Items tagged with gene

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Genetic Risk Factor for Testicular Cancer? Monday, June 1st, 2009 - 14:01:45 - Ehud Rattner Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have uncovered variation around two genes that are associated with an increased risk... read more

Engineered Circuits Count Cellular Events Friday, May 29th, 2009 - 09:12:35 - Anuradha Menon MIT and Boston University engineers have designed cells that can count and "remember" cellular events, using simple circuits in which a series of... read more

What is the Point in Patenting Genes? Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 - 09:19:08 - Anuradha Menon Earlier this month, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit that challenges the right of Myriad Genetics to patent a genetic test... read more

Cancer Drugs Might Treat Alcoholism Monday, May 25th, 2009 - 13:52:54 - Ehud Rattner A class of drugs already approved as cancer treatments might also help to beat alcohol addiction. That's the conclusion of a discovery in flies of a... read more

How Down Syndrome Stops Cancer Friday, May 22nd, 2009 - 15:05:15 - Anuradha Menon For decades scientists have known that people with Down syndrome, who have an extra copy of chromosome 21, get certain types of cancer at... read more

New Gene Might Help Diagnoze Breast Cancer Monday, May 11th, 2009 - 15:55:46 - Ehud Rattner Ann Killary (from the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) and colleagues have described a new gene called DEAR1 that is genetically... read more

Key Gene to Alzheimer's Reversal Pinpointed Friday, May 8th, 2009 - 10:02:47 - Anuradha Menon A team led by researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory has now pinpointed the exact gene responsible for a 2007 breakthrough in... read more

Nano-Delivery Could Help Tackle HIV Monday, May 4th, 2009 - 19:35:49 - Ehud Rattner Biomedical engineers have found a way of safely delivering potentially therapeutic RNAs into vaginal cells using nanoparticles. The researchers hope... read more

Root of Autism in Genes Found Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 - 18:10:21 - Anuradha Menon Researchers have made an important step forward in understanding the complex genetic structure of autism spectrum disorders. A researcher... read more

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