News tagged with dna sequences
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Insight into DNA reprogramming during egg and sperm cell development
Scientists at the Babraham Institute have gained a new understanding of when and how the DNA in developing egg and sperm cells is 'reset', in preparation for making a new embryo. It is well known that small chemical groups ...
Genetics
Dec 06, 2012 |
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Flesh-eating fungal infection can follow natural disasters, study finds
(HealthDay)—After a natural disaster, doctors should be on the lookout for outbreaks of a rare but deadly "flesh-eating" fungal infection, researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 06, 2012 |
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Reading history through genetics: New method analyzes recent history of Ashkenazi and Masai populations
Computer scientists at Columbia's School of Engineering and Applied Science have published a study in the November 2012 issue of The American Journal of Human Genetics (AJHG) that demonstrates a new approach used to analy ...
Genetics
Dec 05, 2012 |
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Researchers discover how the deadly malaria parasite evades the immune system, make progress toward developing a cure
(Medical Xpress)—More than a million people die each year of malaria caused by different strains of the Plasmodium parasite transmitted by the Anopheles mosquito. The medical world has yet to find an effective ...
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Dec 03, 2012 |
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Study provides first direct evidence linking TB infection in cattle and local badger populations
Transmission of tuberculosis between cattle and badgers has been tracked at a local scale for the first time, using a combination of bacterial whole genome DNA sequencing and mathematical modelling. The findings highlight ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 29, 2012 |
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Studies in mice confirm that mutations in the gene, UBE3B, cause a rare genetic disorder in children
Researchers have defined the gene responsible for a rare developmental disorder in children. The team showed that rare variation in a gene involved in brain development causes the disorder. This is the first time that this ...
Genetics
Nov 29, 2012 |
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Scientists pair blood test and gene sequencing to detect cancer
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have combined the ability to detect cancer DNA in the blood with genome sequencing technology in a test that could be used to screen for cancers, monitor cancer patients ...
Cancer
Nov 28, 2012 |
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Proteins expressed by human cytomegalovirus mapped
(Medical Xpress)—A new study in the US and Germany has added to our understanding of the human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) and how it manipulates the cells it infects.
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Nov 23, 2012 |
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Genome packaging: Key to breast cancer development
Cancer is a complex disease and only thanks to advances in genomic techniques have researchers begun to understand, at a cellular and molecular level, the mechanisms which are disrupted in cancer cells. This ...
Cancer
Nov 22, 2012 |
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Multiple sclerosis 'immune exchange' between brain and blood is uncovered
DNA sequences obtained from a handful of patients with multiple sclerosis at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center have revealed the existence of an "immune exchange" that allows the disease-causing ...
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Nov 19, 2012 |
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Skin cells reveal DNA's genetic mosaic
(Medical Xpress)—The prevailing wisdom has been that every cell in the body contains identical DNA. However, a new study of stem cells derived from the skin has found that genetic variations are widespread ...
Genetics
Nov 19, 2012 |
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MRSA outbreak mapped by DNA sequencing
Scientists have used DNA sequencing for the first time to effectively track the spread of, and ultimately contain, an outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), according to new research published in ...
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Nov 13, 2012 |
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New cause of thyroid hormone deficiency discovered
International researchers, including a team at McGill University, have discovered a new cause for thyroid hormone deficiency, or hypothyroidism. This common endocrine disorder is typically caused by problems of the thyroid ...
Genetics
Nov 12, 2012 |
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Mutations in genes that modify DNA packaging result in Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
A recent finding by medical geneticists sheds new light on how Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy develops and how it might be treated. More commonly known as FSHD, the devastating disease affects both ...
Genetics
Nov 11, 2012 |
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Whole genome sequencing of de novo balanced rearrangements in prenatal diagnosis
Whole genome sequencing of the DNA code of three prenatal samples provided a detailed map of the locations of their chromosomal abnormalities in 14 days, scientists reported today at the American Society of Human Genetics ...
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Nov 07, 2012 |
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