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Only a small number of so-called giant viruses have been discovered, the first in 1993 by accident

New giant virus discovered

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (16) | comments 8

Scientists in France have isolated a new giant virus that lurks inside amoeba and whose gene pool includes genetic material from other species.


Genetic studies reveal new causes of severe obesity in childhood

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Scientists in Cambridge have discovered that the loss of a key segment of DNA can lead to severe childhood obesity. This is the first study to show that this kind of genetic alteration can cause obesity. The results are published ...


Introns: A mystery renewed

Introns: A mystery renewed

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | 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 ...


Precision breeding creates super potato

Precision breeding creates super potato

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The skin is light brown, the meat luscious and yellow: from the outside alone, this new potato looks like any other. But on the inside, it is different. Its cells produce pure amylopectin, a starch used in ...


Genetic ancestry highly correlated with ethnic and linguistic groups in Asia

Biology / Other

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Several genome-wide studies of human genetic diversity have been conducted on European populations. Now, for the first time, these studies have been extended to 73 Southeast Asian (SEA) and East Asian (EA) populations.


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Dinosaurs hop, skip and jump into 21st century

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dinosaurs have literally been put through their paces by a new supercomputer, allowing scientists to get closer to understanding how they once moved.


Extended youthfulness as a prevention for Alzheimer's disease

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Therapies that can keep us younger longer might also push back the clock on Alzheimer's disease, suggests a new study of mice in the December 11th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication.


Gene Hijacked By HIV Ancestor Suggests New Way to Block Viral Reproduction

Gene Hijacked By HIV Ancestor Suggests New Way to Block Viral Reproduction

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An ancestor of the AIDS virus hijacked an entire gene, perhaps from some prehistoric cat it had infected, a gene that makes it much better able to infect humans, according to a study published ...


Geneticist reveals molecular view of key epigenetic regulator

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In a paper published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Michael Kobor reported the structure and function of a key player in regulating chromatin in yeast and humans.


Transcription factors guide differences in human and chimp brain function

Transcription factors guide differences in human and chimp brain function

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Humans share at least 97 percent of their genes with chimpanzees, but, as a new study of transcription factors makes clear, what you have in your genome may be less important than how you use it.



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