 Researchers identify new targets for RNAs that regulate genes July 06, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Tiny strands of genetic material called RNA – a chemical cousin of DNA – are emerging as major players in gene regulation, the process inside cells that drives all biology and that scientists seek to control ... | |
Largest study of its kind implicates gene abnormalities in bipolar disorder August 17, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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A large genetic study of bipolar disorder has implicated machinery that balances levels of sodium and calcium in neurons. The disorder was associated with variation in two genes that make components of such ion channels. ... | |
A novel way found to prevent protein plaques implicated in Alzheimer's November 18, 2007 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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For unknown reasons a protein called amyloid beta aggregates into toxic plaques in the brain, killing neurons. These plaques are one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease. Now two new animal studies show for the first time ... | |
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 ... | |
Genome-wide survey nets key melanoma gene February 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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One might call it a tale of two melanocytes. Given the same genetic mutation, why does one melanocyte shut down growth and become a relatively benign mole, while another rages out of control and develops into deadly melanoma? | |
 Extra gene copies were enough to make early humans' mouths water September 09, 2007 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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To think that world domination could have begun in the cheeks. That's one interpretation of a discovery, published online September 9 in Nature Genetics, which indicates that humans carry extra copies ... | |
Largest ever study of genetics of common diseases published today June 06, 2007 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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The Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, the largest ever study of the genetics behind common diseases such as diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and coronary heart disease, today publishes its results in the journals Nature ... | |
A molecule that protects from neuronal disorders September 15, 2007 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Many neuronal disorders, including epilepsy, schizophrenia and lissencephaly – a form of mental retardation -, result from abnormal migration of nerve cells during the development of the brain. Researchers from the Mouse ... | |
Study reveals 2 genes linked to disabling arthritis October 21, 2007 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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An international team of researchers led by a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center geneticist has discovered two genes linked to a disabling form of arthritis called ankylosing spondylitis, a painful and progressive disease ... | |
Johns Hopkins to participate in 1000 Genomes Project January 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Researchers at the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine (IGM) at Johns Hopkins will join other national and international scientists in the 1000 Genomes Project, an ambitious effort that will involve sequencing ... | |
Scientists discover genes that can slow cell division and may fight cancer February 26, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Cancer cells differ from normal cells in, among other things, the way they divide. When a normal cell complies with a signal telling it to divide, it also begins to activate a "braking system" that eventually stops cell division ... | |
Researchers find new gene linked to breast cancer October 07, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Researchers in a multicenter international study have identified a new gene that, if mutated, may increase a woman’s risk of breast cancer by more than a third. | |
If you think cancer genes are simple, you don't know JAK September 17, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Cancer-causing genes can work in more powerful and sneaky ways than have been realized. Scientists have shown that a gene named JAK that is closely related to a common cancer-causing gene in people tips the scales toward ... | |
15 human genomes each week July 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute has sequenced the equivalent of 300 human genomes in just over six months. The Institute has just reached the staggering total of 1,000,000,000,000 letters of genetic code that will be ... | |
Researchers find connection between caloric restriction and longevity September 20, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 59 vote(s)
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For nearly 70 years scientists have known that caloric restriction prolongs life. In everything from yeast to primates, a significant decrease in calories can extend lifespan by as much as one-third. But getting under the ... | |
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