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Jefferson scientists explain cancer cell metabolism changes
Scientists at Jefferson Medical College and the Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia have found how a gene can dim the power production in the cell and in turn scale up its cancer-producing activities.   view more (2006-08-29)

Horse genome assembled
The first draft of the horse genome sequence has been deposited in public databases and is freely available for use by biomedical and veterinary researchers around the globe, leaders of the international Horse Genome Sequencing Project announced today.   view more (2007-02-08)

University of Washington researchers play leading role in major study of human genome function
Scientists at the University of Washington and other members of an international consortium have completed a multi-year research effort that dramatically boosts understanding of how the human genome functions.   view more (2007-06-14)

Iowa State researcher studies gene families to explore diversity and evolution
Theoretical biologist Stephen Proulx studies gene families to explore how genomes become diverse and evolve.   view more (2006-08-01)

Action of nitroglycerin for chest pain may place some patients at risk
Definitive evidence to explain how the drug nitroglycerin relieves chest pain has resulted from a new study by Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators at Duke University Medical Center.   view more (2005-08-16)

Worm genome offers clues to evolution of parasitism
The genome of a humble worm that dines on the microbial organisms covering the carcasses of dead beetles may provide clues to the evolution of parasitic worms, including those that infect humans, say scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Max-Planck Institute... view more (2008-09-24)

Inventory of Genes
Scientists at DKFZ screen fruit fly genome for cancer-relevant genes Dr. Michael Boutros of the Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ) and an international team of collaborators have been the first to screen an almost complete genome for genes that could play a role... view more (2004-02-09)

How To Uncover the Secrets of Disease-Relevant Proteins
Cancer researchers have developed a guide for piecing together the jigsaw puzzle of ge-nome research To elucidate cellular mechanisms that lead to diseases such as cancer is a big challenge of biomedicine. Scientists of the Division of Molecular Genome Analysis headed by Professor Annemarie... view more (2004-12-23)

Washington University unveils draft sequence of corn genome
A team of scientists led by Washington University in St. Louis has begun to unlock the genetic secrets of corn, a crop vital to U.S. agriculture.   view more (2008-02-26)

Scientists find clue to mechanisms of gene signaling and regulation
Scientists have discovered a pattern in the DNA sequence of the mouse genome that may play a fundamental part in the way DNA molecules regulate gene expression.   view more (2007-08-23)

Viruses Evolve To Play By Host Rules, According to University of Pennsylvania Researchers
Biologists at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University have examined the complete genomes of viruses that infect the bacteria E. coli, P. aeruginosa and L. lactis and have found that many of these viral genomes exhibit codon bias, the tendency to preferentially encode a protein with a... view more (2008-03-04)

Evolving complexity out of 'junk DNA'
The study, published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, claims to have solved this scientific riddle by analysing the genomics of primitive living fishes such as sharks and lampreys and their spineless relatives, such as the sea squirts.   view more (2008-02-12)

Genome of a Social Amoeba Sequenced for the First Time
Successful Project Involving Researchers from Cologne and Jena Funded by a DFG Initiative   view more (2005-05-13)

Viral oncoprotein inactivation of p53
A group of scientists led by USC researcher Dr. Xiaojiang Chen lend structural insight into tumor suppressor inactivation by a viral oncoprotein.   view more (2006-09-01)

Scientists discover new species of Ebola virus
Scientists report the discovery of a new species of Ebola virus, provisionally named Bundibugyo ebolavirus, November 21 in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens.   view more (2008-11-21)

Genome fully mapped for potential biological weapon
The bacterium that causes the severe disease known as rabbit fever, Fancisella tularensis, is a potential biological weapon of devastating force. Now scientists at Ume'å, in collaboration with several international associates, have mapped the entire genome of the bacterium. Researchers at... view more (2005-01-12)

Cataloging the Structural Variations in Human Genetics
A major new effort to uncover the medium- and large-scale genetic differences between humans may soon reveal DNA sequences that contribute to a wide range of diseases.   view more (2007-05-10)

Case Western Reserve University researchers identify colorectal cancer gene
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers published a study in the March 7th issue of The American Journal of Human Genetics identifying the hereditary components of colorectal cancer (CRC.) "Identification of Susceptibility Genes for Cancer in a Genome-wide Scan: Results... view more (2008-03-10)

Deep in the ocean, a clam that acts like a plant
How does life survive in the black depths of the ocean? At the surface, sunlight allows green plants to "fix" carbon from the air to build their bodies.   view more (2007-02-21)

Protein 'chatter' linked to cancer activation
Scientists have found the existence of cross-talk between human chromosome ends and the protein complexes central to the stability of the entire human genome, a "chat" that contributes to cancer development.   view more (2007-08-14)

Extinct may not be forever for some species of Galapagos tortoises
Yale scientists report that genetic traces of extinct species of Galapagos tortoises exist in descendants now living in the wild, a finding that could spur breeding programs to restore the species, The report appears in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.   view more (2008-09-23)

Duckweed genome sequencing has global implications
Three plant biologists at Rutgers' Waksman Institute of Microbiology are obsessed with duckweed, a tiny aquatic plant with an unassuming name. Now they have convinced the federal government to focus its attention on duckweed's tremendous potential for cleaning up pollution, combating global warming... view more (2008-07-09)

Major milestone in human genome story: Affymetrix launches the whole human genome on a single chip
Affymetrix Announces Commercial Launch of Single Array for Human Genome Expression Analysis   view more (2003-10-02)

New behavior may use old genes
Though you may not be able to teach an old dog new tricks, ASU researchers have found that evolution may have taught old genes new tricks in the development of social behavior in honeybees.   view more (2006-10-26)

UCSD Study Shows Junk DNA Has Evolutionary Importance
Genetic material derisively called "junk" DNA because it does not contain the instructions for protein-coding genes and appears to have little or no function is actually critically important to an organism's evolutionary survival, according to a study conducted by a biologist at UCSD.   view more (2005-10-20)
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