An international team of researchers has sequenced the genome from the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum, making it the first beetle and the first insect pest, whose genome has been sequenced. A...
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In animal trials, researchers have demonstrated that a protein called collagenase-2 plays a role in the development of multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune disease that causes various physical and mental...
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Soon, salivary proteins may replace blood tests as diagnostic tools, as researchers carry on research cataloguing the "complete" salivary proteome, a set of proteins in human ductal saliva....
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Scientists have identified 2 protein receptors in a guinea pig - P2Y1 and P2Y11 - that relax the gut and thus allow it to accommodate a bigger meal. these receptors are also present in humans and may...
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Researchers have identified a gene in plants that plays an important role in the regulation of carbon dioxide uptake for photosynthesis and water evaporation, and may thus aid in the development of...
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Researchers have identified a gene responsible for a rare hereditary form of hair loss known as hypotrichosis simplex. From the abstract of the paper published in Nature: Hypotrichosis simplex is a...
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What: Natural Products Discovery & Production II: Celebrating Successes of Traditional and Novel Cultures When: June 22-26, 2008 Where: Hilton Whistler Resort, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada...
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A paper published in the January-February 2008 issue of Agronomy Journal explores the profitability of transgenic cotton cultivars with pest-managing traits. Field experiments were conducted to...
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Preliminary data indicates that scientists may have identified a new approach that may be effective in reducing the virulence of Staphylococcus aureus, the bacterium responsible for most staph...
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Researchers have identified the cells responsible for neurofibromatosis type1, a genetic disease characterized by changes in skin coloring (pigmentation) and the growth of tumors along nerves in the...
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Using in-vitro fertilization techniques, scientists have successfully created an embryo with DNA material from three donor parents: nuclear DNA material from the mother and father, and mitochondrial...
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A new genetic test for the early detection or prostate cancer may soon be developed. Until now, a patient's risks of having prostate cancer is based on PSA tests which has a relatively low...
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The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) has released a preliminary assembly and annotation of the soybean genome to the greater scientific community to enable bioenergy...
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Using bioinformatics and supercomputers, University of Montreal researchers were able to create the largest-ever mathematical simulation of the electrical activity of a human heart - a 2 billion...
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Now that genetic markers for certain diseases have already been established, should children/minors be allowed to undergo genetic testing , even when there are no means to reduce the risk until they...
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Preliminary data indicates that Sirolimus (trade name: Rapamune), a macrolide compoundisolated from the bacterium Streptomyces hygroscopicus in a soil sample collected from easter island, may have...
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An international collaboration of scientists have discovered more than 25 genetic variants in 18 genes linked to cholesterol and lipid levels. Such findings may help in estimating an individual's...
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Researchers have identified a gene target called 14-3-3zeta for selective anti-cancer drugs. Using RNAi techniques, they discovered that when 14-3-3zeta is turned off, lung cancer cells become less...
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Researchers have discovered protein that controls bone growth, and thus may be used as the basis for finding treatment for people with bone diseases affecting skeletal growth. Osteocrin is a small...
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