Size and positioning of floral anthers facilitates pollen collection by bees
...cement, and timingmay be controlled by networks of genes as well as by regulatory sequences that do not enc...a on the expression patterns for a large number of genes across many different families of flowering plants. Starting with Linnaeus, plants and animals w...U-M, Israeli scientists report major advance in search for genes associated with colon cancer
...ed important new information in the search for the genes that make a person more likely to develop colon cancer. In a paper to be published in the July issue of Cancer Biology and Therapy, the international research team reports finding a significant link between genetic variation in a single region of h...Study identifies a common genetic risk factor for colorectal and prostate cancer
...ed in a region of the human genome devoid of known genes on chromosome 8. The studys complete findings will be published in the July 8 online edition of Nature Genetics. This is an important finding because, for the first time, a common genetic risk factor for multiple cancers has been identified, says ...Size and positioning of floral anthers facilitates
...cement, and timingmay be controlled by networks of genes as well as by regulatory sequences that do not enc...a on the expression patterns for a large number of genes across many different families of flowering plants. Starting with Linnaeus, plants and animals we...Rapid evolution of defense genes in plants may produce hybrid incompatibility
...family, and found that it is associated with plant genes that respond to pathogen attack. Plants must fr...insect predators. Such stresses mobilize defense genes that initiate physiological responses that help the plants to survive. One such response is program...A gene that protects from kidney disease
...h in the adult kidney. It does so by shutting down genes that initiate cell death and that are only require...ring with GLIS2 function reactivates these harmful genes the result being that large numbers of kidney cells die. The organ shrinks and changes in its archit...Elevated CO2 in atmosphere weakens defenses of soybeans to herbivores
...e proteinase inhibitors (CystPls) expressed in the genes decreased when soybeans were exposed to elevated C...he investigation also determined the expression of genes that regulate two of the soybeans defensive hormones, jasmonic acid and ethylene. The results showe...Chronic fatigue -- clues in the blood
...nducted. The team studied the expression of 30,000 genes in the blood, testing each of the 15 individuals b...o narrow its findings to the expression of just 35 genes whose pattern of expression correlated closely with the key symptoms of the illness when examined fr...Sea anemone genome provides new view of our multi-celled ancestors
...mparing genomes, it is now possible to infer which genes were present in this ancient progenitor and how th...nd vertebrate genomes have retained many ancestral genes that flies and nematode worms apparently lost over time. The genes of flies and worms also have been...New 'asthma gene' could lead to new therapies
...ildhood asthma. The researchers also looked at how genes were being expressed within human blood cells. The...rently preparing even bigger studies to find other genes of smaller effect and to relate these to environmental factors that increase asthma risk." Profess......ose, or fat, tissue and engineer them into suicide genes that seek out and destroy tumors like tiny homing missiles. This gene therapy approach is a novel way to attack small tumor metastases that evade current detection techniques and treatments, the researchers conclude in the July 1 issue of Cancer Re...Gene variations directly link inflammation to an increased risk for lung cancer
Variations in two genes related to inflammation may be a major risk factor...M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. The effect of these genes is especially strong among heavy smokers, suggesting that the inflammatory response is important in ...Waging war on the deadliest superbug
...losTron knock out system which can target specific genes in C. diff and other clostridial species. For the ...m can still cause disease. Until now knocking out genes has been very difficult to do. Our breakthrough ClosTron technology now makes gene knock-out very q...Researchers discover method for identifying how cancer evades the immune system
...researchers describe a means for determining which genes have been altered in a tumor to allow it to evade ... the researchers discovered that a small subset of genes is integral in explaining immunological behavior. Using real-time PCR (rtPCR), a high-speed gen...New clue why MS affects African-Americans differently than Caucasians
...in genetic background. It remains possible that genes are unevenly distributed between ethnic groups to ...ent genetic studies have begun to identify certain genes which may explain why African Americans experience more disability, but the products of these genes ...The Cancer Genome Atlas awards funds for technology development
...e of the DNA molecule, can change the way in which genes interact with the transcriptional machinery that turns genes on or off. Columbia University, New York; Benjamin Tycko, M.D., Ph.D.; $443,000; Genomic and Ep...CU researchers solve mystery of how DNA strands separate
...te to start a process called replication, in which genes copy themselves. The research, published in the current issue of the journal Cell, examined the role of an enzyme called a helicase, which plays a major role in separating DNA strands so that replication of a single strand can occur. Scientists have ...M. D. Anderson team identifies new oncogene for brain cancer
...viral particles infect only glial cells, where the genes are expressed. This system allows the researcher...fuels cell growth and survival. None of the three genes caused brain cancer formation when delivered alone. The researchers tried a combination of Akt and I...Doing nature one better: Expanding the genetic code in living mammalian cells
...ore complicated. Simply transferring the bacterial genes into mammalian cells doesnt work since they flat out refuse to produce bacterial tRNAs. While it is easy to screen large numbers of mutated aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases in bacteria and yeast, it cant be done in mammalian cells in the same way. But Wang...Stressed-out African naked mole-rats may provide clues about human infertility
...can mole-rat species, we are also researching into genes that may give rise to the quite different forms of...nogamy and promiscuity can be influenced by single genes that differ among species in their patterns of expression in the brain. Humans also vary widely in...