News tagged with yeast gene


Genetic sleuth solves glaucoma mystery

Genetic sleuth solves glaucoma mystery

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Dr. Michael Walter is one good gumshoe. The University of Alberta medical geneticist has cracked the case of WDR36, a gene linked to glaucoma.


Study finds link between Parkinson's disease genes and manganese poisoning

Study finds link between Parkinson's disease genes and manganese poisoning

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 01, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 0

A connection between genetic and environmental causes of Parkinson's disease has been discovered by a research team led by Aaron D. Gitler, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Cell and Developmental ...





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Knockouts in human cells point to pathogenic targets

Knockouts in human cells point to pathogenic targets

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Whitehead researchers have developed a new approach for genetics in human cells and used this technique to identify specific genes and proteins required for pathogens.


Dutch researchers make breakthrough in bioethanol production from agricultural waste

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

With the introduction of a single bacterial gene into yeast, researchers from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands achieved three improvements in bioethanol production from agricultural waste material: 'More ...


Researchers take aim at hard-to-treat fungal infections

Researchers take aim at hard-to-treat fungal infections

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A team of researchers at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center at Gateway Park has developed a new model system to study fungal infections. The system can be a powerful ...


Researchers show how to divide and conquer 'social network' of cells

Researchers show how to divide and conquer 'social network' of cells

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

On Noah's Ark animals came in twos: male and female. In human bodies trillions of cells are coupled, too, and so are the molecules from which they are composed. Yet these don't come in twos, they are regrouped ...


Possible help in fight against muscle-wasting disease

Possible help in fight against muscle-wasting disease (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A compound already used to treat pneumonia could become a new therapy for an inherited muscular wasting disease, according to researchers at the University of Oregon and the University of ...


Genomes of biofuel yeasts reveal clues that could boost fuel ethanol production

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 1

As global temperatures and energy costs continue to soar, renewable sources of energy will be key to a sustainable future. An attractive replacement for gasoline is biofuel, and in two studies published online in Genome Re ...


New discoveries in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at UAB in collaboration with the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, have discovered the structure of the PPC descarboxilase (PPCDC) enzyme present in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a very important ...


'Moonlighting' molecules discovered

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Since the completion of the human genome sequence, a question has baffled researchers studying gene control: How is it that humans, being far more complex than the lowly yeast, do not proportionally contain in our genome ...


Checkered history of mother and daughter cells explains cell cycle differences (w/ Video)

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When mother and daughter cells are created each time a cell divides, they are not exactly alike. They have the same set of genes, but differ in the way they regulate them. New research now reveals that these regulatory differences ...


Using Simple Genome, Researchers Move Personalized Medicine Closer to Reality

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Columbia University have developed a statistical method that accurately predicts how an organism will respond to dozens of commonly used drugs. This clinical and conceptual advance moves medical ...



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