News articles tagged with 'chromosome'
Exercise may prevent stress on telomeres, a measure of cell health
— 4 Apr 2011 17:43 | HealthUCSF scientists are reporting several studies showing that psychological stress leads to shorter telomeres - the protective caps on the ends of chromosomes that are a measure of cell…
Chronic stress of cancer causes accelerated telomere shortening
— 3 Apr 2011 12:08 | HealthResults of a study presented at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held here April 2-6, lend credence to the idea that improving quality of life affects stress-related biological markers…
Genetic variation cuts bladder cancer risk, protects chromosome tips
— 3 Apr 2011 11:59 | HealthA common genetic variation links to both bladder cancer risk and to the length of protective caps found on the ends of chromosomes, scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson…
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,…
New plant species gives insights into evolution
— 18 Mar 2011 14:14 | BiologyA new plant species is providing an insight into how evolution works and could help improve crop plants, scientists have revealed…
Research into chromosome replication reveals details of heredity dynamics
— 4 Mar 2011 16:21 | HealthA novel study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet has deepened the understanding of how chromosome replication, one of life's most fundamental processes, works.…
Scientists show how men amp up their X chromosome
— 3 Mar 2011 12:32 | HealthWhat makes a man? His clothes? His car? His choice of scotch? The real answer, says Brown University biologist Erica Larschan, is the newly understood activity of a protein complex…
Plants cloned as seeds
— 18 Feb 2011 17:14 | BiologyPlants have for the first time been cloned as seeds. The research by aUC Davis plant scientists and their international collaborators, published Feb. 18 in the journal Science, is a…
Searching for the soul of the genome
— 10 Feb 2011 19:55 | HealthThe discovery that a 'gene desert' on chromosome 9 was a hotspot for coronary artery disease (CAD) risk was among the highlights of findings produced recently by genome-wide association…
Molecular network influences development of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
— 26 Jan 2011 18:58 | HealthA study shows for the first time that the three most common chromosome changes seen in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia disrupt a molecular network that includes several important genes…