Items tagged with gene

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Reprogram Stem Cells into Eggs and Sperm Thursday, January 29th, 2009 - 18:25:48 - Anuradha Menon For the first time, UCLA researchers have reprogrammed human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells into the cells that eventually become eggs and... read more

New Hope For Restoring Injured Nerves Monday, January 26th, 2009 - 17:51:12 - Ehud Rattner University of Utah scientists identified a worm gene that is essential for damaged nerve cells to regenerate, and showed they could speed nerve... read more

Rat Embryonic Stem Cells Created Thursday, December 25th, 2008 - 17:50:44 - Ehud Rattner Genetically engineered rats should follow soon, providing new models of human disease. Rat pluripotent stem cells - the essential ingredient for... read more

Snails And Humans Use Same Genes Monday, December 22nd, 2008 - 18:07:07 - Ehud Rattner Biologists have tracked down genes that control the handedness of snail shells, and they turn out to be similar to the genes used by humans to set up... read more

Similar Genes Shape Diverse Leaves Saturday, December 20th, 2008 - 15:59:37 - Ehud Rattner Researchers have found that a single family of genes could be shaping the leaves of a huge variety of different plants — from cabbages to maple... 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

Terrestrial Origin Mooted for More Microbes Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 - 17:48:20 - Ehud Rattner The majority of bacteria may have evolved on land from an early common ancestor, according to an analysis by two US scientists. The relationships... read more

Why the Lady Is a Tramp? Monday, November 24th, 2008 - 19:54:50 - Ehud Rattner Biology has an easy explanation for Don Juan's motives -having many lovers lets him produce the greatest number of offspring. But scientists have... read more

Small-Molecule Drugs Could Heal Brain Damage Friday, November 7th, 2008 - 18:05:03 - Anuradha Menon Silencing natural growth inhibitors may make it possible to regenerate nerves damaged by brain or spinal cord injury, finds a study from Children's... read more

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

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