Genetics & Molecular Biology

CAV1: Gene Causing Premature Aging And Severe Loss Of Fat In Children Found

Researchers have identified a genetic mutation associated with the appearance of premature aging and severe loss of body fat in children. Researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) Center for Rare Childhood Disorders found that th ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 22 2015 - 6:57pm

Like Sweets? It's Partly In The Genes

A new study suggests that a single set of genes affects a person's perception of sweet taste, regardless of whether the sweetener is a natural sugar or a non-caloric sugar substitute. ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 23 2015 - 7:30am

Smart Cornfields: Photosynthesis Hacks Optimize Food

The world population, which stood at 5 billion in 1950, will likely increase to 10.5 billion by 2050, meaning that the planet’s population will have doubled within the lifetimes of many people alive today.   Beginning in the 1960s, environmental groups and ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 17 2015 - 12:31pm

Stem Cells Might Heal Damaged Lungs

Collectively, diseases of the airways such as emphysema, bronchitis, asthma, and cystic fibrosis are the second leading cause of death worldwide. More than 35 million Americans alone suffer from chronic respiratory disease. Weizmann Institute of Science r ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 18 2015 - 6:39am

RNA Beads And Springs In Elastic Network Model

A group of scientists at SISSA have proposed a quick alternative for predicting the internal dynamics of RNA molecules (how the different parts move in relation to each other). Their simple solution, which uses beads and springs, provides similar results t ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 20 2015 - 8:00am

Large Study Implicates Mitochondria In Depression

According to the World Health Organization, clinical depression carries the second heaviest burden of disability among all medical conditions worldwide (around 350 million people) and accounts for more than 8 percent of all U.S. years lived with disability ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 20 2015 - 9:44am

How To Rule A Gene Galaxy

The human organism contains hundreds of distinct cell types that often differ from their neighbors in shape and function. To acquire and maintain its characteristic features, each cell type must express a unique subset of genes. Neurons, the functional uni ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 21 2015 - 10:30am

No Difference In Hormone Levels Of Transgender Youth

Johanna Olson, MD, and her colleagues at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, provide care for the largest number of transgendered youth in the U.S. and have enrolled 101 patients in a prospective observational study to determine the safety and efficacy of tr ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 23 2015 - 5:49am

Epigenetics: Quackery Or Phenomenon?

Are you really what your mother ate, drank or got stressed about? The simple answer is “no”, but not in the way you think. We are products of nature via nurture. Our genes and environments interact. And “environment” can be what we are experiencing now or ...

Article - The Conversation - Jul 26 2015 - 8:00am

Scientists Discover First 'DNA Ambulance'

Researchers have discovered how severely damaged DNA is transported within a cell and how it is repaired. It's a discovery that could unlock secrets into how cancer operates-- a disease that two in five Canadians will develop in their lifetime. " ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 30 2015 - 8:30am