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Biotechnology Information (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
A postdoctoral research fellowship is available through the Ecological Genomics Institute ( www.k-state.edu/ecogen ) at Kansas State University (K-State). Our interdisciplinary Institute seeks to understand responses of organisms to their natural environment by combining functional genomic and ecological/evolutionary approaches. The postdoctoral fellow will have access to excellent university...
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Gene Expression (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Pigementation is turning out to be one of the most tractable phenotypes for genome-wide association studies-- a new paper from Decode identifies another couple loci that influence various aspects of hair and skin pigment. These add to the growing list of pigmentation genes in Europeans--I've not done the math, but these loci must account for some sizeable chunk of the total genetic variance in these...
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Newswise (Free subscription) | yesterday
Researchers at the West Virginia University School of Medicine have discovered ways to block substances that interfere with absorption of nutrients in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The discovery could lead to new treatments to replace steroids. The most common chronic disease affecting the human small intestine, IBD affects more than a million people in this country and many more...
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Gene Expression (Free subscription) | yesterday
... for ST and 48% for the combined music test scores. Significant evidence of linkage was obtained on chromosome 4q22 ( LOD 3.33) and suggestive evidence of linkage at 8q13-21 (LOD 2.29) with the combined music test scores using variance component (VC) linkage analyses. The major contribution for the 4q22 locus was obtained with KMT (LOD 2.91). Interestingly, a positive LOD score of 1.69 was...
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The Business Journal of Phoenix (Free subscription) | yesterday
Researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute are closing in on a gene that could help explain why some people are more prone to getting melanoma than others.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Researchers at the West Virginia University School of Medicine have discovered ways to block substances that interfere with absorption of nutrients in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to Uma Sundaram, M.D., Section Chief of Digestive Diseases at WVU.
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
L-aspartic acid is mainly used to produce L-alanine, aspartame and medicines. L-alanine is an important pharmaceutical material which is used to produce vitamin B6 and some liver medicines. It can also be used in food industry as an edulcorator. Aspartame is the second largest downstream product of L-aspartic acid, and it is the most important synthetic edulcorator in the world, accounting...
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Full Throttle (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Ok, we get it, NASCAR is double X chromosome challenged. But still… It's arguably the biggest race weekend of the year with one of 2-3 premier NASCAR events being held at Lowes this weekend, the Indy 500 and the Monaco GP where the F1 Circus will attempt to avoid Max Mosley while simultaneously negotiating Loews hairpin. Despite [...]
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StyleCritics (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Racing champion and Dancing with the Stars winner Helio Castroneves would have been Geri Halliwell's ideal man – if he were a little taller. “I’m a small girl and I need a tall man!” the 5’2” ex-Spice Girl told OK! Magazine, “I have to think about genetics!” So I guess even if Helio wore elevator shoes, it [...]
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CloningResources.com: Cloning News, (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Replacing one amino acid on the surface of a virus that shepherds corrective genes into cells could be the breakthrough scientists have needed to make gene therapy a more viable option for treating genetic diseases such as hemophilia
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Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
ChinaBio Today submits: Calando Pharmaceuticals of Pasadena, CA, received a China patent for broad coverage of all methods of using any RNA interference construct formulated in a supramolecular complex. Supramolecular complex formulations are those formed with any type of polymer. The patent also covers any pharmaceutical compositions of matter containing RNAi constructs adapted for pulmonary or nasal...
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
RUMOUR OF THE DAY SHARES in animal genetics company Genus jumped more than 8 per cent at one point in heavy volumes yesterday on market talk of an impending bid at 1,300p a
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Physorg (Free subscription) | yesterday
Replacing one amino acid on the surface of a virus that shepherds corrective genes into cells could be the breakthrough scientists have needed to make gene therapy a more viable option for treating genetic diseases such as hemophilia, University of Florida researchers say.
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Manifest Density (Free subscription) | yesterday
I'm not at all confident about which of his aliases I should be using, but I am quite sure that son1's series of posts explaining the location of his work — right at the intersection of genetics and computer science — is pretty fascinating. I'm jealous, frankly: taking a problem and unraveling it into tasks that can be algorithmically accomplished is incredibly satisfying; I can only imagine...
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Cosmic Log (Free subscription) | yesterday
L.A. Times: Do I smell sexy? A new reason to swap spit Telegraph: How a magnet turned off my speech Anniston Star: Near-death, near God? (via Daily Grail) Science News: Epic genetics ...( read more )
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newsroom | 04/03/2008
BY DELTHIA RICKS delthia.ricks@newsday.com Previously unsuspected flaws in genes involving brain development and neurological function may underlie schizophrenia, researchers have found in an investigation shedding new light on a perplexing psychiatric disorder. Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, working with a team at the University of Washington in Seattle, have uncovered an array of DNA...
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euro puppy | 03/04/2008
Dogs and humans have more in common than originally thought. Now that we understand doggy genes..we might be able to save the human race!
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legionofmarduk | 02/18/2008
Ligurian regional assessor for Agriculture Giancarlo Cassini did announce last week that soon a regional law to protect Ligurian soil from the introduction of Genetically-modified-organisms will be passed; the announcement took place during the local genoese summit of the "Ogm-free Italy and Europe" which was held in Palazzo Ducale...
