Posts Tagged ‘genes’
Biology can’t run on genes alone
UC DAVIS (US) — Don’t lose the organism in the excitement over its genes, say biologists, who caution against straying too far from the actual plants, animals, and microorganisms. Continue…
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 13:57 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - May 16, 2013 16:19 - 11 Comments
Depressed people’s body clocks ‘out of sync’
U. MICHIGAN (US) — A new brain study reveals that the circadian clocks of people with depression are altered at the cellular level. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 16, 2013 10:14 - 0 Comments
Genetic ‘typos’ linked to testicular cancer
U. PENNSYLVANIA (US) — A study looking at the genomes of more than 13,000 men identified four new genetic variants associated with an increased risk of testicular cancer, the most commonly diagnosed type of cancer in young men today. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 13, 2013 12:13 - 1 Comment
Not all congenital heart disease is inherited
YALE (US) — New mutations that are absent in parents but appear in their children account for at least 10 percent of severe congenital heart disease, a new study reveals. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 13, 2013 8:27 - 0 Comments
Mutation timing counts for tuberous sclerosis
BROWN (US) — Early genetic deletions in the thalamus may play an important role in the course and severity of a developmental disease that affects one in 6,000 people. (more…)
Society & Culture - May 8, 2013 15:25 - 24 Comments
Europeans are basically one big family
UC DAVIS (US) — Everyone with ancestors from the European continent are likely cousins who share the same family members from about a thousand years ago. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 8, 2013 14:45 - 0 Comments
Sticky questions about role of Alzheimer’s gene
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — Scientists’ picture of how a gene strongly linked to Alzheimer’s disease harms the brain may need to be revised. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 8, 2013 12:38 - 0 Comments
One gene lets mice smell danger
NORTHWESTERN (US) — Mice would be easy prey without a single gene that lets them smell cats on the prowl. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 3, 2013 12:00 - 0 Comments
Block one gene to make cancer less aggressive
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Repressing a critical control gene can stop runaway cancer cell growth and the processes that spread tumors around the body, researchers report. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 3, 2013 9:46 - 1 Comment
Chronic pain after trauma may be genetic
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — Persistent pain after a traumatic event like a car accident or sexual assault may have a neurological basis, new research suggests. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 2, 2013 11:48 - 1 Comment
Algorithms find ‘hot networks’ in cancer
BROWN / WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — Scientists have used two new algorithms to assemble the most complete genetic profile yet of an aggressive form of blood cancer. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 29, 2013 14:47 - 0 Comments
Turn off gene and blood vessels don’t sprout
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — When researchers removed a gene called CASZ1 in frog embryos, the frogs failed to form branched and functional blood vessels. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 24, 2013 16:37 - 0 Comments
ALS trial shows novel therapy is safe
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — An investigational treatment for an inherited form of Lou Gehrig’s disease has passed an early clinical trial for safety, researchers report. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 22, 2013 16:32 - 0 Comments
Genome may show why platyfish get cancer
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — The decoded genome of a popular aquarium fish could help explain why they are prone to developing melanomas and how they evolved a set of complex behaviors. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 22, 2013 11:34 - 3 Comments
Clues point to toxic protein in Fragile X mystery
U. MICHIGAN (US) — A twist on the usual way proteins are made may explain mysterious symptoms in the grandparents of some children with mental disabilities. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 10, 2013 13:57 - 0 Comments
Gene tied to double Alzheimer’s risk in African Americans
COLUMBIA (US) — African Americans with a specific gene variant have almost double the risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer’s disease compared with African Americans who lack the variant. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 8, 2013 8:32 - 0 Comments
Brain gene hints at stomach cancer’s origin
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — A gene called “mindbomb 1″ may be involved in repairing injured cells in the stomach and pancreas, report researchers, who say it may be linked to cancers of those organs. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 4, 2013 15:32 - 0 Comments
Weed-killer warps genes in fish embryos
PURDUE (US) — An agricultural herbicide alters reproductive and neuroendocrine genes during embryonic development in fish, according to new research. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 2, 2013 12:24 - 0 Comments
To sprout lettuce year-round, ‘mute’ gene
UC DAVIS (US) — The discovery of a lettuce gene and related enzyme that put the brakes on germination during hot weather could lead to lettuce that can sprout all year, even at high temperatures. (more…)
