Missing breast cancer genes may soon be discovered
...the protein sequence used by COSMIC. Mutations are mapped to these standard sequences. Recently, information about patients lifestyle, ethnicity and tumour characteristics have been incorporated into tables. Grouping of information, for example, ethnicity can be done and even more complex features such as ...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
...ng pattern with olfactory receptors neurons (ORNs) mapped in an odorant-receptor-specific manner onto projection neurons (PNs) of the antennal lobe. Berdnik et al. tested the stability of wiring in the adult fly with a clever strategy in which they genetically ablated specific classes of ORNs. Because ORNs ...One gene provides fruit fly both antenna and color vision
...at the Duncan laboratory provided, Desplan's group mapped the regulatory region in the spineless gene that drives the random pattern mechanism. "Nobody knew what controlled this random pattern," said Dianne Duncan. "Now we know it's spineless. We've known for a while that spineless has several sensory f...Research updates 65-year-old genetic discovery
...er compound known as phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) was mapped in human genes. "That gene was found to be controlling whether you can taste PTC or not," says Stone, an associate professor in ASU's School of Human Evolution and Social Change in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. "We decided to look at this...Ancient DNA provides clues to the evolution of social behavior
...onne Chan, lead author of the PLoS Genetics study, mapped the rodent population through time. Her results show that over the last 10,000 years, the once dominant colonial tuco-tuco, C. sociabilis, was gradually crowded out of the northern cave area by a larger species of tuco-tuco, C. haigi. Around 3,000 ye...Mapping the foundation of human development
...ity's Douglas Melton and MIT's David Gifford, have mapped how a key developmental ingredient controls the genome. The mouse results will be published in the April 20 issue of Nature, and the human results will be published in the April 21 issue of Cell. "These papers are a major step forward in our eff...Discoveries should aid research into cause of ALS
...sor at Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine, mapped the first ALS gene to chromosome 21. Subsequently, they found that mutations in the SOD1 gene are responsible for 20 percent of familial (inherited) ALS cases. Siddique and his colleagues also made the first ALS transgenic mouse models. Although mor...The greenbeards have blue throats in a breakthrough study of the evolution of altruistic behavior
... tracked 18 generations of lizards so far and have mapped the locations of genes that coordinate reproductive behavior and throat color, as well as "genetic self-recognition"--the ability to recognize other individuals with the same gene complex. The researchers used genetic tests to determine the paternit...Children's Hospital Boston presents at the 2006 Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting
...egler and colleagues at Children's Hospital Boston mapped out the injury rates in 503 zip code areas, and found 39 "million dollar" zip codes that accounted for the highest pediatric injury rates and 30% of all hospital charges. Their zip-code map should be a useful guide for focusing scant injury-preventio...No-mow grass may be coming to your yard soon
... -- and more -- seems plausible as scientists have mapped a critical hormone signaling pathway that regulates the stature of plants. In addition to lawns that rarely require mowing, the finding could also enable the development of sturdier, more fruitful crop plants such as rice, wheat, soybeans, and corn. ......t as the vast majority of the ocean remains poorly mapped and unexplored even off Miami these potentially important areas remained unseen. In December 2005, as part of the NOAA Ocean Exploration program, Rosenstiel School researchers, led by Professors Grasmueck and Gregor Eberli, began mapping deepwater ...Drug discovery team to explore newly discovered deep-sea reefs
...t as the vast majority of the ocean remains poorly mapped and unexplored--even off Miami--these potentially important areas remained unseen.In December of 2005, as part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations Ocean Exploration program, University of Miami researchers, led by geophysicist Mar......ng the 1400 different proteins that can be clearly mapped onto individual cell organs, around 40% of them also appear in other cell organs. This result can be compared with studies on yeast cells. Their proteins have stayed "true" to their cell organelles over the course of evolution. Their localisation has...Surprising symbiosis: Glassy-winged sharpshooter eats with friends
...icola bacteria. A large amount of the leftover DNA mapped to another bacterium, S. muelleri. Sure enough, when they pooled the bits of sample DNA that came from S. muelleri, the team found all the essential amino acid synthesis pathways. "When doing this type of forensic metagenomics, some scientists sugge...Science researchers catch an early bird
...ut Gansus' place in the bird family tree. "When we mapped ecology onto our evolutionary tree, a pattern became apparent that species leading up to modern birds are mostly aquatic," Lamanna says. However, some early members of the modern bird group probably made a quick reversal to land living, according to ...Molecular 'brake' found for neurofibromatosis 1
...volution," Heitman said. "Now that scientists have mapped the entire genome of the baker's yeast we study, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, we are able to look for human gene equivalents using all the latest experimental methods that have been developed over the years using yeasts."...A candidate gene for familial idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis identified
...ed haplotypes were seen. These five loci were fine mapped with 63 markers in an extended data set. After fine mapping the researchers did not detect the linkage to the loci on chromosomes 3, 9, 12, and 13. On chromosome 4q31.1 the NPL score increased to 2.1, and one third of the affected families (8/24) ...Centuries of land-use practices profoundly impact earth system, UNH scientists report
...ons of land-use practices yet, including the first mapped estimates of the effects of shifting agriculture, logging, and secondary recovering lands. "Land-use activities are known to have added large amounts of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, altered surface reflectivity, and led to habitat alteration a...How purple corn and RNA break genetic laws
...for the B' allele to silence B-I. The scientists mapped mop1's location on one of the corn's chromosomes and cloned the gene. The mop1 gene makes an enzyme called RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RDRP). Mutant mop1 genes can't produce the enzyme. The team had previously suspected a role for RNA, best know...UCLA scientists strengthen case for life more than 3.8 billion years ago
...artment of Earth and Space Sciences, painstakingly mapped an area on Akilia Island in West Greenland where a...th a clipboard, maps, a compass and grid paper. We mapped it like an archeologist would map it," Manning said. "It became clear that these rocks that hosted l...