News tagged with expressed genes
A new approach improves prioritization of disease-associated SNPs
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Dec 05, 2008 |
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The more often a gene is differentially expressed, the more likely it is to contain disease-associated DNA variants. Research published today in BioMed Central's open access journal Genome Biology shows how a list of SNP ...
Novel marker of colon cancer
Oct 23, 2008 |
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Colon cancer ranks second of all gastrointestinal malignant tumors, it is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Until now, several molecules have been reported to play an important role in gastroenterological ...
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Random picks better than complicated process in gene identification
May 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Purdue University have found a way to save time, money and a little frustration in searches for specific genes that shed light on the biological processes associated with all forms of life.
Researchers look to imprinted genes for clues to fetal growth restriction in cloned swine
Jul 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at North Carolina State University have found that intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), which results in low birth weight and long-term deleterious health effects in cloned swine, is linked ...
Plant Gene Mapping May Lead to Better Biofuel Production
Apr 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By creating a 'family tree' of genes expressed in one form of woody plant and a less woody, herbaceous species, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory ...
Gene evolution process discovered
Jun 15, 2009 |
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One of the mechanisms governing how our physical features and behavioural traits have evolved over centuries has been discovered by researchers at the University of Leeds.
One gene that contributes to breast cancer's aggressive behavior identified
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Aggressive forms of cancer are often driven by the abnormal over-expression of cancer-promoting genes, also known as oncogenes.
'Housekeeping' genes play important role in developmental pathways of cells
Aug 20, 2009 |
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A study from the Center for Molecular Genetics at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine shows that a gene called HPRT plays an important role in setting the program by which primitive or precursor cells ...
USC neuroscientists awarded $9 million to map gene expression during human brain development
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 02, 2009 |
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Two University of Southern California (USC) neuroscientists have been awarded nearly $9 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to map how genes are expressed in different regions of the human brain throughout ...
Cancer stem cells generated by cancer outgrowth
Apr 02, 2009 |
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Scientists have discovered that growing mouse skin cells in spheres can lead to generation of cells with properties of cancer stem cells, even without genetic manipulation of stem cell genes. This unexpected finding, published ...
Maternal, paternal genes' tug-of-war may last well into childhood
Jul 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An analysis of rare genetic disorders in which children lack some genes from one parent suggests that maternal and paternal genes engage in a subtle tug-of-war well into childhood, and possibly ...
Antibiotic multiresistance: why bacteria are so effective
May 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In an article due to be published in Science, teams from the Institut Pasteurand the University of Limoges, associated with the CNRS and Inserm, decipherfor the first time the molecular mechanism that enable ...
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