News tagged with genetic switch
Collective action: Occupied genetic switches hold clues to cells' history
If you wanted to draw your family tree, you could start by searching for people who share your surname. Cells, of course, don't have surnames, but scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) ...
Feb 03, 2012 |
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How the fly flies: Scientists discover gene switch responsible for flight muscle formation
Flies are real flight artists, although they only have small wings compared to their body size. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried near Munich, Germany, recently identified ...
Nov 17, 2011 |
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How hemp got high: Canadian scientists map the cannabis genome
A team of Canadian researchers has sequenced the genome of Cannabis sativa, the plant that produces both industrial hemp and marijuana, and in the process revealed the genetic changes that led to the plant's drug-producing proper ...
Oct 19, 2011 |
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Discovery of insulin switches in pancreas could lead to new diabetes drugs
Researchers at the Salk Institute have discovered how a hormone turns on a series of molecular switches inside the pancreas that increases production of insulin.
Sep 26, 2011 |
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Protecting cells: Evidence found for a neuronal switch to prevent neurodegenerative diseases
Scientists at Northwestern University report a surprising discovery that offers a possible new route for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. In a study of the transparent roundworm C. elegans, they found that a gene ...
Aug 24, 2011 |
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Embryo development obeys the laws of hydrodynamics
Vincent Fleury, a researcher at the Paris Diderot University, studied the early stage of development when embryonic cells first form a flat sheet of cells before folding into a U-shape, resembling a folded ...
Aug 18, 2011 |
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'Supergene' is key to copycat butterflies
Since Charles Darwin, biologists have pondered the mystery of "mimicry butterflies", which survive by copying the wing patterns of other butterflies that taste horrible to their predators, birds.
Aug 12, 2011 |
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Fatty food cravings genetically programmed
(Medical Xpress) -- In a new study published in Neuropsychopharmacology, Dr. Alasdair MacKenzie has found a genetic switch that regulates thirst and appetite and is believed to be the reason many people from Western countr ...
Jul 18, 2011 |
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Before animals first walked on land, fish carried gene program for limbs
Genetic instructions for developing limbs and digits were present in primitive fish millions of years before their descendants first crawled on to land, researchers have discovered.
Jul 11, 2011 |
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Chasing EHEC with the computer
Just a few genes make enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) extremely dangerous to humans. If it were not for these genes, EHEC would hardly differ from harmless enteric bacteria. Bioinformatics scientists from t ...
Jun 10, 2011 |
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Researchers discover 'master switch' gene for obesity, diabetes
A team of researchers, led by King's College London and the University of Oxford, have found that a gene linked to type 2 diabetes and cholesterol levels is in fact a 'master regulator' gene, which controls the behaviour ...
May 15, 2011 |
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Evolutionary conservation of fat metabolism pathways
By virtue of having survived, all animals-from flies to man-share a common expertise. All can distinguish times of plenty from famine and adjust their metabolism or behavior accordingly. Failure to do so signals ...
May 12, 2011 |
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Plant hormone auxin triggers a genetic switch
(PhysOrg.com) -- During the development of organisms, a particular event repeatedly occurs: a signal appears temporarily, but the processes it triggers must be maintained – for example, when the fate ...
Apr 18, 2011 |
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Molecular switch affects panic disorder
Panic disorder sufferers will tell you the attacks are some of the most sudden, frightening and uncomfortable experiences ever. But what makes some people susceptible to these attacks and others not? Studies of twins point ...
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Apr 15, 2011 |
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Scientists discover genetic switch that increases muscle blood supply
Many people suffer from a devastating condition known as critical limb ischemia (CLI) that can lead to muscle wasting and even amputation. The disease is linked to the blockage of blood flow to the skeletal ...
Mar 01, 2011 |
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