Genetics News And Research - June 2008 Archives
Plant architecture from the genomics toolbox
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Lack of both the fragile X syndrome gene and one that is related could account for sleep problems associated with the disorder, which is the common cause of inherited mental impairment
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Making sense of genomic data can be a real puzzler, but computational researchers know how to put the pieces together
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Alleles of homologous genes can silence one another through paramutations
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scientists discovers new protein that repairs DNA under extreme conditions
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Gene-expression data from liver tissue or whole blood can be used to classify histopathologic differences in the effects of hepatotoxins. It is hoped that these findings, will lead to a more precise way of defining the potential hepatotoxicity of new compounds.
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May explain many 'late-onset' diseases
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Researchers have uncovered a fundamentally novel regulatory interaction among signaling proteins. This discovery will help to identify some of the so far hidden connectivity of the cell's regulatory makeup.
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 | Genetic studies on small organisms such as worms and flies can now be done more quickly using a new microfluidic device ...> Full Article |
Mouse study offers hope for correcting how autism disrupts brain
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Discovery offers potential benefits for dogs and their owners
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Biologists have discovered that proliferating cells shift the output of their genes to evade regulation by microRNAs, tiny molecules that normally suppress tumor growth.
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A new DNA microarray chip can predict severe disability and remission in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
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 | Scientists are on the brink of a discovery which will facilitate the development of new, safe, more sustainable ways of controlling the world's worst agricultural insect pest - the moth, Helicoverpa armigera. ...> Full Article |
 | A novel twist of DNA may keep viral genes tightly wound within a capsule, waiting for ejection into a host, a high-resolution analysis of its structure has revealed. ...> Full Article |
European researchers have made significant progress unravelling how genes are governed and why this sometimes goes wrong in disease. The key lies in the dynamic ever-changing structure of the chromatin
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Researchers discover that microRNA directs development of certain blood cells
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Geneticist has provided a boost to pig producers wanting to tailor their animals to specific markets
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Recombination at centromeres is higher than anywhere else on the chromosome, even though methyltransferases do their best to prevent it
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With fewer than 30,000 human genes with which to work, Nature has to mix and match to generate the myriad types of neurons or nerve cells needed to assemble the brain and nervous system. Keeping this involved process on the straight and narrow requires a clever balance of promotion and inhibition
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Biotech Innovators Will Contribute to International Effort to Produce Most Detailed Map of Genetic Variation
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Fragile X syndrome (FXS) robs the brain of a protein that plays a major role in the way neurons communicate and that is essential for brain development, learning and memory.
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A new study demonstrates that microRNAs can modulate the expression of well known tumor-specific oncogenic translocation proteins and may play a significant role in some human cancers.
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Geneticists have found that Smad proteins regulate microRNA processing.
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Researchers have independently identified a tiny molecule that directly binds to and curbs the production of the potent gene mutator B lymphocyte.
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A new study shows that microinjection of RNA molecules into mouse embryos induces a hereditary form of cardiac hypertrophy that is similar to human hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
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Joint venture acquires two new instruments that provide an enhanced ability to sequence genomes more quickly and broadly.
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A new investigation into how genes determine our facial appearance is to be launched
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Mammalian cells can produce tiny magnetic nuggets after the introduction of a single gene from bacteria, scientists have found. The gene MagA could become a valuable tool for tracking cells' movement through the body via magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
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Geneticists have sequenced the genome of Brucella abortus strain S19. Strain S19 is a naturally occurring strain of B. abortus that does not cause disease
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Researchers report this week that they are the first to observe the dynamic, ratchet-like movements of single ribosomal molecules in the act of building proteins from genetic blueprints.
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Personal genomes may lead to personalized vitamin supplements
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Aging leads to large changes in gene activity in the ovaries of mice, but only limited changes in testes
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Researchers describe cell's major transcriptional machinery, RNA polymerase II
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 | Four billion years ago, modern cells were absent on our still-young planet. The simple protocells that are thought to have given rise to Earth's earliest life forms were plentiful, but likely no more than a bit of genetic material surrounded by a hollow membrane. ...> Full Article |
A genetic tool used by medical researchers may also be used in a novel approach to remove harmful microbes and viruses from drinking water.
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 | Apparent ease of DNA incorporation may reveal a bizarre new form of sexual reproduction ...> Full Article |
Researchers describe mixture that, when consumed by termites, causes them to be cripplingly deformed after molting.
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 | Scientists probing an ancient microbe have shed new light on a rare condition that causes acute sensitivity to the sun. ...> Full Article |
An enzyme that binds differently to male and female sex chromosomes helps males to make up for their X chromosome shortage
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New quantitative analysis for open source software projects
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Mining the botulinum genome
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