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Importance of different cell types underestimated

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Choosing the right cell type is particularly important in genetic studies. This is apparent from research published on 16 October in PLoS Genetics. Dutch researcher Alice Gerrits has shown how variations in the genome can in ...


TraDIS technique tackles typhoid

TraDIS technique tackles typhoid

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, researchers are able to look at the need for every gene in a bacterial cell in a single experiment. The new method will transform the study of gene activity and the search ...


Using RNAi-based technique, scientists find new tumor suppressor genes in lymphoma

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have uncovered a large, new cache of genes that act as built-in barriers against cancer. Known as tumor suppressors, the newly identified genes and the insight that they ...


Stop and smell the flowers -- the scent really can soothe stress

Stop and smell the flowers -- the scent really can soothe stress

Chemistry / Other

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Feeling stressed? Then try savoring the scent of lemon, mango, lavender, or other fragrant plants. Scientists in Japan are reporting the first scientific evidence that inhaling certain fragrances alter gene ...


Researchers see evidence of memory in the songbird brain

Researchers see evidence of memory in the songbird brain

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When a zebra finch hears a new song from a member of its own species, the experience changes gene expression in its brain in unexpected ways, researchers report. The sequential switching on and off of thousands ...


New study may hold promise for future disease therapies

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Linking genetic material microRNAs with cells that regulate the immune system could one day lead to new therapies for treating cancer, infections and autoimmune diseases, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study.


Saved by junk DNA

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

VIB researchers linked to K.U.Leuven and Harvard University show that stretches of DNA previously believed to be useless 'junk' DNA play a vital role in the evolution of our genome. They found that unstable pieces of junk ...


Good fences make good neighbors

Good fences make good neighbors

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Our genome is a patchwork of neighborhoods that couldn't be more different: Some areas are hustling and bustling with gene activity, while others are sparsely populated and in perpetual lock-down. Breaking ...


New Method Developed by UC San Diego Bioengineers Gives Regenerative Medicine a Boost

New Method Gives Regenerative Medicine a Boost

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Bioengineers at UC San Diego have developed a breakthrough method for sequencing-based methylation profiling, which could help fuel personalized regenerative medicine and even lead to more ...


A Biological Basis for the 8-Hour Workday? Researchers uncover 8- and 12-hour Cycles of Gene Activity

A Biological Basis for the 8-Hour Workday? Researchers uncover 8- and 12-hour Cycles of Gene Activity

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The circadian clock coordinates physiological and behavioral processes on a 24-hour rhythm, allowing animals to anticipate changes in their environment and prepare accordingly. Scientists ...


With genomes, bigger may really be better

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Biologists analyzing DNA in search of the molecular underpinnings of life have consistently favored species with small genomes, which are cheaper to sequence and lack the repetitive "junk" that clutters bigger genomes. But ...


Scientists discover mobile small RNAs that set up leaf patterning in plants

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 01, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

A key item in the developmental agenda of a plant leaf is the establishment of an axis that makes a leaf's top half distinct from its bottom half. This asymmetry is crucial for the leaf's function: it ensures that the leaf ...


Where does the gene activity of youth go? New findings may hold the key

Biology /

created Nov 26, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (19) | comments 5

New evidence may explain why it is that we lose not only our youthful looks, but also our youthful pattern of gene activity with age. A report in the November 26th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication, reveal ...


Scientists Shed Light on Evolution of Gene Regulation

Scientists Shed Light on Evolution of Gene Regulation

Biology /

created Nov 25, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists at Penn State have shed light on some of the processes that regulate genes -- such as the processes that ensure that proteins are produced at the correct time, place, and amount in an organism -- ...


Researchers Shed Light on Evolution of Gene Regulation

Researchers Shed Light on Evolution of Gene Regulation

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created Nov 18, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Penn State have shed light on some of the processes that regulate genes -- such as the processes that ensure that proteins are produced at the correct time, place, and amount ...