News articles tagged with 'DNA' (Page 2)
Sequential treatment with entecavir and lamivudine results in rebound of hepatitis B virus
— 1 Apr 2011 14:54 | HealthA two-year trial of entecavir followed by lamivudine (LAM) in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection resulted in a virologic rebound rate of 24% and 12% drug-resistance…
Johns Hopkins team identifies genetic link to attempted suicide
— 29 Mar 2011 17:22 | HealthA study of thousands of people with bipolar disorder suggests that genetic risk factors may influence the decision to attempt suicide…
Open-source software designed to minimise synthetic biology risks
— 21 Mar 2011 16:37 | TechnologyA software package designed to minimise the potential risks of synthetic biology for the nation's defence and security is now available to the gene synthesis industry and synthetic…
Stanford researchers discover molecular determinant of cell identity
— 21 Mar 2011 16:12 | HealthIf a big bunch of your brain cells suddenly went rogue and decided to become fat cells, it could cloud your decision-making capacity a bit. Fortunately, early in an organism's development,…
Scientists find a key to maintaining our DNA
— 19 Mar 2011 14:39 | HealthDNA contains all of the genetic instructions that make us who we are, and maintaining the integrity of our DNA over the course of a lifetime is a critical, yet complex part of the ageing…
Production of mustard oils: On the origin of an enzyme
— 17 Mar 2011 19:14 | BiologyPlants are continually exposed to herbivore attack. To defend themselves, they have developed sophisticated chemical defence mechanisms. Plants of the mustard family, such as thale…
Tumour suppressor blocks viral growth in natural HIV controllers
— 14 Mar 2011 20:45 | HealthElevated levels of p21, a protein best known as a cancer fighter, may be involved in the ability of a few individuals to control HIV infection with their immune system alone. In a paper…
With new method, CSHL team is able to infer how tumours evolve and spread
— 13 Mar 2011 19:10 | HealthA new method of analysing cancerous tumours developed by scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) suggests that tumours may not evolve gradually, but rather in punctuated…
Missing DNA helps make us human
— 10 Mar 2011 18:49 | BiologyA new study demonstrates that specific traits that distinguish humans from their closest living relatives - chimpanzees, with whom we share 96 percent of our DNA - can be attributed…
Gene fusion mechanisms offer new clues to origin of paediatric brain tumours
— 10 Mar 2011 18:44 | HealthA detailed analysis of gene fusions present at high frequency in the most common paediatric brain tumours has been performed for the first time in a study published online today in…