News tagged with gene sets

Evolving genes lead to evolving genes

Researchers have designed a method that can universally test for evolutionary adaption, or positive (Darwinian) selection, in any chosen set of genes, using re-sequencing data such as that generated by the 1000 Genomes Project. ...

Genetics Apr 18, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Not dead yet: Junk DNA is back

A controversy at last: most of our DNA is junk, no it isn't, yes it is. Actually, I think it is – up to 90% really is junk.

Genetics Mar 15, 2013 | 4.5 / 5 (4) | 1

New method identifies genes that can predict prognoses of cancer patients

In recent years, it has been thought that select sets of genes might reveal cancer patients' prognoses. However, a study published last year examining breast cancer cases found that most of these "prognostic signatures" were ...

Genetics Jan 25, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

Researchers find possible genetic keys to surviving epithelial ovarian cancer

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues from 11 other institutions in the United States and the United Kingdom have used two genome-wide association studies (GWAS) – one from the U.S. and one from the U.K. ...

Cancer Mar 06, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |