Save
Email
Print
Share
RSSBrowse News Stories
21 to 30 of 1,159 stories
view headlines only
-
Counting Copy Numbers Characterizes Prostate Cancer
April 5, 2013 — Non-invasive ‘liquid biopsies’ can find metastatic or recurrent prostate cancer, in a low cost assay suitable for most healthcare systems, finds new research. Genomic signatures of ... > full story -
Seeds of Model Cereal Plant Now Available
April 5, 2013 — Seeds of the model cereal plant Brachypodium distachyon are now available to the international scientific ... > full story -
Autism Linked to Increased Genetic Change in Regions of Genome Instability
April 3, 2013 — Children with autism have increased levels of genetic change in regions of the genome prone to DNA rearrangements, so called "hotspots," according to a new research discovery. The research has ... > full story -
DNA: How to Unravel the Tangle
March 29, 2013 — A chromosome is rarely found in the shape we are used to seeing in biology books, that is to say the typical double rod shape (the X pattern, to put it simply). It is usually “diluted” in ... > full story -
Common Gene Variants Explain 42% of Antidepressant Response
March 28, 2013 — Antidepressants are commonly prescribed for the treatment of depression, but many individuals do not experience symptom relief from treatment. New research found that only approximately one-third of ... > full story -
Advance in Describing the Conformation of Proteins That Do Not Have a Defined Structure
March 27, 2013 — Scientists have paved the way towards describing the conformation of proteins that do not have a defined structure. In new research, they show how structural and theoretical techniques can be ... > full story -
Potential Chagas Vaccine Candidate Shows Unprecedented Efficacy
March 26, 2013 — Scientists are getting closer to a Chagas disease vaccine, something many believed impossible only 10 years ago. New research has resulted in a safe vaccine candidate that is simple to produce and ... > full story -
Latest Genomic Studies of Wheat Sheds New Light on Crop Adaptation and Domestication
March 26, 2013 — The latest genomic studies of wheat sheds new light on crop adaptation and domestication. The two projects sequenced and analyzed two ancestral wheat genomes of Triticum urartu and Aegilops tauschii, ... > full story -
You Don't 'Own' Your Own Genes: Researchers Raise Alarm About Loss of Individual 'Genomic Liberty' Due to Gene Patents
March 26, 2013 — Humans don't "own" their own genes, the cellular chemicals that define who they are and what diseases they might be at risk for. Through more than 40,000 patents on DNA molecules, companies have ... > full story -
Novel Insights Into the Evolution of Protein Networks
March 21, 2013 — System-wide networks of proteins are indispensable for organisms. Function and evolution of these networks are among the most fascinating research questions in biology. Researchers have reconstructed ... > full story
Search ScienceDaily
Number of stories in archives: 137,427
more 
