchers 'unzip' molecules to measure interactions keeping DNA packed in cells
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Jan 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Anyone who has ever battled a stuck zipper knows it's a good idea to see what's stuck, where and how badly -- and then to pull hard. A Cornell research team's experiments involve the "unzipping" ...
Sequencing method to lower human DNA mapping costs
Mar 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An innovation by Princeton researchers may lower the cost of mapping human DNA to $100 and help usher in the era of personalized medicine.
Researchers Probe Links Between Modern Humans and Neanderthals
Sep 19, 2009 |
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Which genes make us uniquely human? Scientists are looking at DNA in old bones to find out. The focus now is not so much on our own species, Homo sapiens. Instead, scientists are probing DNA in well-preserved pieces ...
Genome ID Method Extended to Humans
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Oct 13, 2006 |
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A mathematical discovery has extended the reach of a novel genome mapping method to humans, potentially giving cancer biology a faster and more cost-effective tool than traditional DNA sequencing.
Camouflaging of viral DNA could be crucial step in progression of cancers
Feb 09, 2009 |
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An estimated 15% of cancer cases can be linked to a viral infection, however the biological changes that cause some asymptomatic carriers of a virus to develop full-blown tumors are not well understood. In a study published ...
Body's anti-HIV drug explained
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Oct 12, 2008 |
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Humans have a built-in weapon against HIV, but until recently no one knew how to unlock its potential.
Viking mice tell tales of British Isles
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Oct 01, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The humble house mouse can tell us a lot about the history of colonisation on the British Isles according to research published today in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological ...
Researchers develop whole genome sequencing approach for mutation discovery
May 05, 2009 |
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The Stowers Institute's Hawley Lab and Molecular Biology Facility have developed a "whole-genome sequencing approach" to mapping mutations in fruit flies. The novel methodology promises to reduce the time and effort required ...
New nucleotide could revolutionize epigenetics
Apr 16, 2009 |
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Anyone who studied a little genetics in high school has heard of adenine, thymine, guanine and cytosine - the A,T,G and C that make up the DNA code. But those are not the whole story. The rise of epigenetics in the past decade ...
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