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DNA shape-change causes ALS
Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Apr 2014
A mutation linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) changes …
Genetic mutations linked to melanoma
Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Apr 2014
A mutation in the gene responsible for protecting the ends of chromosomes is responsible for a here…
Epigenetic root to endometriosis
Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Mar 2014
An epigenetic modification could be an integral component in endometriosis and its progression sugg…
Cas9’s secrets revealed
Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Feb 2014
Bacterial enzyme Cas9 needs short DNA sequences to identify and degrade foreign DNA during viral in…
Ribosome-building dance
Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Oct 2013
An important step in building ribosomes is like a strictly choreographed dance say scientists from …
Scientists view 3D chromosomes
Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Oct 2013
Researchers have been able to model the structure of chromosomes when they are active using a novel…
Left or right? It’s not genetic
Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Oct 2013
It is often assumed that handedness is inherited but a new study rules out a strong genetic factor …
British baked beans – yes please
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Oct 2013
Baked beans are a staple of the British diet, with over 1.7 million cans consumed in the UK every y…
Henrietta Lacks’ family win recognition for immortal cell line
Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Sep 2013
The family of Henrietta Lacks, a woman whose tumour cells revolutionised modern medicine, have been…
Flesh-eating plant discards DNA ‘junk’
Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Jun 2013
Scientists have spent decades puzzling over why noncoding DNA makes up the majority (98%) of the hu…
Hopping back to the gene pool
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Apr 2013
Scientists have revitalised the genome of an extinct Australian frog using sophisticated cloning te…
Modelling embryo development
Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Oct 2012
Biologists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have studied how gene networks contr…
New genetic variants linked to bipolar disorder
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Oct 2012
Scientists have gained new understanding of the origin of bipolar disorder by identifying genetic v…
New genes implicated in bone strength
Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Aug 2012
Nine new genes determining bone strength have been discovered with a new and rapid functional scree…
APOE4 Alzheimer’s risk probed
Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Aug 2012
People carrying the Alzheimer’s risk gene APOE4 are more likely to develop the neurological disease…
Tomato genome sequenced
Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Jul 2012
The tomato is a major crop plant and model for fruit development, and scientists have released a hi…
New technique to improve epigenetics research
Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Jun 2012
Scientists have developed a new chemical technique that will significantly improve their ability to…
