Genetics & Molecular Biology
- UHRF1: Missing Link Between Epigenetic Tags Histone Modification And DNA Methylation Found
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Here is a missing link story that won't make evolutionary biologists crazy. Epigenetics is the most recent craze in science media discussions of biology, it analyzes specific patterns of chemical tags that overlay the DNA structure, determining how ti ...
Article - News Staff - Oct 2 2012 - 8:30am
- GM Cow: Cute Abomination Of Nature Could Help Millions Of Allergic Kids
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Advocacy groups like Greenpeace and the Union of Concerned Scientists have already declared war on poor people and kids with their militant, anti-science hysteria against Golden Rice but actual scientists continue to work toward the common good. There is m ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Oct 2 2012 - 12:21pm
- Diabetes: Researchers Toggle Intestinal Enzymes On And Off
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Researchers have found a way to 'toggle' the intestinal enzymes responsible for processing starchy foods on and off, which could lead to better control of those processes in people with Type 2 diabetes. This "toggling" was discovered i ...
Article - News Staff - Oct 2 2012 - 4:24pm
- European Food Safety Authority Reviews, Dismisses Séralini Maize Study As Hopelessly Flawed
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The European Food Safety Authority has weighed in with its assessment of the maize study by Gilles-Eric Séralini and his research team at France’s University of the Caen, which purportedly showed that rodents fed a strain of genetically modified corn with ...
Article - Jon Entine - Oct 5 2012 - 1:27pm
- Infertility: A Protein's Tale
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Five percent of men are affected by infertility and some new insights into sperms' swimming skills could shed light on why. In a new study, researchers have shown how a protein called RABL2 affects the length of sperm tails, crippling their motility ( ...
Article - News Staff - Oct 9 2012 - 11:30am
- Biotechnology is not all about foods only. There is much more in store for future of mankind.
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Biotechnology is not all about foods only. There is much more in store for future of mankind. Even if we may or may not like Agricultural Biotechnology which is estimated to be $6 billion market (2005), including applications such as: Pest-resistant p ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Oct 9 2012 - 7:27pm
- Synthetic Biology Circuits Get Their Most Complicated Version Yet
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Synthetic biology uses genes as interchangeable parts to design cellular circuits that can perform new functions, such as sensing environmental conditions. But their complexity is limited by a critical bottleneck: the difficulty in assembling genetic compo ...
Article - News Staff - Oct 10 2012 - 2:00pm
- Gluten And T-cells: What Happens In Celiac Disease Gets Visualized
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Scientists have used a three GeV synchrotron radiation facility to visualize an interaction between gluten and T-cells in the human immune system, providing insight into how celiac disease is triggered. And it will lead to a vaccine, they believe. An incre ...
Article - News Staff - Oct 12 2012 - 4:30am
- Teaching An Old Protein New Tricks: Developing A Novel Gene Therapy For Huntington's Disease
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In a landmark essay published in 1872, the physician George Huntington was the first to articulately describe a condition which he referred to as 'hereditary chorea'. Of his experience with hereditary chorea, which clearly left a strong impressio ...
Article - Eve Hardy - Oct 16 2012 - 1:37pm
- GM Mice Put To Work As Living, Furry Hidden Landmine Detectors
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Even today, landmines planted as far back as World War II are still being discovered, posing a serious threat to civilians in 69 countries worldwide. Approximately 70 people are killed every day as a result of a landmine explosion in accidents that should ...
Article - Eve Hardy - Oct 16 2012 - 1:30pm