Genetics

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Genetics

What will genomic technologies lead to?

Today, having the opportunity to read the genome, we have a lot of information – what to do with it? How to use this information in life?

23.04.2013
Genetics

Taming Cancer telomerase

Many researchers believe that the cancer problem can be solved by suppressing telomerase activity in malignant cells. Scientists from the University of Texas offer their own way of taming cancer telomerases.

23.04.2013
Genetics

Obesity and the seven genes

Mutations in one or two of these genes lead to mild metabolic disorders and the development of mild forms of obesity. Extreme forms of obesity develop in cases where a large number of such mutations are present in the genome.

08.04.2013
Genetics

Will the state eugenics program make the Chinese smarter?

A program has been launched in China, the purpose of which is to identify the genes responsible for powerful intelligence. If successful, this will allow potential parents to choose the most "smart" ones from their own embryos.

29.03.2013
Genetics

Parkinson's disease: are we treating or crippling?

Low expression of alpha-synuclein is associated with worse prognoses for the course of Parkinson's disease, which casts doubt on the efficacy and safety of new, considered promising, methods of treating this disease.

22.03.2013
Genetics

Better than endless horror

A resident of the USA decided to remove her colon: four of her relatives died of intestinal cancer within a few years, and gene analysis confirmed the presence of a mutation in Lynn herself, which dramatically increases her chances of getting sick.

14.03.2013
Genetics

Genome sequencing for dummies

Sequencing is a common name for methods that allow you to establish the sequence of nucleotides in a DNA molecule.

19.02.2013
Genetics

Life expectancy is affected by the number of copies of genes

By comparing a large number of DNA samples from children and elderly people, researchers identified genes whose copy number variation affects life expectancy by increasing or decreasing the risk of developing diseases.

06.02.2013
Genetics

Epigenetic heredity – how, where, when?

Although the precursors of sperm and eggs are very effective in removing methylation markers from DNA, sometimes they can be mistaken, which allows epigenetic information to be inherited.

28.01.2013
Genetics

How does the flu "timer" work?

The discovery of American scientists can contribute to the creation of a new type of drugs that will disrupt the "internal alarm clock" of the flu, preventing its spread through the body, and the development of new methods of vaccination.

24.01.2013
Genetics

Once again to the question of biohackers

A group of biologists from the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge (USA) has convincingly demonstrated that the identity of anonymous volunteers can be easily calculated using publicly available data on the Internet.

18.01.2013
Genetics

Reconstruction of appearance by DNA

A chip containing hundreds of thousands of short DNA sequences will allow criminologists to obtain data on the origin, gender and color of the suspect's eyes and hair. And a total of 24 snips can determine the color of the eyes and hair of a person who died thousands of years ago.

14.01.2013
Genetics

Eternally young giants

Changing the expression of just one gene keeps tobacco plants forever young and increases their growth several times. Currently, researchers are trying to apply the developed approach to potatoes.

10.01.2013
Genetics

The Pitfalls of Personalized Medicine

Before personalized medicine becomes a reality, society needs to think through a lot of ethical, legal, economic and social issues.

10.01.2013