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

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created 2 hours ago | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | 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.


Study unveils potential genetic links to lung disease risk

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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A new study involving data from more than 20,000 individuals has uncovered several DNA sequences linked to impaired pulmonary function. The research, an analysis that combined the results of several smaller studies, provides ...


New genes for lung disease discovered

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered five genetic variants that are associated with the health of the human lung. The research by an international consortium of 96 scientists from 63 centres in Europe and Australia ...


Newly identified enzymes help plants sense elevated CO2 and could lead to water-wise crops

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Biologists have identified plant enzymes that may help to engineer plants that take advantage of elevated carbon dioxide to use water more efficiently. The finding could help to engineer crops that take advantage of rising ...


'Extreme' genes shed light on origins of photosynthesis

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- While most school children understand that green plants photosynthesize, absorb carbon dioxide and produce oxygen, few people consider the profound global-scale effects that photosynthesis has had on Earth. ...


Most Oncologists Feel New Genetic Test for Tamoxifen Sensitivity Not Ready for the Clinic

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite commercial availability and direct to consumer marketing of a new genetic test designed to reveal a breast cancer patient’s sensitivity to tamoxifen, most physicians in the U.S. are not currently ...


Pioneering images of both martian moons (w/ Video)

Pioneering images of both martian moons (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (17) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the very first time, the martian moons Phobos and Deimos have been caught on camera together. ESA's Mars Express orbiter took these pioneering images last month. Apart from their ‘wow’ ...


Europe's flora is becoming impoverished

Europe's flora is becoming impoverished

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

With increasing species richness, due to more plant introductions than extinctions, plant communities of many European regions are becoming more homogeneous. The same species are occurring more frequently, ...


New inherited eye disease discovered

New inherited eye disease discovered

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

University of Iowa researchers have found the existence of a new, rare inherited retinal disease. Now the search is on to find the genetic cause, which investigators hope will increase understanding of more ...


Understanding apples' ancestors

Understanding apples' ancestors

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wild Malus orientalis -- species of wild apples that could be an ancestor of today's domesticated apples -- are native to the Middle East and Central Asia. A new study comparing the diversity of recently acquir ...



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