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Do Long-Lived Crops Differ from Annual Crops in Their Genetic Response to Human Domestication?
September 27, 2011 — Most of what we have come to think of as our daily fruits, vegetables, and grains were domesticated from wild ancestors. Over hundreds and thousands of years, humans have selected and bred plants for ... > full story -
Structure of a Molecular Copy Machine: How Mitochondrial Genes Are Transcribed
September 26, 2011 — Mitochondria are compartments within cells and have their own DNA. The key protein required for the expression of the genetic information in this DNA is the mitochondrial RNA polymerase enzyme. Its ... > full story -
Rogue Receptor Opens Door for Rare Kidney Disease
September 25, 2011 — Effects of a particularly devastating human kidney disease may be blunted by making a certain cellular protein receptor much less receptive, according to new ... > full story -
GM Food Solutions at Risk from Lobbyists, Experts Say
September 23, 2011 — Powerful lobby groups opposed to genetically modified (GM) food are threatening public acceptance of the technology in Europe, research ... > full story -
Bionic Bacteria May Help Make New Drugs, Biofuels: Artificially Enhanced Bacteria Capable of Producing New Kinds of Synthetic Chemicals
September 21, 2011 — A strain of genetically enhanced bacteria developed by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies may pave the way for new synthetic drugs and new ways of manufacturing medicines and ... > full story -
Twin Study Reveals Epigenetic Alterations of Psychiatric Disorders
September 21, 2011 — In the first study to systematically investigate genome-wide epigenetic differences in a large number of psychosis discordant twin-pairs, new research provides further evidence that epigenetic ... > full story -
Researchers Create First Human Heart Cells That Can Be Paced With Light
September 20, 2011 — Researchers have for the first time engineered human heart cells that can be paced with light using a technology called optogenetics. In the near term, say the researchers, the advance will provide ... > full story -
Stem Cells, Potential Source of Cancer-Fighting T Cells
September 20, 2011 — Adult stem cells from mice converted to antigen-specific T cells -- the immune cells that fight cancer tumor cells -- show promise in cancer immunotherapy and may lead to a simpler, more efficient ... > full story -
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The Benefits of Biotech to Agriculture
September 19, 2011 — The biotech industry boosted farming across the globe to the tune of almost $65 billion during the period 1996 to 2009, according to the latest analysis. $65 billion is the increase in net ... > full story -
Unraveling a New Regulator of Cystic Fibrosis
September 19, 2011 — Cystic fibrosis is caused by a genetic defect in a chloride channel called cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductase regulator. Although scientists do not fully understand how or why this defect ... > full story
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