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Scientists at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) announce that they were recently able to reveal the secrets of a bacteria known for its ability to remove toxic and radioactive materials from the environment.
While researchers learned about the microorganis... |
10 November 2011
03:25 GMT |
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Researchers from the Texas Biomedical Research Institute (TBRI) say that one or more genes in the human genomes could potentially be used as genetic biomarkers for either detecting depression, or identifying the patients that are most likely to develop the condition in the future.
Together with colleagues at the Yal... |
31 October 2011
04:59 GMT |
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Researchers at the Michigan State University (MSU) and the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville (SIUE) propose in a new study that the genome may contain the seeds of greatness inside a person's own genetic code. In other words, being a genius in maths or a virtuous piano player may all boil down to the rig... |
24 October 2011
08:52 GMT |
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Following a painstaking study, investigators were recently able to identify the exact area of the human genome that determines the location and time when genes are turned on and off. The international group of scientists that conducted the research analyzed multiple animals species for this work.
Scientists at th... |
14 October 2011
04:42 GMT |
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Investigators at the Brown University have recently determined in a new study that plants may not be entirely helpless in the face of climate change, as many previously thought. While animal species can move to new environments, vegetation apparently prefers to adapt its genetic code to face challenges.
As global ... |
7 October 2011
03:23 GMT |
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An international collaboration of geneticists featuring researchers from the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) announces the completion of a massive scientific endeavor, the mapping of the entire mouse genome. The work could help us develop new cures for human diseases.
Due to the fact that many of th... |
27 September 2011
07:59 GMT |
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In a groundbreaking new study, experts managed to sequence the genetic codes, or genomes, of 17 strains of lab mice. The tiny rodents are widely used as proxies for a variety of human diseases and conditions, due to the fact that many of their ailments affect our species as well.
The number of new drugs, therapies... |
15 September 2011
05:41 GMT |
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A group of experts at Children's Hospital Boston announces the discovery of a genetic regulator that plays a tremendous role in helping immune system cells respond to virtually any kind of emergency. While flowing through the bloodstream, immune cells need to be prepared to take on any type of invaders that coul... |
12 September 2011
06:01 GMT |
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A new study conducted by investigators at the University of Arizona, in the United States, demonstrates that modern and “archaic” humans interbred in Africa between 60,000 and 20,000 years ago. The behavior led to the transfer of small amounts of “old” genetic material into modern-day humans. ... |
7 September 2011
05:17 GMT |
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A group of investigators from the National University of Ireland (NUI) says that two types of genes which date back more than 1.5 billion years ago tend to remain separate even now, after living together for such a long time. They interact only minimally, and generally stay out of each other's ways. These two ge... |
5 August 2011
04:24 GMT |
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The results of a new study on the genetic makeup of humans appear to indicate that subtle, little-studied differences between the fundamental architecture of individual genomes may be responsible for the genetic variation of our species.Thus far, researchers believed that point-by-point mutations called single nucleo... |
30 July 2011
05:32 GMT |
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Researchers announce the creation of the first systematic interactome, a map of all the interactions that occur between proteins in a plant species. The mustard plant Arabidopsis thaliana – commonly used in research – was selected for this research. The plant contains more than 27,000 proteins, and resear... |
29 July 2011
08:09 GMT |
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The development of cancer and a host of other diseases is controlled by certain genes, which are either turned on or off to promote or inhibit progress. Researchers in the United States have just recently finished mapping a DNA modification in stem cells, whose power could be harnessed for new cures.
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23 July 2011
02:41 GMT |
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A collaboration of investigators from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Harvard University announces the development of a new technology that enables them to rewrite the genetic code of a living cell with great proficiency and speed. This approach enables researchers to create large-scale edits ... |
15 July 2011
10:42 GMT |
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In a development that could help fight the spread of poverty in the world's poorest countries, an international collaboration of investigators announces the creation of the newest, most detailed map of the potato genome. The advancement could lead to the development of ultra-nutritious potatoes, that could be us... |
12 July 2011
08:29 GMT |
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An international collaboration of researchers managed to identify the structure and mechanisms a protein uses to underly DNA replication. This process is critical to all lifeforms on Earth, experts say. When cells divide, each of the new copies needs to have the exact same genetic material as its precursor did. In ch... |
15 April 2011
08:52 GMT |
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Researchers in the United States announce the development of a new method for analyzing the evolution of cancer tumors. The team says that the technique could enable a better understanding of the condition. Ultimately, this could lead to the creation of new drugs and therapies.The work was carried out at the Cold Spr... |
14 March 2011
04:53 GMT |
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A collaboration of American researchers announces that it has successfully completed a long-term effort to characterize the genes and genomes of plant-digesting microbes that live in the rumen (forestomach) of cows and other ruminants.
These microorganisms hold no intrinsic value, but they are able to break down ... |
29 January 2011
15:01 GMT |
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Geneticists announce the successful mapping of the orangutan genome, an achievement that brings the primate within a very select group of species to have their genetic information understood in detail. The success of this endeavor will most likely translate in the development of new tools that could find application ... |
27 January 2011
03:00 GMT |
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A group of researchers from the Princeton University announces the development of the first artificial proteins, which have been proven to enable the growth of living cells in lab experiments. The groundbreaking achievement could change the face of medicine, experts believe. What the scientists did was basically con... |
8 January 2011
06:00 GMT |
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An international team of researchers announces the sequencing and assembly of the first ever chocolate tree genome. The achievement is bound to help with increasing the production of high quality cocoa for even finer chocolate, and also with raising the life standard of farmers who grow these trees. At this point, it... |
27 December 2010
05:54 GMT |
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A team of investigators working in the Denisova Cave in southern Siberia, Russia, was able to show that a distinct population of “archaic” humans lived outside Africa at a time when Neanderthals ruled Europe and Asia, some 30,000 years ago.Genetic tests conducted on a bone recovered from the cave in 2008 ... |
23 December 2010
06:18 GMT |
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Scientists at the Stanford University, in the United States, recently developed a new method for determining an individual's haplotype. The term explains chromosome groupings in individuals, showing whether a certain trait came from one parent, the other, or both.The achievement is very important, as it could al... |
21 December 2010
11:00 GMT |
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Officials at the US National Science Foundation (NSF) say that they have just awarded a total of 28 new grants to various research groups, as part of the 13th year of investigations for the Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP).This long-term research initiative is aimed at gaining more insight into the structure and ... |
27 October 2010
09:29 GMT |
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A team of investigators led by Italian scientists recently managed to reach an impressive milestone in genetic sciences, when they created the first complete genome of the apple species Golden Delicious.The achievement comes from the same team that managed to release the complete genome sequence of grapevine som... |
30 August 2010
01:57 GMT |
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An international collaboration of scientists has just released the results of a new investigation, which managed to sequence the full genomes of two socially-divergent ant species. The finding can be used to derive more data on the role of epigenetics in aging and behavior. Generally, the concept of epigenetics is us... |
27 August 2010
05:02 GMT |
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Though they may not seem like much, sponges are actually very important organisms. They are believed to have lived as much as 650 million years ago, which means that they could be the first metazoans, or multicellular animal, to branch off after life first appeared on Earth. As such, their genomes are of extreme impo... |
5 August 2010
04:09 GMT |
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A team of investigators from the Netherlands has recently managed to achieve an impressive goal, when they were able to “mine” the genome of a bacterium in search of antibiotics. The genetic material of these microorganisms could reveal a host of substances that may have beneficial effects on the human bo... |
2 August 2010
14:01 GMT |
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A group of scientists was recently able to pin down an extra number of genes, which they say are responsible for increasing people's risk of developing throat cancer (nasopharyngeal carcinoma, or NPC) at one point in their lives. The new data were extracted from a new genome-wide association survey of the condit... |
31 May 2010
06:17 GMT |
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As we also told you last week, bioengineers managed to create the first synthetic life form recently. They combined an artificially-produced genome with a host cell, and watched as the new organism grows. The achievement elicited a huge wave of discussions and debates in the international scientific community, especi... |
28 May 2010
04:32 GMT |
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In one of the most important scientific breakthroughs of the year, a team of researchers managed to finally create the world's first living organism featuring a genome synthesized by scientists. The work took more than 15 years to complete, but the results were well-worth it. The genome that laid the foundation ... |
21 May 2010
05:08 GMT |
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The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) are currently sponsoring a five-year-long research initiative, whose aim is to make sense of the microbes and bacteria that reside on and inside our bodies. Not all microorganisms are bad for our health, and in fact we wouldn't even be alive without some cultures in our... |
21 May 2010
04:48 GMT |
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A groundbreaking genetic effort has finally yielded some astounding results. Scientists managed to complete the lengthy process of analyzing the 3 billion letters of the Neanderthal genome, in a study that provides evolutionary biologists and anthropologists with new insight into how modern-day humans evolved. One of... |
7 May 2010
06:44 GMT |
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Genetic analysis of the DNA in a polar bear jawbone has finally yielded the first genome of the polar animal. The fossil, which was recovered in 2004 from Svalbard, Norway, belongs to a specimen that lived between 110,000 and 130,000 years ago, and researchers say that it provided them with definite proof that this s... |
2 March 2010
03:44 GMT |
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Chinese scientists announce that they have finally completed the laborious task of mapping out all the 2.4 billion bases in the genetic code of the giant panda bear. The group plans to use the newfound knowledge to understand several traits that the animal has, including its preference for its current diet. The scien... |
14 December 2009
02:47 GMT |
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Over the past decades, deciphering the human genome has been one of the main endeavors of the scientific community. The first genome sequencing was announced in the mid-1990s, and, since then, experts have been working on mapping the locations of all genes involved in any given process inside the body. This is an ext... |
10 November 2009
16:31 GMT |
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The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has recently announced that it awarded an additional 32 new research grants to plant-genome research, totaling no less than $101.6 million. This year was the 12th of the Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP), and the federal agency awarded research money ranging from $500,000 t... |
21 October 2009
14:51 GMT |
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Leading researchers from the J. Craig Venter Institute in Rockville, Maryland, and San Diego, California, have recently devised an ingenious way of breaking a bacterium species' invincibility myth, which held that the organisms could not be genetically modified in the laboratory. The method they devised and demo... |
21 August 2009
06:05 GMT |
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Bioengineering is one of the most promising fields of science today, because it has the ability to transform all organisms into better, more efficient versions of themselves. Genomes are read via high-throughput sequencing at a speed of a few million DNA letters or bases per hour, but, when it comes to tinkering with... |
27 July 2009
05:09 GMT |
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Recent developments in the analysis of the H1N1 swine influenza virus have shown that the lethal viral strain does not combine genes from humans, birds and pigs, as first thought, but that it's rather made up of a combination of two swine flu strains, which, brought together, are deadly to us. Scientists studyin... |
29 April 2009
04:02 GMT |
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