Genetics & Molecular Biology
- VAMP7: Study Identifies New Genetic Cause Of Male Reproductive Birth Defects
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Researchers have defined a previously unrecognized genetic cause for two types of birth defects found in newborn boys "Cryptorchidism and hypospadias are among the most common birth defects but the causes are usually unknown," said Dr. Dolores ...
Article - News Staff - Jun 1 2014 - 9:34pm
- Fructose Block Prevents Fatty Liver Disease In Mice
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Researchers have found a way to prevent nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, the most common cause of chronic liver disease worldwide, in mice. By blocking a path that delivers dietary fructose to the liver, mice were prevented from developing the condition, ...
Article - News Staff - Jun 4 2014 - 2:00am
- Molecular On-Off Switch For Burning Stored Fat Found
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A molecular pathway called mTORC1 controls the conversion of unhealthy white fat into beige fat, an appealing target for increasing energy expenditure and reducing obesity, according to a new study. The team also found that a protein, Grb10, serves as the ...
Article - News Staff - Jun 5 2014 - 11:30pm
- Synthetic Bone Regeneration- Now With More Beer
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Researchers have developed biomaterials for bone regeneration from beer brewing waste. ...
Article - News Staff - Apr 3 2015 - 5:45pm
- Mexican Genetics: So Much Variation In Ancestry There Basically Are No Mexicans
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In the most comprehensive genetic study of the Mexican population to date, researchers from Mexico's National Institute of Genomic Medicine (INMEGEN), UC San Francisco and Stanford University, have identified tremendous genetic diversity. So much di ...
Article - News Staff - Jun 12 2014 - 4:55pm
- Kidneys Aren't Static: Renal Regeneration Explained
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The kidney, unlike its neighbor the liver, was once understood to be a static organ once it had fully developed, but doctors have observed patients with kidney disease experiencing renal regeneration. A new study conducted by researchers at Sheba Medica ...
Article - News Staff - Jun 16 2014 - 3:08pm
- Transmitophagy?
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Some basic biology may need revising. It's broadly assumed that cells degrade and recycle their own old or damaged organelles, but researchers writing in PNAS say that some neurons transfer unwanted mitochondria, the tiny power plants inside cells, t ...
Article - News Staff - Jun 16 2014 - 5:58pm
- Three Person IVF Has Risks- And Now Perhaps A Solution
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Mitochondria are cell organelles located within animal and human cells. They produce energy for the organism, possess their own genetic material- mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)- and are transmitted exclusively by the mother. Depending on their activity and tas ...
Article - News Staff - Jun 17 2014 - 10:02am
- Inflammation Can Be Good: In Fat Tissue. It Helps Prevent Metabolic Disease
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Chronic tissue inflammation is typically associated with obesity and metabolic disease, but new research finds that a level of "healthy" inflammation is necessary to prevent metabolic diseases, such as fatty liver. ...
Article - News Staff - Jun 19 2014 - 8:20am
- Australian Sheep Blowfly Gets A Genetic Modification Solution
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Researchers have developed a new technique to control populations of a major livestock pest in Australia and New Zealand. They genetically modified lines of female Australian sheep blowflies (Lucilia cuprina), making female flies dependent upon a common a ...
Article - News Staff - Jun 19 2014 - 12:34pm