November 22nd, 2008 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
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New York, Nov 22 (IANS) In a first, scientists have comprehensively mapped the genes believed to cause bipolar disorder.Indiana University neuroscientists combined data from the latest gene hunting studies for bipolar disorder ...
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November 22nd, 2008 - 11:28 am ICT by ANI
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Washington, November 22 (ANI): Indiana University researchers have for the first time developed a comprehensive map of genes that are likely to be involved in bipolar disorder.
Reporting their work in the ...
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November 18th, 2008 - 2:51 pm ICT by ANI
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Melbourne, Nov 18 (ANI): Kangaroos are genetically similar to humans, Australian researchers have said.
Scientists at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Kangaroo Genomics (KanGO) have released the first detailed map of ...
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November 5th, 2008 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
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Washington, Nov 5 (IANS) What had been described by scientists as "junk" DNA is what gives humans their distinct identity. More than 50 percent of human DNA are copies of nearly identical ...
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November 5th, 2008 - 12:20 pm ICT by IANS
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London, Nov 5 (IANS) In future it might be possible to customise the food to individual needs, based on his or her genetic profile. But the market is not yet ready for ...
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October 18th, 2008 - 3:52 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Oct 18 (ANI): Atlases will no longer be restricted to continents, seas and mountains, for Swedish scientists are compiling a unique ''atlas'' that pinpoints the location of thousands of individual ...
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October 17th, 2008 - 4:09 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Oct 17 (ANI): Junk DNA, or repetitive DNA segments previously thought to have no function, have now been found to create exons, which could play an important role in gene ...
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September 3rd, 2008 - 12:16 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, September 3 (ANI): Scientists at Penn state University in the US have developed a new computational method that would help them investigate the origin of life on Earth.
The teams method ...
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August 8th, 2008 - 12:36 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, August 8 (ANI): The contributions that the mouse has made in understanding human genetics and disease to date have got the little creature acknowledged as a crucial part of human ...
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June 3rd, 2008 - 5:38 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, June 3 (ANI): Kicking the butt may soon become easier as a team of researchers has identified patterns of genes that appear to influence how well individuals respond to specific ...
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June 3rd, 2008 - 1:31 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, June 3 (ANI): Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, predict that peoples personal genomes will be tested in future to detect any slight genetic flaws that can be fixed ...
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June 1st, 2008 - 3:23 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, June 1 (IANS) A scientist has warned compatriots against rushing into genetic testing in the hope of making revolutionary improvements. "Advances being made in genomics are important discoveries, but it's unrealistic ...
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May 29th, 2008 - 5:13 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 29 (ANI): A biostatistician in the Medical College of Georgia School of Graduate Studies says that it is necessary that scientists, who are studying the human genome to find ...
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May 23rd, 2008 - 5:23 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 23 (ANI): Scientists have developed a statistical technique that analyzes shared parts of chromosomes across the entire human genome, which might shed new light on the history of human ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 1:17 pm ICT by admin
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Washington , May 13 (ANI): Fruit fly or drosophila has long been used for various researches because its genetic make-up is quite close to that of humans. But now, researchers have ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 1:18 pm ICT by admin
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London , May 10 (ANI): Different people have different sizes, and scientists have taken a major step in unravelling the mystery behind this variation by discovering ten new genes that regulate ...
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May 3rd, 2008 - 12:56 pm ICT by admin
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Washington , May 3 (ANI): While the human genome has already been sequenced, researchers have faced a problem when it comes to learning just how genes work as most of them ...
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May 1st, 2008 - 1:48 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 1 (ANI): A team of scientists at the Garvan Institute for Medical Research have discovered genes in the human genome that are linked to osteoporosis.
This is the first time ...
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April 25th, 2008 - 4:28 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, April 25 (IANS) Using a mix of geometry, biological research and techniques compatible with supercomputers, scientists have shown for the first time in 3-d space how a genome is organised. Researchers ...
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April 19th, 2008 - 2:56 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, April 19 (ANI): Scientists at the University of California, San Diego have shown, for the first time, how a genome is organized in three-dimensional space.
For the study, the team used ...
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April 15th, 2008 - 3:19 pm ICT by admin
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Berlin, April 15 (ANI): The European Space Agency (ESA) has chosen the GSI (Gesellschaft fur Schwerionenforschung) accelerator facility in Germany to assess radiation risks that astronauts will be exposed to on ...
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March 21st, 2008 - 2:10 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, March 21 (ANI): Researchers at Rhode Island Hospital and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University say that a gene known as GIGYF2 may hold the key to developing ...
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March 4th, 2008 - 2:11 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, March 4 (ANI): Scientists have devised a new method to analyze gene expression in complex microbial populations, which could help in the better understanding of how oceans respond to climate change.
Developed ...
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February 26th, 2008 - 2:06 pm ICT by admin
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New York, Feb 26 (IANS) It may now be possible to encode and store digital information within the DNA, eliminating the need of expensive sequencing machinery. The human genome embodies the equivalent ...
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February 21st, 2008 - 2:32 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, Feb 21 (ANI): Scientists have produced the largest and most detailed worldwide study of human genetic variation, which would offer new insights into early migrations out of Africa and across the ...
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February 19th, 2008 - 1:35 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, Feb 19 (ANI): Natural selection can act on human culture as well as on genes, says a new study which shows that cultural traits affecting survival and reproduction evolve at a ...
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February 19th, 2008 - 1:04 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, Feb 19 (IANS) In one of the most significant anthropological studies in recent times, a team of scientists from Stanford University has contended that the process of natural selection can act ...
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February 11th, 2008 - 6:07 pm ICT by admin
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London, Feb 11 (ANI): British and Australian scientists have achieved a major genetic breakthrough in the understanding of prostate cancer, paving the way for new tests and treatments for the disease.
The scientists ...
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January 30th, 2008 - 1:50 pm ICT by admin
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London , Jan 30 (ANI): Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a potent gene-networking model for easy identification of disease-causing genes.
The researchers used this gene network technique to ...
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January 14th, 2008 - 4:39 pm ICT by admin
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London , Jan1 4 (ANI): A study conducted by an international team supported in part by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has discovered that shorter people are more prone to arthiritis.
Researchers ...
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