News tagged with gene rhodes
Study shows how glaciers affected deer evolution
(PhysOrg.com) -- A 10-year study of mule and black-tailed deer has found unique subspecies created by the animals' responses to climate change thousands of years ago.
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Studies uncover keys in sudden cardiac death
Researchers in Rhode Island Hospital's Cardiovascular Research Center have published two new studies focusing on the causes of arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death (SCD) when a genetic disorder is present. ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Jan 17, 2012 |
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A quarter of a century of sweet corn observations
For more than a quarter of a century, Jerald "Snook" Pataky's research in the University of Illinois Sweet Corn Hybrid Disease Nursery has been helping growers make important decisions to increase their profitability.
Jan 04, 2012 |
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Researchers discover new gene that regulates body weight
Abraham Kovoor was studying a brain protein, called RGS9 2, that he had previously related to the involuntary, random and repetitive body movements that are side effects of drugs used to treat Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia.
Jan 04, 2012 |
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Study of skates and sharks questions assumptions about 'essential' genes
Biologists have long assumed that all jawed vertebrates possess a full complement of nearly identical genes for critical aspects of their development. But a paper in the December 16 issue of Science with Benjamin King of the ...
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Enzyme boosts metabolism, prevents weight gain in mice
In a new study, scientists report that they substantially curbed weight gain, improved metabolism, and improved the efficacy of insulin in mice by engineering them to express a specific human enzyme in their fat tissue. Although ...
Nov 14, 2011 |
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'Genetic biopsy' of human eggs might help pick the best for IVF
Given the stakes of in vitro fertilization, prospective parents and their doctors need the best information they can get about the eggs they will extract, attempt to fertilize, and implant. New research at Brown University ...
Oct 06, 2011 |
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Nitrogen-fixing bacterial symbiont promises trove of natural products
Soil-dwelling bacteria of the genus Frankia have the potential to produce a multitude of natural products, including antibiotics, herbicides, pigments, anticancer agents, and other useful products, according to Bradley S. ...
Jun 17, 2011 |
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Research demonstrates link between H1N1 and low birth weight
In 2009, the United States was gripped by concern for a new winter threat: the H1N1 strain of influenza. According to research conducted through that winter, pregnant women were right to be concerned.
May 02, 2011 |
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New study identifies potential vaccine to prevent gastritis, ulcer disease, gastric cancer
A new study led by researchers at Rhode Island Hospital in collaboration with the University of Rhode Island (URI) and EpiVax. Inc, a privately owned vaccine development company in Providence, RI, has identified a potential ...
Feb 02, 2011 |
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URI cancer researcher now aiming sights on Lyme disease
As part of her research into breast cancer, University of Rhode Island scientist Roberta King has for years been studying the role of an enzyme in regulating estrogen activity.
Feb 02, 2011 |
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