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Multiple genes manage how people taste sweeteners
Genetics may play a role in how people's taste receptors send signals, leading to a wide spectrum of taste preferences, ...
Major study links aging gene to blood cancer
Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, found a genetic variant that influences the ageing process among four new ...
Genomic sequencing identifies carcinogen in herbal remedy
Genomic sequencing experts at Johns Hopkins partnered with pharmacologists at Stony Brook University to reveal a striking mutational signature of ...
New, fast technique tests biodiversity by crushing bugs and sequencing the “soup”
Scientists at the University of East Anglia have shown that sequencing the DNA of crushed up creepy crawlies can accelerate ...
Researchers work to understand genetic architecture of schizophrenia in prenatal brains
Researchers have reverse-engineered the outlines of a disrupted prenatal gene network in schizophrenia, by tracing spontaneous mutations to where and ...
Parents don’t fully understand biobank research, study finds
When the researchers followed up with families enrolled in a genetic biobank -- a storage facility for DNA, genetic data, and ...
Genetic testing improved student learning in personalized medicine class
Students who had their genome tested as part of a groundbreaking medical school course on personalized medicine improved their knowledge ...
New functions for autoimmune disease gene identified
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have identified infection-fighting and inflammation-suppressing functions for a gene associated with human autoimmune disease ...
Researchers publish complete description of gene expression in the human retina
Investigators at Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Harvard Medical School have published the most thorough description of gene expression in ...
Researchers bioengineer a new technique for improving gene therapy results
Gene therapy researchers have produced a bioengineered decoy that fools the immune system and prevents it from mistakenly defeating the ...
Scientist find genetic changes that may contribute to schizophrenia onset
Scientists from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have discovered rare genetic changes that may be responsible for ...
Exposure to stress, even before conception, causes genetic changes in offspring
A female's exposure to distress even before she conceives causes changes in the expression of a gene linked to the ...
Gene therapy cures severe pediatric neurodegenerative disease in animal models
The following is an excerpt. A single session of a gene therapy developed by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) ...
Epigenetics study finds cancer risks double from exposure to “safe” levels of two carcinogens
The following is an excerpt. Science knows that arsenic and estrogen can cause cancer. At certain very low levels, the ...
Geneticists compare genomes of wild and domestic tomatoes
The following is an edited excerpt. You say tomato, I say comparative transcriptomics. Researchers in the U.S., Europe and Japan ...
Mouse cloned from drop of peripheral blood from its tail
The following is an edited excerpt. From obesity to substance abuse, from anxiety to cancer, genetically modified mice are used ...
Virus therapy selectively destroys breast cancer stem cells in animal models
The following is an excerpt. A promising new treatment for breast cancer being developed at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer ...
Scientists discover mechanism that regulates DNA transposition
The following is an edited excerpt. Transposons, so-called 'jumping genes', make up 50 percent of the DNA in humans. They ...
Potential genetic drivers behind male heart disease risk
The following is an edited excerpt. A team of researchers including clinicians and scientists have made an important step forward ...
Scientists identify stability proteins that maintain telomere length
The following is an edited excerpt. Scientists have functionally dissected the molecular processes that ensure the stability of chromosomes. They ...
Biotech crops vs. pests: The first billion acres
The following is an excerpt. Since 1996, farmers worldwide have planted more than a billion acres (400 million hectares) of ...
Epigentic mechanism linked to pediatric leukemia
The following is an edited excerpt. Changes in an epigenetic mechanism that turns expression of genes on and off may ...
Researchers track how one fruit fly gene became essential
The following is an edited excerpt The less a gene has mutated over the millions or billions of years of ...
Gene delivery via magnetic nanoparticles
The following is an excerpt. Stent angioplasty saves lives, but there often are side effects and complications related to the ...
Honey bee navigation gene identified
The following is an excerpt. In a new study, researchers report that a regulatory gene known to be involved in ...
Gene linked to congenital heart disease
The following is an edited excerpt. A new gene associated with a form of congenital heart disease in newborn babies ...
Genetic mutations linked to ALS identified
The following is an excerpt. Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified mutations in several new genes ...
Schizophrenia symptoms eliminated in genetically modified animal model
The following is an excerpt. Overexpression of a gene associated with schizophrenia causes classic symptoms of the disorder that are ...
