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Research Reveals Cancer-Suppressing Protein 'Multitasks'
May 9, 2013 The understanding of how a powerful protein called p53 protects against cancer development has been upended by a new ... > full story -
Studies Generate Comprehensive List of Genes Required by Innate System to Defend Sex Cells
May 9, 2013 Investigators have published studies revealing many previously unknown components of an innate system that defends sex cells -- the carriers of inheritance across generations -- from the ravages of ... > full story -
Dad's Genome More Ready at Fertilization Than Mom's Is -- But Hers Catches Up
May 9, 2013 Researchers have discovered that while the genes provided by the father arrive at fertilization pre-programmed to the state needed by the embryo, the genes provided by the mother are in a different ... > full story -
Genes Define the Interaction of Social Amoeba and Bacteria
May 9, 2013 Researchers have used the model of the social amoeba -- Dictyostelium discoideum -- to identify the genetic controls on how the amoeba differentiate the different bacteria and respond to achieve ... > full story -
Your Immune System: On Surveillance in the War Against Cancer
May 9, 2013 New research looks at gene expression profiling in breast ... > full story -
Scientists Find Key to Gene-Silencing Activity
May 8, 2013 Scientists have found how to boost or inhibit a gene-silencing mechanism that normally serves as a major controller of cells’ activities. The discovery could lead to a powerful new class of ... > full story -
Game-Changing Discovery of Gene Mutation That Causes Sturge-Weber Syndrome, Port-Wine Stain Birthmarks Offers New Hope
May 8, 2013 Researchers have discovered the cause -- a genetic mutation that occurs before birth -- of Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) and port-wine stain birthmarks. SWS is a rare disorder affecting approximately ... > full story -
Two Genes That Combine to Cause Rare Syndrome Identified
May 8, 2013 Mutations in genes that regulate cellular metabolism found in families with ataxia, dementia and reproductive ... > full story -
Save the Parrots: Macaw Genome Sequenced
May 8, 2013 In a groundbreaking move that provides new insight into avian evolution, biology and conservation, researchers have successfully sequenced the complete genome of a Scarlet macaw for the first ... > full story -
Biologist Maps the Family Tree of All Known Snake and Lizard Groups
May 8, 2013 Biologists have created the first large-scale evolutionary family tree for every snake and lizard around the ... > full story
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