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'Cure' Obesity with Fat Destroying Worms

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 - 16:45:23 - Anuradha Menon

Usual metabolic process goes awry in recently discovered mutation, burning lipids instead of storing them. A previously unknown mutation discovered...

Dachshund's Gene Might Cure Blindess

Sunday, August 10th, 2008 - 09:50:57 - Ehud Rattner

Cone-rod dystrophies (CRDs) are a group of eye diseases caused by progressive loss of the photoreceptor cells in the retina. Researchers have...

Early Stem Cell Mutation Linked to Autism

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 - 14:32:35 - Ehud Rattner

In a breakthrough scientific study recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists at the Burnham Institute for...

Fat Gene Discovered
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 - Anni Shaer Levitt
Researchers at William Harvey Research Institute and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry in London took part in an...

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The Case of the Telltale Fingertips

Thursday, May 29th, 2008 - 14:20:56 - Ehud Rattner

Club-shaped fingers can be a warning sign for serious lung and heart conditions, but the cause of the disorder has remained a mystery for more than...

Genetic Mutation is Behind Cystic Fibrosis

Monday, April 7th, 2008 - 14:31:02 - Ehud Rattner

Coughing and spluttering is a familiar soundtrack to winter, but for people with cystic fibrosis, lung infections are a year-round hazard. Now...

Race-Specific Cancer Mutation Found

Monday, March 31st, 2008 - 12:45:51 - Ehud Rattner

Geneticists searching for genetic variants that raise the risk of colorectal cancer have found the first one to have an effect specific for a...

Data Stored in a Bacteria DNA
Thursday, April 12th, 2007 - Iddo Genuth
A research team from Japan was able to store data on the DNA of a bacteria. Although this breakthrough doesn't seem to have...