Computational Biology News

Posted June 14, 2013:

• Using Math to Kill Cancer Cells

Posted June 13, 2013:

• Gene Variants May Predict Who Will Benefit from Breast Cancer Prevention Drugs

Posted June 10, 2013:

• Hairpin Turn: Micro-RNA Plays Role in Wood Formation
• Self-Fertilizing Plants Contribute to Their Own Demise

Posted June 7, 2013:

• Common Genetic Disease Linked to Father's Age

Posted June 6, 2013:

• Math Technique De-Clutters Cancer-Cell Data, Revealing Tumor Evolution, Treatment Leads
• Metabolic Model of E. Coli Reveals How Bacterial Growth Responds to Temperature Change
• Evolutionary History of a Cancer-Related Gene

Posted June 5, 2013:

• First Evidence That the Genome Can Adapt to Temperature Changes

Posted May 23, 2013:

• Advanced Biological Computer Developed
• Genomic Analysis Lends Insight to Prostate Cancer
• Biochemistry: Unspooling DNA from Nucleosomal Disks

Posted May 21, 2013:

• Minus Environment, Patterns Still Emerge: Computational Study Tracks E. Coli Cells' Regulatory Mechanisms

Posted May 20, 2013:

• Archaeological Genetics: It's Not All as Old as It at First Seems
• Bionimbus Protected Data Cloud to Enable Researchers to Analyze Cancer Data

Posted May 14, 2013:

• Mining the Botulinum Genome

Posted May 13, 2013:

• Photonic Quantum Computers: A Brighter Future Than Ever

Posted May 10, 2013:

• Sacred Lotus Genome Sequence Enlightens Scientists

Posted May 9, 2013:

• Mapping the Embryonic Epigenome: How Genes Are Turned on and Off During Early Human Development

Posted May 1, 2013:

• Computer Algorithms Help Find Cancer Connections
• Genomics to Reshape Endometrial Cancer Treatment

Posted April 29, 2013:

• Modeling Disease Spread, Including Flu

Posted April 25, 2013:

• Periodic Bursts of Genetic Mutations Drive Prostate Cancer

Posted April 24, 2013:

• Remembering the Race for the Secret of Life

Posted April 18, 2013:

• Ethnicity May Influence Antibody Genes: Immunity-Related DNA Sections Could Vary Depending on Ethnicity
• Three Mutations at BRCA1 Gene Responsible for Breast and Ovarian Hereditary Cancer Identified

Posted April 17, 2013:

• New Keyboard for Touchscreens Enables Faster Thumb-Typing

Posted April 15, 2013:

• Tulip Tree Reveals Mitochondrial Genome of Ancestral Flowering Plant

Posted April 10, 2013:

• Predicting the Next Eye Pathogen: Analysis of a Novel Adenovirus

Posted April 9, 2013:

• Subtle Hallmarks of Psychiatric Illness Can Reveal Themselves Even Remotely

Posted April 5, 2013:

• Counting Copy Numbers Characterizes Prostate Cancer
• Seeds of Model Cereal Plant Now Available

Posted April 3, 2013:

• Autism Linked to Increased Genetic Change in Regions of Genome Instability

Posted March 29, 2013:

• DNA: How to Unravel the Tangle

Posted March 28, 2013:

• Common Gene Variants Explain 42% of Antidepressant Response

Posted March 27, 2013:

• Advance in Describing the Conformation of Proteins That Do Not Have a Defined Structure

Posted March 26, 2013:

• Potential Chagas Vaccine Candidate Shows Unprecedented Efficacy
• Latest Genomic Studies of Wheat Sheds New Light on Crop Adaptation and Domestication
• You Don't 'Own' Your Own Genes: Researchers Raise Alarm About Loss of Individual 'Genomic Liberty' Due to Gene Patents

Posted March 21, 2013:

• Novel Insights Into the Evolution of Protein Networks

Posted March 14, 2013:

• New Sensor Developed for Methylated DNA

Posted March 13, 2013:

• Whole Genome Sequencing of Wild Rice Reveals the Mechanisms Underlying Oryza Genome Evolution

Posted March 12, 2013:

• Havoc in Biology’s Most-Used Human Cell Line: Striking Differences Between HeLa Genome and That of Normal Human Cells

Posted March 7, 2013:

• Scientists Catch Evolving Germs and Cancer Cells Early

Posted March 5, 2013:

• Spinal Tap -- Using Cactus Spines to Isolate DNA
• Molecular Coordination in Evolution

Posted March 3, 2013:

• Seven Genetic Risk Factors Found to Be Associated With Common Eye Disorder

Posted February 28, 2013:

• DNA's Twisted Communication

Posted February 27, 2013:

• Louse Genetics Offer Clues on Human Migrations

Posted February 24, 2013:

• Taking the Gamble out of DNA Sequencing: How Much Can Be Learned in a Large-Scale Experiment

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