 DNA study unlocks mystery to diverse traits in dogs June 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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Discovery offers potential benefits for dogs and their owners
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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 ... | |
Scientists Unravel Mystery of People with No Fingerprints September 13, 2006 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have succeeded in unraveling the genetic basis of two rare congenital diseases in which afflicted persons have no fingerprints. The results will be published in the ... | |
Genes May Hold Keys to How Humans Learn October 02, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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New research is giving scientists fresh insights into how genetics are a prime factor in how we learn. | |
Discovery offers hope of halting Amyotrophoic Lateral Sclerosis progression October 05, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Scientists have discovered a causal link between the gene for a small protein involved in the formation of blood vessels and the development of some forms of Amyotrophoic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). | |
 Which came first, the chicken genome or the egg genome? October 08, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Which came first, the chicken genome or the egg genome? Researchers have answered a similarly vexing (and far more relevant) genomic question: Which of the thousands of long stretches of repeated DNA in the ... | |
Researchers uncover new piece to the puzzle of human height January 13, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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In studies involving more than 35,000 people and a survey across the entire human genome, an international team supported in part by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has found evidence that common genetic variants ... | |
DNA advances fuel racism fears November 12, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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New developments in genetics are advancing medicine, but some scientists and advocates fear they could be misinterpreted as support for racist theories. | |
Massive reanalysis of genome data solves case of the lethal genes October 18, 2007 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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It is better to be looked over than overlooked, Mae West supposedly said. These are words of wisdom for genome data-miners of today. Data that goes unnoticed, despite its widespread availability, can reveal extraordinary ... | |
Tiny genetic differences have huge consequences January 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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A study led by McGill University researchers has demonstrated that small differences between individuals at the DNA level can lead to dramatic differences in the way genes produce proteins. These, in turn, are responsible ... | |
 New route for heredity bypasses DNA January 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 51 vote(s)
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A group of scientists in Princeton's Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology has uncovered a new biological mechanism that could provide a clearer window into a cell's inner workings. | |
International team identifies 480 genes that control human cell division January 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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A team of U.S., Israeli and German scientists used computational biology techniques to discover 480 genes that play a role in human cell division and to identify more than 100 of those genes that have an abnormal pattern ... | |
The RNA drug revolution -- a new approach to gene therapy January 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
RNA interference (RNAi) represents an innovative new strategy for using small RNA molecules to silence specific genes associated with disease processes, and a series of review articles describing the state-of-the-art and ... | |
Genetic mutations may contribute to preterm birth risk January 31, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Genetic mutations in the enzyme methylenetetrahydrofoloate reductase (MTHFR) and coagulation protein Factor V appear to have significant association with blood clots and tissue injury to the placenta and developing baby, ... | |
Getting to the roots of hair loss February 24, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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A healthy individual loses around a hundred hairs a day. Nothing to worry about as long as they are constantly replaced and the losses occur evenly around the whole scalp. But when hair loss goes well beyond this level it ... | |
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