Posts Tagged ‘genetics’
Health & Medicine - Oct 4, 2011 11:00 - 2 Comments
Folates may treat deadly muscular disorder
CORNELL (US) — A nutrition-based therapy using B vitamins may be an effective way to treat a syndrome that causes myopathies and that can be fatal in children. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Sep 30, 2011 13:39 - 0 Comments
Immunity gene shields frogs from fungus
CORNELL (US) — A genetic mechanism in lowland leopard frogs makes them resistant to a deadly fungus that has been decimating other frog species for decades. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 27, 2011 11:04 - 0 Comments
‘Invasion’ moved mammals from egg to womb
YALE (US) — More than 100 million years ago, genetic parasites invaded the mammalian genome, changing the uterus in the ancestors of humans and other mammals from egg producers to a home for developing young. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 22, 2011 11:05 - 1 Comment
Calcium raises cancer risk for some men
USC (US) — High calcium intake causes prostate cancer among African-American men who are genetically good absorbers of the mineral, according to new research. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 22, 2011 10:33 - 6 Comments
DNA variants linked to schizophrenia, bipolar
CARDIFF U. (UK) — Researchers have found new molecular evidence that 11 genetic regions have strong links to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, including six regions not previously observed. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 15, 2011 9:41 - 0 Comments
Weak link may halt breast cancer’s spread
CARDIFF U. (UK) — The discovery of a weakness in breast cancer cells may help prevent the disease from spreading. (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 14, 2011 12:04 - 0 Comments
Mothers matter most in child survival
U. MICHIGAN (US) — In West Africa, where resources are scarce, children are four more times likely to die by age 5 if their mothers are dead and almost twice as likely to die if their grandmothers are alive. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 1, 2011 11:48 - 0 Comments
More grandkids if mama bird plays the field
INDIANA U. (US) — It’s all about the kids and the grandkids. That’s what biologist have learned about promiscuous female birds and why they mate outside their social pair. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 16, 2011 14:40 - 0 Comments
Sunflower has all-American roots
INDIANA U. (US) — With its only geographic domestication site planted firmly in the eastern U.S., new research proves the sunflower is purely American. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 12, 2011 15:56 - 1 Comment
Zebrafish sex: It’s complicated
VANDERBILT (US) — Talk about gender issues. Zebrafish don’t have a typical X and Y sex chromosome, so how to tell boys from girls? (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 5, 2011 14:45 - 0 Comments
Test predicts cancer in pancreas cysts
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — A gene-based test can distinguish precancerous pancreatic cysts from harmless ones and may eventually help patients avoid unneeded and potentially risky surgery. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Aug 1, 2011 9:11 - 0 Comments
Tree DNA clears Ben Franklin
RICE U. (US) — Tallow trees imported from China are overrunning thousands of acres of U.S. coastal prairie, but new research has found Benjamin Franklin not guilty of aiding and abetting the enemy. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jul 27, 2011 11:52 - 1 Comment
Forest trees remember their roots
U. TORONTO (CAN) — When it comes to how they respond to the environment, trees may not be that different from humans. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 20, 2011 12:04 - 1 Comment
Cancer, stem cells: Separated at birth?
USC (US) — Protein mutation helps determine the path a healthy cell will take—toward cancer or toward stem-like cells that can be used to treat a variety of diseases. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 18, 2011 15:34 - 0 Comments
Proteins may pave way to cow vaccine
U. FLORIDA (US) — Genetic analysis may hold the key to finding an effective vaccine against a tick-borne pathogen that costs the U.S. cattle industry as much as $300 million a year. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 7, 2011 15:25 - 0 Comments
Structure of DNA transcription ‘machine’
INDIANA U. (US) — Scientists have deciphered the structure of an essential part of Mediator, a complex molecular machine that plays a vital role in regulating the transcription of DNA. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jun 22, 2011 9:05 - 3 Comments
Will global warming eclipse evolution?
UC DAVIS (US) — Climate change is leaving animals and plants little wiggle room, pushing them to the edge of their heat tolerance level. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 17, 2011 14:09 - 0 Comments
Worms win, coming and going
NORTHWESTERN (US) — A tiny flatworm that is able to regenerate itself no matter what tragedy befalls it may offer clues to tissue regeneration and repair in humans. (more…)
