Items tagged with DNA

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Human Genes Sing Different Tunes Monday, November 3rd, 2008 - 10:08:36 - Anuradha Menon Scientists have long known that it's possible for one gene to produce slightly different forms of the same protein by skipping or including certain... read more

Short RNAs Show a Long History Friday, October 3rd, 2008 - 16:20:28 - Anuradha Menon MicroRNAs, the tiny molecules that fine-tune gene expression, were first discovered in 1993. But it turns out they’ve been around for a billion... read more

Polygamy Left Its Mark on the Human Genome Sunday, September 28th, 2008 - 11:06:47 - Ehud Rattner Throughout human history, relatively few men seem to have had a greater input into the gene pool than the rest, suggests a study of variations in... read more

Scientists Win Lasker for micro-RNA Thursday, September 18th, 2008 - 09:38:01 - Iddo Genuth Over the last half-century, geneticists have made sense out of what was once a nebulous universe of molecular matter. But there is always more than... read more

DNA Study Reveals Evolution of Beer Yeasts Friday, September 12th, 2008 - 14:15:23 - Anuradha Menon Lager lovers convinced that their beer of choice stands alone should prepare to drink their words this Oktoberfest. New research by geneticists at... read more

Are 68 Molecules the Key to Cure Diseases? Thursday, September 4th, 2008 - 09:59:02 - Ehud Rattner Why is it that the origins of many serious diseases remain a mystery? In considering that question, a scientist at the University of California, San... read more

DNA Tubes with Programmable Sizes Saturday, August 30th, 2008 - 15:36:36 - Anuradha Menon Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have developed a simple process for mass producing molecular tubes of identical and precisely... read more

One Virus to Rule them All Monday, August 11th, 2008 - 13:46:28 - Iddo Genuth One of the fundamental questions in science is "what is life?", a question particularly pertinent of late with the search for signs of life... read more

Key Patterns in the Packaging of Genes Saturday, July 12th, 2008 - 12:04:37 - Anuradha Menon Although every cell of our bodies contains the same genetic instructions, specific genes typically act only in specific cells at particular times... read more

Researchers Run Rings Round Cell Division Saturday, July 5th, 2008 - 12:31:49 - Anuradha Menon A puzzle in the control of cell division, one of the most fundamental processes in all biology, has been unravelled by Oxford University researchers... read more

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