Computational Biology News

Posted July 29, 2010:

• Unexpected Viral 'Fossils' Found in Vertebrate Genomes

Posted July 27, 2010:

• Genomes Behave as Social Entities: Alien Chromatin Minorities Evolve Through Specificities Reduction

Posted July 22, 2010:

• Math Model of Colon Inflammation Singles out Dangerous Immune Cells

Posted July 19, 2010:

• Bioinformatics Used to Detect Rogue Use of Synthetic Biology

Posted July 12, 2010:

• Prostate Cancer Risk Variant Found to Be in a Functional DNA Sequence Linked With Disease

Posted July 6, 2010:

• New Technology Reduces Storage Needs and Costs for Genomic Data

Posted July 2, 2010:

• Cell Signaling Classification System Gives Researchers New Tool
• Wallabies and Bats Harbor 'Fossil' Genes from the Most Deadly Family of Human Viruses

Posted July 1, 2010:

• Tibetan Adaptation to High Altitude Occurred in Less Than 3,000 Years

Posted June 30, 2010:

• Pathologists Call for New Training Program to Support Personalized Medicine

Posted June 24, 2010:

• Profiling Prostate Cancer

Posted June 22, 2010:

• Sequencing of the Human Body Louse Genome: Important Step Toward Control of Disease-Vector Insect
• New Genetic Analysis Reveals Principles of Phenotypic Expression

Posted June 20, 2010:

• Bioengineers Create Simulator to Test Blood Platelets in Virtual Heart Attacks

Posted June 17, 2010:

• Fuzzy Logic Predicts Cell Aging

Posted June 16, 2010:

• New World Helicobacter Pylori Genome Sequenced, Dynamics of Inflammation-Related Genes Revealed

Posted June 11, 2010:

• Contrary to Popular Models, Sugar Is Not Burned by Self-Control Tasks

Posted June 8, 2010:

• Government Funding for Synthetic Biology on the Rise

Posted June 7, 2010:

• Ancient Viral Invasion Shaped Human Genome

Posted June 3, 2010:

• 3-D Models of BP Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico Made Using Ranger Supercomputer

Posted June 1, 2010:

• New System Using Bacterial Communities to Solve Complex Problems

Posted May 31, 2010:

• Powerful Genome Barcoding System Reveals Large-Scale Variation in Human DNA
• Computational Model Being Developed for Estimating Populations of Large Carnivores

Posted May 28, 2010:

• How Whales Have Changed Over 35 Million Years

Posted May 26, 2010:

• Genetic Data Added to Archaeology and Linguistics to Get Picture of African Population History

Posted May 25, 2010:

• New Quality Control Tool for Microbial Genomes

Posted May 24, 2010:

• Using Fish to Illuminate the Architecture of Inherited Disease

Posted May 20, 2010:

• Human Microbiome Project: Diversity of Human Microbes Greater Than Previously Predicted
• First Realistic Simulation of DNA Unfolding

Posted May 19, 2010:

• Big Bang in the Protein Universe?

Posted May 18, 2010:

• Between the Genes: Making Sense of Genomic 'Dark Matter'
• Advancing the Nuclear Enterprise Through Better Computing

Posted May 12, 2010:

• First Large-Scale Formal Quantitative Test Confirms Darwin's Theory of Universal Common Ancestry

Posted May 10, 2010:

• New Insights Into Genomics of Speciation

Posted May 6, 2010:

• New Genes Involved in Human Eye Color Identified
• Complete Neanderthal Genome Sequenced: DNA Signatures Found in Present-Day Europeans and Asians, but Not in Africans
• Neandertal Genome Sequence Published in Science

Posted May 5, 2010:

• Researchers Crack 'Splicing Code,' Solve a Mystery Underlying Biological Complexity

Posted May 4, 2010:

• Informatics Moves Into Nanomedicine

Posted May 3, 2010:

• Genetic Makeup of Hispanic/Latino Americans Influenced by Native American, European and African-American Ancestries
• Ku70 Shown to Be Critical Regulator of DNA Damage in Huntington's Disease

Posted May 2, 2010:

• New Tool Enables Wider Analyses of Genome 'Deep Sequencing'

Posted April 30, 2010:

• Scientists Uncover Transfer of Genetic Material Between Blood-Sucking Insect and Mammals

Posted April 29, 2010:

• US Environmental Protection Agency Opens Access to Chemical Information
• Jumping Elements Can Become Incorporated in Genome at Different Stages of Development

Posted April 28, 2010:

• Hypertensive Rat Genome Sequence Expected to Uncover Genetic Basis of Human Hypertension

Posted April 27, 2010:

• Researchers Preparing for Blue Waters: Most Powerful Supercomputer in the World
• Paper Wasps and Honey Bees Share a Genetic Toolkit

Posted April 22, 2010:

• Several Different Species of Killer Whales Likely

Posted April 16, 2010:

• Scientists Discover New Genetic Sub-Code

Search ScienceDaily