News tagged with synthetic gene
Myth that UK supply of innovative new pharma drugs is drying up
The widely held belief that the UK supply of innovative new medicines has conspicuously dwindled in recent decades, is not borne out by the evidence, reveals research published in the online journal BMJ Open.
Medications
Feb 20, 2013 |
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Synthetic circuit allows dialing gene expression up or down in human cells
Scientists who built a synthetic gene circuit that allowed for the precise tuning of a gene's expression in yeast have now refined this new research tool to work in human cells, according to research published online in Nature Co ...
Genetics
Feb 12, 2013 |
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Scientists reverse Alzheimer's-like memory loss in animal models by blocking EGFR signaling
A team of neuroscientists and chemists from the U.S. and China today publish research suggesting that a class of currently used anti-cancer drugs as well as several previously untested synthetic compounds show effectiveness ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Sep 24, 2012 |
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Researchers develop editing toolkit for customizing zebrafish genomes
Mayo Clinic researchers and an international team of scientists have developed a highly-efficient means of editing zebrafish genomes for research purposes, eliminating a bottleneck that has stymied biomedical scientists from ...
Genetics
Sep 23, 2012 |
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Scientists discover in studies with mice that an anti-cancer gene also fights obesity
Researchers from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre working with mice have revealed that one of the main genes protecting against cancer brings two additional health benefits by boosting longevity and combating obesity. ...
Cancer
Mar 06, 2012 |
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