News tagged with genetic networks
Climbing the ladder to longevity: Critical enzyme pair identified
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Experiment after experiment confirms that a diet on the brink of starvation expands lifespan in mice and many other species. But the molecular mechanism that links nutrition and survival is still poorly understood. ...
New algorithm charts evolution of genetic networks during fruit fly life cycle
Jun 22, 2009 |
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A new algorithm developed by Carnegie Mellon University computer scientists has revealed for the first time how genetic networks in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, evolve during the insect's life cycle.
Bacteria can plan ahead
Jun 17, 2009 |
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Bacteria can anticipate a future event and prepare for it, according to new research at the Weizmann Institute of Science. In a paper that appeared today in Nature, Prof. Yitzhak Pilpel, doctoral student Amir Mitchell and re ...
Developing fruit fly embryo is capable of genetic corrections
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Animals have an astonishing ability to develop reliably, in spite of variable conditions during embryogenesis. New research, published in parallel this week in PLoS Biology and PLoS Computational Biology, ...
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The genes in your congeniality: Researchers identify genetic influence in social networks
Jan 26, 2009 |
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Can't help being the life of the party? Maybe you were just born that way. Researchers from Harvard University and the University of California, San Diego have found that our place in a social network is influenced in part ...
Researchers find snippet of RNA that helps make individuals remarkably alike
May 05, 2009 |
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"No two people are alike." Yet when we consider the thousands of genes with frequent differences in genetic composition among different people, it is remarkable how much alike we are.
Manipulating the Brain Network Could Improve IQ
Jun 10, 2009 |
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In an attempt to investigate why some brains are more intelligent than others, researchers have found that efficient wiring between different brain regions is associated with a higher IQ. This understanding ...
JAX publishes online tool for exploring autoimmune disease gene networks
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Currently, 5-8% of the U.S. population is afflicted with an autoimmune disease. Many of these are chronic and require life-long care. Moreover, different autoimmune diseases aggregate within a single family, ...
Scientists Create New Robust Genetic Clock
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Oct 29, 2008 |
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UC San Diego bioengineers have created the first stable, fast and programmable genetic clock that reliably keeps time by the blinking of fluorescent proteins inside E. coli cells. The clock's blink rate c ...
Researchers study signaling networks that set up genetic code
Apr 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a new study, researchers at the University of Illinois have identified and visualized the signaling pathways in protein-RNA complexes that help set the genetic code in all organisms. The ...
Epilepsy marked by neural 'hub' network
Mar 25, 2008 |
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An increased number of neuron “hubs” in the epileptic brain may be the root cause for the seizures that characterize the disorder, according to a UC Irvine study.
Getting to grips with the complexity of disease proteins
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Oct 20, 2008 |
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Drug molecules seldom act simply on one protein but on protein complexes and networks. A deeper understanding of these 'cooperative assemblies' should lead to better targeting of drugs
Researcher identifies genetic patterning in fruit fly development
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Dec 02, 2008 |
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No matter the species, from flies to humans, we all start the same: a single-cell fertilized egg that embarks on an incredible journey. The specifics of this journey are being uncovered at Rutgers University–Camden, where ...
Algorithm finds the network -- for genes or the Internet
Mar 12, 2008 |
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Human diseases and social networks seem to have little in common. However, at the crux of these two lies a network, communities within the network, and farther even, substructures of the communities. In a ...
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