Genetics News And Research Archives Page 3

The tachykinin receptor 3 gene has been linked to alcohol and cocaine dependence (5/6/2008)

The tachykinin receptor 3 gene has been linked to alcohol and cocaine dependence ...> Full Article

Researchers report the cloning of a key group of human genes, the protein kinases (5/5/2008)

Researchers report cloning of nearly all predicted human protein kinase genes in functional form, and generation of a corresponding set of kinases lacking catalytic activity that are necessary for functional studies ...> Full Article

New Map Reveals Dynamic Variation in Human Genome (5/4/2008)

A team of researchers has produced the first high-resolution map showing the structural variation that exists in the human genome. With the map, researchers can now begin to see how the underlying structure of one person's genome differs from that of another. ...> Full Article

Protocols features classic approaches for analyzing chromosomes (5/2/2008)

Two classic methods for chromosomal analysis ...> Full Article

First genome-wide scan for osteoporosis (5/1/2008)

Research has uncovered two genes to aid diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis. ...> Full Article

Single-celled bacterium works 24-7 (4/30/2008)

Researchers have gained the first detailed insight into the way circadian rhythms govern global gene expression in Cyanothece, a type of cyanobacterium (blue-green algae) known to cycle between photosynthesis during the day and nitrogen fixation at night. ...> Full Article

Team develops safe, effective RNA interference technique (4/29/2008)

Method holds promise for treating cancer and infection ...> Full Article

Scientists Automate Molecular Evolution (4/28/2008)

Under the control of a computer, a population of billions of genes morphed through 500 cycles of forced adaptation to emerge as molecules that could grow faster and faster on a continually dwindling source of chemical fuel ...> Full Article

Epigenetic research uncovers new targets for modification enzymes (4/28/2008)

Enzymes regulating genetic expression can be just as important as the genome itself, increasing evidence shows ...> Full Article

Nurture Over Nature (4/28/2008)

Geneticists have shown that environmental factors such as lifestyle and geography play a large role in whether certain genes are turned on or off ...> Full Article

Proteins that stop a major signaling pathway can also generate new proteins (4/27/2008)

Researchers have recently discovered that a crucial communications pathway in cells not only stops cells from making proteins, it also makes them go ...> Full Article

Invention gives improved gene technology analysis (4/26/2008)

A patent for a system that gives more reliable results in gene technology-based diagnostic tests has been granted to researchers in Norway ...> Full Article

Pathway Found That Lets Mosquitoes Fatten Up, Slow Down For Winter (4/25/2008)

Two genes that help insulin regulate mosquitoes' growth have been identified as key contributors to how the insects enter a dormant state to survive winter's cold. ...> Full Article

Analysis Of RNA Role In Spreading Disease Advances Study Of Damaging Plant Infections (4/24/2008)

Recent research that links specific pieces of RNA to an infectious organism's duplication and spread could lead the way to the prevention of viroids, pathogens that can kill or damage food crops and other plants. ...> Full Article

First draft of transgenic papaya genome yields many fruits (4/24/2008)

A broad collaboration of research institutions in the U.S. and China has produced a first draft of the papaya genome. This draft, which spells out more than 90 percent of the plant's gene coding sequence, sheds new light on the evolution of flowering plants. ...> Full Article

Scientists Clarify a Mechanism of Epigenetic Inheritance (4/23/2008)

"Silent" DNA stays that way as a result of RNA interference during chromosome replication ...> Full Article

Zinc link made in barley breeding (4/23/2008)

Chromosomal regions conferring zinc efficiency in barley ...> Full Article

Key Grape Genes Sought From US Grape Germplasm Collection (4/22/2008)

Scientists are embarking on a study to index the useful genetic variation of more than 2,000 accessions in the ARS grape germplasm collection ...> Full Article

Protein role in cell division re-evaluated researchers (4/21/2008)

Work could impact study of miscarriages, birth defects ...> Full Article

Fertility Expert finds Genetic Markers of an Egg's Maturity (4/21/2008)

Fertility have long been interested in understanding why so few human eggs harvested during in vitro fertilization result in pregnancies. New research narrows the list of suspects. ...> Full Article

The Tree of Flowering Plants (4/20/2008)

Biologists attempting to find when plants families split ...> Full Article

Plant researchers publish finding on enzyme, drought connection (4/20/2008)

A better understanding of how plants tolerate drought could result ...> Full Article

Researchers Discover Critical Detail of Cellular Defense Against Genetic Mistakes (4/19/2008)

Researchers are closing in on a completed diagram of how human cells protect themselves against constant genetic mistakes that contribute to most diseases ...> Full Article

Scientists Show First 3-D Image of Antibody Gene (4/19/2008)

Researchers have shown for the first time how a genome is organized in three-dimensional space. ...> Full Article

Charting the Epigenome (4/18/2008)

Until recently, the chemical marks littering the DNA inside our cells like trees dotting a landscape could only be studied one gene at a time. But new high-throughput DNA sequencing technology has enabled researchers to map the precise position of these individual DNA modifications throughout the genome of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana, and chart its effect on the activity of any of Arabidopsis' roughly 26,000 genes. ...> Full Article

New technique yields more detailed picture of chromatin structure (4/18/2008)

Researchers have developed a technique for imaging cells under an electron microscope that yields a sharper image of the structure of chromatin, the tightly wound bundle of genetic material and proteins that makes up the chromosomes ...> Full Article

Gene Therapy Reduces Cocaine Use in Rats (4/17/2008)

Flooding brain with "pleasure chemical" receptors works on cocaine, as on alcohol ...> Full Article

Clearer day for gene therapy: New vector carries big genes linked to inherited blindness (4/17/2008)

Mouse study shows that gene therapy could be used to improve eye function in humans. ...> Full Article

Gene mutations found in many children with abnormally thick heart muscles (4/16/2008)

Gene mutation known to cause heart muscle disease in adults ...> Full Article

Gene-environment interaction in yeast gene expression (4/16/2008)

Study increases the ability to study thousands of gene expression patterns simultaneously ...> Full Article