Japanese create stem cells from wisdom teeth August 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Japanese scientists said Friday they had derived stem cells from wisdom teeth, opening another way to study deadly diseases without the ethical controversy of using embryos. | |
Large reservoir of mitochondrial DNA mutations identified in humans August 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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Researchers at the University of Newcastle, England, and the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech in the United States have revealed a large reservoir of mitochondrial DNA mutations present in the general population. ... | |
 Exploding chromosomes fuel research about evolution of genetic storage August 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Human cells somehow squeeze two meters of double-stranded DNA into the space of a typical chromosome, a package 10,000 times smaller than the volume of genetic material it contains. | |
Obesity genes revealed August 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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A study of 228 women has revealed genetic variants responsible for body shape. Based on work in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, research published today in the open access journal BMC Genetics identifies natural ... | |
Maelstrom quashes jumping genes August 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Scientists have known for decades that certain genes (called transposons) can jump around the genome in an individual cell. This activity can be dangerous, however, especially when it arises in cells that produce eggs and ... | |
Researchers uncover West Nile's targets August 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Screening the entire human genome, a team headed by Yale University scientists have identified several hundred genes that impact West Nile virus infection. The findings reported Wednesday online in the journal Nature ... | |
Study helps pinpoint genetic variations in European Americans August 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
An international team of researchers has identified just 200 positions within the curves of the DNA helix that they believe capture much of the genetic diversity in European Americans, a population with one of the most diverse ... | |
Cutting the brakes on the immune system August 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Your immune system may have more in common with a Corvette than you thought. When a virus or bacteria enters a human body, the immune system revs up to fight and expel the invader. Once the invader is gone, the body puts ... | |
When our protective armor shows weakness August 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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New knowledge points to the fact that a genetically induced lack of filaggrin, a key protein of the skin barrier, plays a decisive role in the origin of allergies. In a large study on more than 3000 school-children scientists ... | |
Homosexual behavior due to genetics and environmental factors June 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 38 vote(s)
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Homosexual behaviour is largely shaped by genetics and random environmental factors, according to findings from the world's largest study of twins. | |
 Genome of simplest animal reveals ancient lineage, confounding array of complex capabilities August 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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As Aesop said, appearances are deceiving—even in life's tiniest critters. From first detection in the 1880s, clinging to the sides of an aquarium, to its recent characterization by the U.S. Department of ... | |
Defining DNA differences to track and tackle typhoid July 28, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
For the first time, next-generation DNA sequencing technologies have been turned on typhoid fever - a disease that kills 600,000 people each year. The results will help to improve diagnosis, tracking of disease spread and ... | |
Searching for shut eye: Study identifies possible sleep gene July 29, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
While scientists and physicians know what happens if you don't get six to eight hours of shut-eye a night, investigators have long been puzzled about what controls the actual need for sleep. Researchers at the University ... | |
Munich researchers discover key allergy gene August 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Together with colleagues from the Department of Dermatology and Allergy and the Center for Allergy and Environment of the Technische Universität München, scientists at the Helmholtz Zentrum München have pinpointed a major ... | |
New discovery proves 'selfish gene' exists June 20, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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A new discovery by a scientist from The University of Western Ontario provides conclusive evidence which supports decades-old evolutionary doctrines long accepted as fact. | |
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