Articles Tagged “Genes”
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Draft Potato Genome Based On Unique Potato Variety
The Potato Genome Sequencing Consortium (PGSC), an international team of scientists from industry and academia in 14 countries, has released a draft sequence of the potato genome with the help of a Virginia Tech researcher.…
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Active Genes Discovered In The Developing Mammal Brain
A study by scientists at Penn State provides new information about the genes that are involved in a mammal’s early brain development, including those that contribute to neurological disorders. The study is the first to…
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Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria Found In Fertilizer, Finds Study Of Swedish Sewage Sludge
Vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) have been found in sewage sludge, a by-product of waste-water treatment frequently used as a fertilizer. Researchers writing in the open access journal Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica point out the danger of…
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Genes involved in moisture sensing discovered
Researchers in the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine have discovered the first two genes involved in moisture sensing (hygrosensation). The discovery also reveals a “two-sensor” hygrosensing system in…
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Molecular Medical Research Points To Treatment Of Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Spinal muscular atrophy is the second most prevalent genetic cause of infant death in the UK, after cystic fibrosis. Studies show that between 1:50 and 1:34 of the population are carriers of the disease, and…
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Epilepsy Genes May Cancel Each Other
Inheriting two genetic mutations that can individually cause epilepsy might actually be “seizure-protective,” said Baylor College of Medicine researchers in a report that appears in the journal Nature Neuroscience. “In the genetics of the brain,…
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Human Embryonic Stem Cells Remain Embryonic Because Of Epigenetic Factors
A human embryonic stem cell is reined in — prevented from giving up its unique characteristics of self-renewal and pluripotency — by the presence of a protein modification that stifles any genes that would prematurely…