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Tackling Alzheimer's
(Medical Xpress) -- Specific genes known to be one of the causes of a rare type of Alzheimer’s, which runs in families, are unlikely to contribute to the more common form of the disease, ...
Thu 2 Feb 12 from Medical Xpress
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Time in Space May Alter Astronauts’ Genes
Spending long periods at low gravity may alter genes, suggests a new experiment involving a magnet-powered trick used on Earth to simulate weightlessness in space.
Tue 31 Jan 12 from Wired Science
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Whole exome sequencing identifies cause of metabolic disease
Sequencing a patient's entire genome to discover the source of his or her disease is not routine – yet. But geneticists are getting close.
Fri 3 Feb 12 from Medical Xpress
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DNA test that identifies Down syndrome in pregnancy can also detect trisomy 18 and trisomy 13
A newly available DNA-based prenatal blood test that can identify a pregnancy with Down syndrome can also identify two additional chromosome abnormalities: trisomy 18 (Edwards syndrome) and ...
Thu 2 Feb 12 from Medical Xpress
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Parasites or not? Transposable elements in fruit flies
The problem of parasitism occurs at all levels right down to the DNA scale. Genomes may contain up to 80 percent "foreign" DNA but details of the mechanisms by which this enters the host genome ...
Fri 3 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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Elevated glucose associated with undetected heart damage
A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health suggests that hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) injures the heart, even in patients without a history of ...
Thu 2 Feb 12 from Medical Xpress
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'Panic button' could help cancer defy drugs
Yeast develops resistance to drugs by shuffling its chromosomes, and the same may apply to cancer
Sun 29 Jan 12 from Newscientist
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Researchers weigh methods to more accurately measure genome sequencing
Lost in the euphoria of the 2003 announcement that the human genome had been sequenced was a fundamental question: how can we be sure that an individual's genome has been read correctly?
Fri 3 Feb 12 from Medical Xpress
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New RNA-based therapeutic strategies for controlling gene expression
Small RNA-based nucleic acid drugs represent a promising new class of therapeutic agents for silencing abnormal or overactive disease-causing genes, and researchers have discovered new mechanisms ...
Thu 2 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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Collective action: Occupied genetic switches hold clues to cells' history
If you wanted to draw your family tree, you could start by searching for people who share your surname. Cells, of course, don't have surnames, but scientists at the European Molecular Biology ...
Fri 3 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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