News tagged with dna nucleotides

Three new genetic links to breast cancer identified

(Medical Xpress) -- An international team of researchers has identified three new genetic loci associated with an increased susceptibility to breast cancer. As described in their paper published in Nature Ge ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Two-step technique makes graphene suitable for organic chemistry

The future brightened for organic chemistry when researchers at Rice University found a highly controllable way to attach organic molecules to pristine graphene, making the miracle material suitable for a ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Environment and diet leave their prints on the heart

A University of Cambridge study, which set out to investigate DNA methylation in the human heart and the 'missing link' between our lifestyle and our health, has now mapped the link in detail across the entire human genome.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Biologists uncover a novel cellular proofreading mechanism

(PhysOrg.com) -- To make proteins, cells assemble long chains of amino acids, based on genetic instructions from DNA. That construction takes place in a tiny cellular structure called a ribosome, to which amino acids are ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 11, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Large meta-analysis finds new genes for type 1 diabetes

The largest-ever analysis of genetic data related to type 1 diabetes has uncovered new genes associated with the common metabolic disease, which affects 200 million people worldwide. The findings add to knowledge of gene ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Unraveling genomic changes in the brain

Scientists have known for some time that individual organisms are far more than the sum of their gene sequences. So-called epigenetic variations encompass a diverse array of chemical modifications to DNA that ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

RNA reactor could have served as a precursor of life

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nobody knows quite how life originated on Earth, but most scientists agree that living cells did not abruptly appear from nonliving cells in a single step. Instead, there were probably a series ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (27) | comments 103 | with audio podcast feature

New prototype device to help doctors prescribe most appropriate medicine for individual patients performs well in pilot

A prototype handheld device that analyses DNA to predict how patients may respond to their prescription medication has performed well in a preliminary pilot study, researchers announce today.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Versatility of stem cells controlled by alliances, competitions of proteins

Like people with a big choice to make, stem cells have a process to "decide" whether to transform into a specific cell type or to stay flexible, a state that biologists call "pluripotency." Using a technology he invented, ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Decoding human genes is the goal of a new open-source encyclopedia

A massive database cataloging the human genome's functional elements -- including genes, RNA transcripts, and other products -- is being made available as an open resource to the scientific community, classrooms, ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Apr 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Genome-wide hunt reveals links to abnormal rhythms behind sudden death, heart damage

A study among almost 50,000 people worldwide has identified DNA sequence variations linked with the heart's electrical rhythm in several surprising regions among 22 locations across the human genome. The variants were found ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 20, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Breakthrough towards lab-on-chip system for fast detection of single nucleotide variations in DNA

Panasonic and Imec today present at the International Electron Devices Meeting in San Francisco various critical components of a biomedical lab-on-chip sensor enabling fast detection of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Dec 10, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Respiratory virus infection triggers new class of biomolecules

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, scientists have discovered that a poorly understood class of RNA produced in a mammal's cells during a respiratory virus attack may affect the outcome of the infection. ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 26, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Paper shows enzyme-controlled movement of DNA polymer through a nanopore

Research published this week in Nature Nanotechnology shows a new method of enzyme-controlled movement of a single strand of DNA through a protein nanopore. The paper, by researchers at the University of California Santa ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Sep 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

First Irish genome sequenced

The first entire genome of an Irish individual has been sequenced. The sequence is reported in BioMed Central's open access journal, Genome Biology and provides insight into the evolutionary history of this distinct lineag ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Sep 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1