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DNA needs a good editor: Researchers unravel the mysteries of DNA packaging

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Imagine a huge spool of film containing thousands of sequences of random scenes. Without a talented editor, a screening would have no meaning.


Gene identified as cause of some forms of intellectual disability

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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A gene involved in some forms of intellectual disability has been identified by scientists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), as published this month in The American Journal of Human Genetics. The gene i ...


Introns: A mystery renewed

Introns: A mystery renewed

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

The sequences of nonsense DNA that interrupt genes could be far more important to the evolution of genomes than previously thought, according to a recent Science report by Indiana University Bloomington and ...


Study points way to development of drugs for deadly childhood leukemia

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study could point the way to the development of better drugs to fight a deadly form of childhood leukemia called mixed-lineage leukemia (MLL).


Study shows how gene action may lead to diabetes prevention, cure

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 2

A gene commonly studied by cancer researchers has been linked to the metabolic inflammation that leads to diabetes.


New suppressor of common liver cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Tumor suppressor genes make proteins that help control cell growth. Mutations in these genes that generate nonfunctional proteins can contribute to tumor development and progression. One of the most well-known tumor suppressor ...


Amount of gene surplus determines severity of mental retardation in males

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers have discovered a new explanation for differences in the severity of mental illness in males. The more excess copies of a certain gene, the more serious the handicap. The genetic defect is situated on the X-chromosome; ...


Master gene Math1 controls framework for perceiving external and internal body parts

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Waking and walking to the bathroom in the pitch black of night requires brain activity that is both conscious and unconscious and requires a single master gene known as Math1 or Atoh1, said Baylor College of Medicine researchers ...


Genetic link to heart failure

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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A team of researchers, at Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, has identified a group of 12 genetic variants in the HSPB7 gene that is associated with heart failure in humans.


Researchers show 'trigger' to stem cell differentiation

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A gene which is essential for stem cells' capabilities to become any cell type has been identified by researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of California, San Francisco.



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