Blogs Posts in Genetics category; 118 blog posts

Biological Transistors Could Revolutionize The Future Of Med...

Researchers at Stanford University have developed a basic computer using genetic material, according to a report in the journal Science. The team said that the tiny biological transistors they have developed could potentially revolutioniz [...]

Posted On : Apr, 02 2013 | Comments : 0

Circular RNAs throw genetics for a loop

Behold the latest curio in the cabinet of RNA oddities: naturally occurring circular RNA molecules that influence gene expression. At least some of the loops, described in two papers published this week by Nature1, 2, act as molecular [...]

Posted On : Mar, 04 2013 | Comments : 0

Massive new DNA encyclopedia reveals surprisingly active ‘ju...

NEW YORK — A colossal international effort has yielded the first comprehensive look at how our DNA works, an encyclopedia of information that will rewrite the textbooks and offer new insights into the biology of disease. For one [...]

Posted On : Sep, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Genetic denim fabrication

For Spring 2012, Genetic Denim nods to its roots by updating the very qualities it was founded on and has come to be synonymous with: fit, fabrication and individuality. Creative Director, Ali Fatourechi, delivers designs that remain true [...]

Posted On : Jul, 25 2012 | Comments : 0

Postdoc in Phytophthora cell biology and genetics

Positions are available at the University of California, Riverside (USA) to study Phytophthora infestans, the fungus-like oomycete that causes the late blight diseases of potato and tomato. The projects involve a mixture of cell bio [...]

Posted On : Mar, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

Gene mutation boosts risk of inherited prostate cancer

NEW YORK — Scientists say they've identified the first genetic mutation with a major effect on the risk of prostate cancer that runs in families and strikes men early, by age 55. The mutation accounts for only about 1 per cent o [...]

Posted On : Jan, 17 2012 | Comments : 0

Gene Responsible for a Rare Brain Disorder Identified

14 different mutations in the gene CSF1R that lead to development of hereditary diffuse leukoencephalopathy with spheroids have been identified by neuroscientists. This is a devastating disorder of the brain’s white matter that lead [...]

Posted On : Dec, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Simple genetic circuit forms stripes

Many living things have stripes, but the developmental processes that create these and other patterns are complex and difficult to untangle. Now a team of scientists has designed a simple genetic circuit that creates a striped pattern tha [...]

Posted On : Oct, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Animal's genetic code redesigned

The technique, they say, could give biologists "atom-by-atom control" over the molecules in living organisms. One expert the BBC spoke to agrees, saying the technique would be seized upon by "the entire biology community&qu [...]

Posted On : Aug, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Genetically Modified Foods

Genetically modified foods are those foods that have been altered at the genetic level in order to produce a form that has some new function or trait that food producers find desirable. Also referred to as GMO's, these foods have been [...]

Posted On : Jul, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

95 genetic variants linked to heart disease found

An international team of researchers co-led by the University of Michigan School of Public Health has found 95 regions of the human genome where genetic variants are associated with blood cholesterol and triglyceride le [...]

Posted On : Aug, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

Genetic changes linked to diet, alcohol could predict breast...

Epigenetic changes to DNA in breast cancers are directly linked with diet, alcohol, and tumour size, and could hence give a glimpse of the severity of the disease, according to researchers from Brown University and the University of Cali [...]

Posted On : Aug, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Gene linked to high kidney disease rates in blacks: study

Researchers said Thursday they have identified gene variants that help explain high rates of renal disease among African-Americans, who have a four times greater risk of kidney problems than whites. According to the study published [...]

Posted On : Jul, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Map of herpes virus protein suggests a new drug therapy

Most viruses need cell-entry proteins called fusogens in order to invade cells. We have known that the herpes virus fusogen does not act alone and that a complex of two other viral cell-entry proteins is always required. We expected [...]