News articles tagged with 'genetics'
Breeding better broccoli
— 5 Nov 2009 11:22 | HealthCarotenoids - fat-soluble plant compounds found in some vegetables - are essential to the human diet and reportedly offer important health benefits to consumers. Plant carotenoids are…
Why Obama's dog has curly hair
— 28 Aug 2009 05:48 | BiologyUniversity of Utah researchers used data from Portuguese water dogs - the breed of President Barack Obama's dog Bo - to help find a gene that gives some dogs curly hair and others long,…
Faster, cheaper way to find disease genes in human genome passes initial test
— 18 Aug 2009 10:29 | HealthUniversity of Washington (UW) researchers have successfully developed a novel genome-analysis strategy for more rapid, lower cost discovery of possible gene-disease links. By saving…
Yale researchers find key to keeping cells in shape
— 7 Aug 2009 07:41 | HealthYale University researchers have discovered how a protein within most cell membranes helps maintain normal cell size, a breakthrough in basic biology that has implications for a variety…
Scientists find genetic regions that soothe savage beasts
— 10 Jun 2009 06:00 | BiologyIn what could be a breakthrough in animal breeding, a team of scientists from Germany, Russia and Sweden have discovered a set of genetic regions responsible for animal tameness. This…
Did the North Atlantic fisheries collapse due to fisheries-induced evolution?
— 27 May 2009 09:15 | EnvironmentThe Atlantic cod has, for many centuries, sustained major fisheries on both sides of the Atlantic. However, the North American fisheries have now largely collapsed. A new paper in the…
Scientists discover how smallpox may derail human immune system
— 12 May 2009 11:26 | HealthUniversity of Florida researchers have learned more about how smallpox conducts its deadly business - discoveries that may reveal as much about the human immune system as they do about…
UT Southwestern researchers pinpoint where 'bad' cholesterol levels are controlled
— 17 Apr 2009 12:35 | HealthResearchers at UT Southwestern Medical Centre have found that a protein responsible for regulating 'bad' cholesterol in the blood works almost exclusively outside cells, providing clues…
Biological sensors are the future of personalised treatment
— 15 Apr 2009 14:35 | HealthIn the future, explained Peter Ghazal, Chair of Edinburgh University's Department of Molecular Genetics and Biomedicine, biological sensors, the product of the integration of biology…
Groundbreaking research begins for pancreatic and lung cancers
— 4 Apr 2009 15:52 | HealthThe Georgia Institute of Technology and Saint Joseph's Hospital have joined together to begin the first regional research program to study the genetics and cell biology of pancreatic…