Genetics
Sci-fi still influences how society thinks about genes—it's time we caught up
We used to think that our fate was in the stars. Now we know in large measure, our fate is in our genes.
Apr 21, 2016
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Medical research
Two studies highlight the role DNA repair processes play in production of mutation-prone sequences involved in cancer
(Medical Xpress)—The results of two studies by two different teams studying the role that DNA repair plays in the production of mutation-prone sequences—precursors to cancer, have been published in the journal Nature. ...
Genetics
Sequence features accurately predict genome-wide MeCP2 binding in vivo
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of California-Davis (UC Davis) are combining in vivo experimentation with computation for highly accurate prediction of the genome-wide binding ...
Mar 24, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Novel molecular processes controlling key genes in prostate cancer uncovered
Researchers at Sweden's Karolinska Institutet and the University of Oulu in Finland have elucidated gene regulatory mechanisms that can explain how known genetic variants influence prostate cancer risk. The findings, published ...
Mar 7, 2016
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Genetics
New mathematical model explains variability in mutation rates across the human genome
It turns out that the type, how frequent, and where new mutations occur in the human genome depends on which DNA building blocks are nearby, found researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania ...
Feb 19, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers see helpful protein causing cancer
Washington State University researchers have determined how a protein that helps cells fight viruses can also cause genetic mutations that lead to cancer.
Feb 9, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Genetic variants associated with colorectal brain metasases suscptibility and survival
Approx. 4,700 people in Austria fall ill with bowel cancer every year. One to two percent of the victims also sustain brain metastases during the latter stages of the illness. In a joint study with the University of Southern ...
Feb 1, 2016
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Genetics
Mom's in control—even before you're born
Researchers have uncovered previously unappreciated means by which epigenetic information contained in the egg influences the development of the placenta during pregnancy. The research, which was performed in mice, indicates ...
Jan 25, 2016
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Genetics
Can you turbo-charge your genes to produce 'designer babies'?
If you have bad skin or are losing your hair you might jokingly blame your parents for passing on the genes that cause these problems. Of course, most traits that you've inherited probably developed many generations ago. ...
Jan 25, 2016
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Genetics
New laptop program can identify drug resistance from bacterial genomes
Scientists have developed an easy-to-use computer program that can quickly analyse bacterial DNA from a patient's infection and predict which antibiotics will work, and which will fail due to drug resistance. The software ...
Dec 21, 2015
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