New technology used to construct the first map of structural variation in the human genome
...ce lies a complex, higher-order code. In order to decipher this level of architecture, scientists have developed powerful new experimental and algorithmic methods to detect copy number variants (CNVs)--defined as large deletions and duplications of DNA segments. These technologies--reported today in the jou...LSU professor discovers new species
...tting-edge molecular genetics lab at the LSUMNS to decipher the genetic code of the lizards. "We sequenced the DNA of this new species and several other closely related species in order to help our diagnosis," he said. "Using DNA to help describe new species is becoming one of the most important tools for sci...Epigenetics to shape stem cell future
...seased tissue. Before then, it may be necessary to decipher the epigenetic signals that give stem cells their unique ability to self-renew and transform them into different cell types. The hype over epigenetic research is because it opens up the possibility of reprograming cells. By manipulating epigenetic...Researchers figure out what makes a simple biological clock tick
...id not explain what was actually going on. To help decipher the dynamics of this system, they turned to Byrne. "The task I was given by Carl was to figure out how this system of three proteins, when combined with ATP, can produce a 24-hour oscillation," says the biomathematician. "What weve come up with is ou...Researcher receives $1.8M AIDS-related grant
...e destroyed in patients with PML. If Johnson can decipher the molecular mechanics, the research could help doctors find a way to disrupt the sequences of infection in both PML and AIDS and help stop these diseases. "The interaction of HIV with other viruses is definitely a target for therapeutic agents,"...Investigating coral reefs to help understand past and future climate change
...e about the natural cycles. This will enable us to decipher between natural changes and what's out of the ordinary," explained Gilbert Camoin, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly in Vienna in April 2007. The last deglaciation (23,000......t in a foreign country or a young mother trying to decipher her babys cries, we all encounter initially meaningless sounds that in fact carry meaning. With experience, we become better at detecting and discriminating between them. But, how does this occur" Robert Liu and Christoph Schreiner at Emory Universit...Pairing nanoparticles with proteins
...nanoparticle-protein complexes can be used to help decipher protein structures, to identify functional parts o...d nanoparticles can enhance scientists' ability to decipher the structures and functionally important regions of protein molecules - the workhorses that carry o...New method for reading DNA sheds light on basis of cell identity
...ontrolling which genes get turned on or off. To decipher this epigenetic code requires ways of determining precisely which chromatin proteins sit at which locations along a cells DNA. In principle, scientists could infer the locations by using specialized DNA chips. In practice, though, the technique has p......l allow the detection of new genes. The plan is to decipher the genomes of at least 1001 Arabidopsis varieties. A new instrument, with which the entire genome of a plant can be read in just a few days, is already available. Still missing are the computational algorithms to interpret the anticipated flood of d...UF, French scientists seek test to detect gene doping in athletes
...jor objective of the UF-French collaboration is to decipher the structure of AAV, a virus commonly used to deliver genes into the body for therapeutic purposes. Gene doping would enter the body through a similar route, but scientists say the two procedures are as different as night and day from a therapeutic ...