News tagged with gene sequencing

New molecule has potential to help treat genetic diseases and HIV

(PhysOrg.com) -- Chemists at The University of Texas at Austin have created a molecule that's so good at tangling itself inside the double helix of a DNA sequence that it can stay there for up to 16 days before ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

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Treatment for tuberculosis can be guided by patients' genetics

A gene that influences the inflammatory response to infection may also predict the effectiveness of drug treatment for a deadly form of tuberculosis.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Automated cDNA preparation system accelerates CAGE analysis on a single molecule sequence

Researchers at the RIKEN Omics Science Center (OSC) have developed a robotic workflow for sample preparation on the HeliScope single molecule sequencer which drastically reduces sample preparation time to ...

Biology / Biotechnology

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Sweeping genetic analysis of rare disease yields common mechanism of hypertension

Analyzing all the genes of dozens of people suffering from a rare form of hypertension, Yale University researchers have discovered a new mechanism that regulates the blood pressure of all humans.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 22, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Unraveling the Chinese cabbage genome

Clues into the evolutionary diversification of brassicas have emerged from the draft Chinese cabbage genome sequence. Brassica crops include many agriculturally important vegetables, such as Chinese cabbage, ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study provides new insights into an ancient mechanism of mammalian evolution

A team of geneticists and computational biologists in the UK today reveal how an ancient mechanism is involved in gene control and continues to drive genome evolution. The new study is published in the journal ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New way to learn about, potentially block traits in harmful pathogens

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have developed a new way to identify the genes of harmful microbes, particularly those that have been difficult to study in the laboratory.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Tracking genes' remote controls

As an embryo develops, different genes are turned on in different cells, to form muscles, neurons and other bodily parts. Inside each cell's nucleus, genetic sequences known as enhancers act like remote controls, ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tiny roundworm points to big promise

Two related studies from Northwestern University offer new strategies for tackling the challenges of preventing and treating diseases of protein folding, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases, amyotrophic ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Unique E. coli protein may be not after all

A bacterial protein recently thought to be a unique mechanism for utilizing iron may not be after all. Researchers from the University of Georgia, the Fellowship for Interpretation of Genomes, the University of Oklahoma and ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Gene fusion in lung cancer afflicting never-smokers may be target for therapy

Smoking is a well-known risk factor for lung cancer, but nearly 25% of all lung cancer patients have never smoked. In a study published online today in Genome Research, researchers have identified a previously unknown gene f ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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Built-in 'self-destruct timer' causes ultimate death of messenger RNA in cells

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered the first known mechanism by which cells control the survival of messenger RNA (mRNA) -- arguably biology's most important molecule. ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

U.S. Supreme Court petitioned to review AMP, et al. lawsuit on gene patents

The American Civil Liberties Union and the Public Patent Foundation have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Association for Molecular Pathology v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, a case that challenges the validity ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Massive DNA search uncovers new mutations driving blood cancer

The most comprehensive search to date of DNA abnormalities in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) has unearthed several new altered genes that drive this common blood cancer, a finding that could potentially ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New leads on mechanisms that confer virulence to E.coli-type bacteria

A team headed by scientists from the IRB Barcelona reports how the protein Ler, which is found in pathogenic bacteria, interacts with certain DNA sequences, thereby activating numerous genes responsible for ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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