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100 Gene Deletions in Mice Identifies 9 Genes Associated with Bone Strength
Hinxton, UK (Scicasts) – A genetic screening approach to studying bone disease has found nine genes associated with bone health and suggests a new way to discover genes that may be implicated in human...
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New Technique Provides Information Critical to Biofuels Research
Ames, IA (Scicasts) – Pioneering mass spectrometry methods developed at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Ames Laboratory are helping plant biologists get their first glimpses of...
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Supercomputers Solve Riddle of Congenital Heart Defects
Copenhagen, Denmark (Scicasts) – With the aid of pioneering technology, Danish scientists have charted several of the complex biological processes behind congenital heart defects.
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New Genetic Regions Influencing Blood Glucose Traits Revealed
Hinxton, UK (Scicasts) – Researchers have identified 38 new genetic regions that are associated with glucose and insulin levels in the blood. This brings the total number of genetic regions associated...
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Tiny Molecules That Glow in Water Could Shed Light on Biological Processes
Coral Gables, FL (Scicasts) – University of Miami scientists have developed a way to switch fluorescent molecules on and off within aqueous environments, by strategically trapping the molecules inside...
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Research Shows That Acute Stress Alters Control of Gene Activity
Bochum, Germany (Scicasts) – Acute stress alters the methylation of the DNA and thus the activity of certain genes. This is reported by researchers at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum together with...
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Team Develops New Method to Closely Model Diseases Caused by Splicing Defects
Cold Spring Harbor, NY (Scicasts) – A team led by scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has introduced a new way of making animal models for a broad class of human genetic diseases – those...
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Stem Cells Can Become Anything -- But Not Without Mof
Ann Arbor, MI (Scicasts) – How do stem cells preserve their ability to become any type of cell in the body? And how do they “decide” to give up that magical state and start specializing?
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Scientists Move Toward Rational Design of Artificial Proteins
Berkeley, CA (Scicasts) – In the world of proteins, form defines function. Based on interactions between their constituent amino acids, proteins form specific conformations, folding and twisting into...
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Scientists Develop Integrated Gene Switch
Heidelberg, Germany (Scicasts) – Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have developed “RNA switches” which allow them to specifically turn on and off genes in viruses. This will help...
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Genomics and Microbiology Experts Collaborate in Hospital Infection Control
Bethesda, MD (Scicasts) – For six months last year, a deadly outbreak of antibiotic-resistant bacteria kept infection-control specialists at the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Clinical Center...
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Gene ‘Switch’ Discovered That May Explain DiGeorge Syndrome Severity
Victoria, Australia (Scicasts) – The discovery of a ‘switch’ that modifies a gene known to be essential for normal heart development could explain variations in the severity of birth defects in...
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Team Discovers Genomic Variant That Increases Risk of Some Brain Tumours
San Francisco, CA (Scicasts) – According to a study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and Mayo Clinic, people who carry a "G" instead of an "A" at a specific spot in the...
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Older Fathers Pass on More Mutations
Boston, MA (Scicasts) – Humans inherit more than three times as many mutations from their fathers as from their mothers, and mutation rates increase with the father’s age but not the mother’s,...
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Study Links Healthy Micronutrient Intake with Reduced DNA Fragmentation
Berkeley, CA (Scicasts) – A new study led by scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) found that a healthy intake of micronutrients is...
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Scientist Devise New Technique for Examining Proteins in Living Cells
Tempe, AZ (Scicasts) – Proteins adorning the surfaces of human cells perform an array of essential functions, including cell signalling, communication and the transport of vital substances into and out...
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Protein Identified That Regulate Red Blood Cell Size and Number
Cambridge, MA (Scicasts) – The adult human circulatory system contains between 20 and 30 trillion red blood cells (RBCs), the precise size and number of which can vary from person to person.
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Collagen-seeking Synthetic Protein Could Help Detect Tumour Locations
Baltimore, MD (Scicasts) – Johns Hopkins researchers have created a synthetic protein that, when activated by ultraviolet light, can guide doctors to places within the body where cancer, arthritis and...
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