Genetics

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Genetics

The sixth culprit of achromatopsia has been found

A rare disease that turns the world into an illuminated black-and–white photograph arises due to mutations in five previously known genes, and, as it turned out, in another one - ATF6.

02.06.2015
Genetics

"Family tree" of prostate cancer: details

New data on the molecular mechanisms of cancer metastasis and the development of resistance to therapy may be useful for the development of new drugs that block the pathways of resistance development.

02.06.2015
Genetics

How was the DNA decoded

The creator of the DNA reading method became the only scientist who twice received the Nobel Prize in the same field.

01.06.2015
Genetics

Search for "pharmaceutical" genes

Kazan Federal University, together with the RIKEN Research Institute (Japan), will begin to conduct unique research in the field of medicine.

01.06.2015
Genetics

The risk of genetic testing

Modern genetic tests cannot yet predict the risk of developing diseases with high accuracy. Scientists ask patients to be skeptical about the results of genetic tests and not to make important medical decisions in accordance with them.

29.05.2015
Genetics

Two more nucleotides were added to the genetic alphabet

The authors of the study have already synthesized DNA consisting of six nucleotides – the usual G, A, C and T, as well as new ones – Z and P. Scientists hope that their research data will expand the possibilities of synthetic biology.

28.05.2015
Genetics

Binge mutation

American geneticists have found out that the cause of binge drinking can be mutations and damage in the gene GIRK3, disabling which in the body of mice turned them into binge alcoholics.

12.05.2015
Genetics

When the dog fertilizes the grass…

Fines for dog feces left on the street are very large, but this measure has not been effective enough. Now the excrement of dogs will be sent for DNA analysis. Thus, the authorities intend to fight against unscrupulous owners of animals

29.04.2015
Genetics

How to organize genomic data

A new technique for processing very large arrays of NetWAS data increases the power of genome-wide association studies and makes it possible to identify genes whose mutations underlie complex human diseases.

29.04.2015
Genetics

Why did mammoths become extinct?

In the last mammoths that lived on Wrangel Island, anomalies, mutations and deformities increased as a result of closely related interbreeding. The researchers came to these results by fully reading the genomes of two mammoths.

24.04.2015
Genetics

Genetic indicator of aging

Scientists from MIPT and the Institute of Biology of the KNC RAS in Syktyvkar have developed a combined indicator of genetic processes associated with aging, which they called DDLD (DNA Damage Level Differential, the differential level of DNA damage).

21.04.2015
Genetics

Eating disorders: not only psychology, but also genetics

American geneticists have found that bulimia and anorexia are associated with a breakdown in the ESRRA gene, which is associated with the female hormone estrogen and controls the work of those parts of the brain that control appetite and social behavior.

21.04.2015
Genetics

Alzheimer's disease and cardiovascular diseases

An international team of researchers has demonstrated a partial coincidence between the genetic variants associated with Alzheimer's disease and two significant risk factors for the development of diseases of the cardiovascular system.

20.04.2015
Genetics

Evolution from the Negro to the Dutchman

Two recent studies touch on the problem of natural selection among Homo sapiens, which I would really like to believe in, even if it is politically incorrect.

17.04.2015
Genetics

The rats that root for us

Laboratory rats are an excellent object for modeling a large number of human diseases, studying pathological processes, creating medicines and developing preventive measures.

14.04.2015