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Moving gene therapy forward with mobile DNA
May 03, 2009 |
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Gene therapy is the introduction of genetic material into a patient's cells resulting in a cure or a therapeutic effect. In recent years, it has been shown that gene therapy is a promising technology to treat or even cure ...
International team cracks mammalian gene control code
Apr 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An international consortium of scientists, including researchers from The University of Queensland (UQ), have probed further into the human genome than ever before.
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Silencing of jumping genes in pollen
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Feb 05, 2009 |
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Scientists at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), in Portugal, are to date the only research group in the world capable of isolating the sperm cells in the pollen grain of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. This ...
Mobile DNA elements in woolly mammoth genome give new clues to mammalian evolution
Jun 08, 2009 |
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The woolly mammoth died out several thousand years ago, but the genetic material they left behind is yielding new clues about the evolution of mammals. In a study published online in Genome Research, scientists have analyz ...
Parasites ready to jump: How the cell represses mobile genetic elements
Jul 31, 2009 |
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Transposons are mobile genetic elements found in the hereditary material of humans and other organisms. They can replicate and the new copies can insert at novel sites in the genome. Because this threatens the whole organism, ...
Mapping a clan of mobile selfish genes
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Oct 22, 2008 |
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Much of human DNA is the genetic equivalent of e-mail spam: short repeated sequences that have no obvious function other than making more of themselves.
Genome of saltwater creature could aid understanding of gene grouping
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Aug 20, 2008 |
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The genetic code of a simple saltwater creature could help researchers learn more about how groups of genes function in humans and other species.
Lack of specific gene plays role in autism
Feb 09, 2009 |
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It is estimated that three to six out of every 1,000 children in the United States have autism - and the number of diagnosed cases is rising. Autism is one of a group of series developmental problems called autism spectrum ...
Selfish DNA and the Genetic Control of Vector-Borne Diseases
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Nov 20, 2007 |
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Mosquito borne diseases such as malaria and dengue cause suffering and death around the world. Malaria alone causes at least one million deaths annually, and is particularly devastating in children under the age of five. ...
After dinosaurs, mammals rise but their genomes get smaller
Jul 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Evidence buried in the chromosomes of animals and plants strongly suggests only one group -- mammals -- have seen their genomes shrink after the dinosaurs' extinction. What's more, that trend continues today, ...
New research shows how gene function drives natural selection in important class of genetic elements
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Dec 10, 2008 |
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Transposons are the Clark Kents of a genome. Apparently mild-mannered and inconsequential but with sudden bursts of activity, these free-floating bits of genetic material have for millions of years been sneaking ...
Kansas state flower receives scientific attention
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Apr 09, 2008 |
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Anyone who has seen Kansas prairies in late summer to early fall can attest to the abundance of sunflowers decorating fields and lining roadways, giving Kansas the well deserved nickname, the Sunflower State.
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