Diseases from a mutation in one genome are complicated enough, but some illnesses arise from errant interactions between two genomes: the DNA in the nucleus…
A team of biologists from Indiana University and Brown University believes it has discovered the mechanism by which interacting mutations in mitochondrial and…
Tan was examining some of the sugars, proteins and polymers that make up plant cell walls, which provide the structural support and protection that allow…
In the new study, described in an online Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences the week of February 4, 2013, the researchers…
By broadly comparing the DNA of children to that of elderly people, gene researchers have identified gene variants that influence lifespan, either by raising…
February 4, 2013, New York, NY and Oxford, UK – Nearly every cell in the human body carries a copy of the full human genome. So how is it that the cells that…
Scientists at the Monell Center have identified the location and certain genetic characteristics of taste stem cells on the tongue. The findings will…
This new approach should help basic scientists as they tease out the effects of “turning on” or “turning off” many different genes, as well as clinicians…
The discovery that a gene called Mcl-1 is critical for keeping this vital immune cell population alive was made by researchers at Melbourne's Walter and Eliza…
After an intensive three-year hunt through the genome, medical researchers have pinpointed mutations that leads to drug resistance and relapse in the most…
Much in the same way as we use shredders to destroy documents that are no longer useful or that contain potentially damaging information, cells use molecular…
Depending on the type of cell, that can be pretty often. Many proteins are involved in everyday DNA repair, but if they are mutated, the repair system breaks…
Scientists have decoded the genetic blueprint of the rock pigeon, unlocking secrets about pigeons' Middle East origins, feral pigeons' kinship with escaped…
“Small particles are difficult to remove, and our device overcomes that barrier,” says Pratim Biswas of Washington University, St. Louis. The device not only…
Future research into the underlying causes of neurological disorders such as autism, epilepsy and schizophrenia, should greatly benefit from a…
The first mutations related to the development of this disease were found in 2004. A team from the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country came across a…
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