Items tagged with DNA

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DNA Repair can Lead to Retinal Degeneration Saturday, January 10th, 2009 - 18:24:06 - Anuradha Menon A naturally occurring DNA repair system that normally protects cells from damage can cause retinal degeneration and blindness when overstimulated... read more

Nano 'Tractor Beam' Traps DNA Thursday, January 1st, 2009 - 10:36:36 - Anuradha Menon Using a beam of light shunted through a tiny silicon channel, researchers have created a nanoscale trap that can stop free floating DNA molecules and... read more

Researching Viral Powerful 'Molecular Motor' Sunday, December 28th, 2008 - 13:48:26 - Ehud Rattner Researchers have discovered the atomic structure of a powerful "molecular motor" that packages DNA into the head segment of some viruses during their... read more

Nanotubes Sniff Out Cancer Agents Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 - 15:58:13 - Ehud Rattner MIT engineers have developed carbon nanotubes into sensors for cancer drugs and other DNA-damaging agents inside living cells. The sensors, made of... read more

MIT Sheds Light on Alzheimer's Mystery Thursday, December 11th, 2008 - 18:34:24 - Anuradha Menon In work that could lead to new drugs to target Alzheimer's disease, MIT researchers and colleagues have shed light on one of the molecular mysteries... read more

Scientists Assemble Whole Bacterial Genome Saturday, December 6th, 2008 - 12:28:00 - Anuradha Menon Researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), a not-for-profit genomic research organization, have published a paper describing a significant... read more

Reversing the Conventional DNA Wisdom Friday, December 5th, 2008 - 12:33:49 - Anuradha Menon The copying of DNA's master instructions into messenger molecules of RNA, a process known as DNA transcription, has always been thought to be a... read more

Remains of Astronomer Copernicus Identified Sunday, November 23rd, 2008 - 10:55:44 - Iddo Genuth Researchers said Thursday they have identified the remains of Nicolaus Copernicus by comparing DNA from a skeleton found in a church to hairs... read more

Chemical Key Unlock Hundreds of Antibiotics Friday, November 7th, 2008 - 10:59:04 - Iddo Genuth Chemistry researchers at The University of Warwick and the John Innes Centre, have found a novel signaling molecule that could be a key that will... read more

'Junk' DNA Proves Difference Between Humans Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 - 16:14:25 - Anuradha Menon n a paper published in Genome Research on November 4, 2008, scientists at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) discovered that what was previously... read more

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