Articles Tagged “Gene”
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How a class of proteins from plant pathogenic bacteria find and bind specific sequences in plant genomes
In the two and a half years since Adam Bogdanove, professor at Iowa State University in the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, along with Matthew Moscou, a former graduate student in that department, discovered…
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Short spiral-shaped proteins can efficiently deliver DNA segments to cells
Clinical gene therapy may be one step closer, thanks to a new twist on an old class of molecules. A group of University of Illinois researchers, led by professors Jianjun Cheng and Fei Wang, have…
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Gene therapy as an alternative to conventional treatment of haemophilia
A recent experiment showed that a single gene therapy session stimulates the secretion of vital role coagulation factor, offering hope of finding a permanent cure for hemophilia. Haemophilia is a congenital (inborn), Inherited and characterized…
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Scientists Show How Men Amp Up Their X Chromosome
Vive la différence? Not at the level of DNA. Men must increase gene expression on their lone X-chromosome to match the two X’s possessed by women. A new study explains just how men manage to…
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Gene Responsible for Color Patterns in Mice
Scientists at Harvard University are moving closer to answering some age-old questions. How did the leopard get its spots? How did the zebra get its stripes? The answer may be a gene called Agouti, which…
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Antifreeze Proteins: How One Gene Becomes Two (With Different Functions)
Researchers report that they are the first to show in molecular detail how one gene evolved two competing functions that eventually split up — via gene duplication — to pursue their separate destinies. The study,…
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Greed is in our genes?
So suggest the results of a study conducted at the University of Bonn, Germany: about 25% of people are carriers of a gene that predisposes them to be “strong hand”. There are some, indeed, people…
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Researchers find a ‘liberal gene’
Liberals may owe their political outlook partly to their genetic make-up, based on new research from the University of California, San diego, and Harvard University. Ideology is affected not just by social factors, but also…
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Scientists Identify New Regulatory Protein Complex With Unexpected Behaviour
Throughout embryonic development, proteins known as Polycomb group complexes turn genes off when and where their activity should not be present, preventing specialised tissues and organs from forming within the wrong places. They also play…
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Genetics Impact on Medical Practice
Since the discovery of gene sequencing in the late 1970s, it was predicted that genetics would revolutionise medicine and provide answers to the causes of many of our common killers. But has genetic research delivered…
