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Original Technorati articles tagged “genes”

• in Technorati Women
  Gene Diets - DNA and Your Weight Loss Strategy
  Genetic predispositions affect health and longevity. 50% of our predisposition to weight is genetic.
  by sweaterart / on Feb 20, 2012
• in Technorati Women
  Nature, Nurture or Neither: Identical Twins Hold The Answer
  Genetics plays a considerable role in behavior, according to research
  by samkj27 / on Dec 29, 2011
• in Lifestyle
  It's Not in Our Genes: Monkeys and Humans Differ by What's Missing
  Scientists learn our DNA is defined by both its structure and its recipe.
  by themomu / on Mar 9, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “genes”

 

• Evolution and religious belief: inseparable after all?

  
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  Did we evolve to be religious? Credit: latvian, via Wikimedia Commons I recently had a quick read through Norenzayan and Gervais’ discussion of “ The Origin of Religious Disbelief ” ( manuscript here ), published in the January issue of Trends in Cognitive Sciences . Norenzayan and Gervais top off recent ...
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• Studies generate comprehensive list of genes required by innate system to defend sex cells

  
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  The piRNA pathway protects eggs and sperm from ‘jumping genes’ that can cause developmental defects, sterility. Two teams of investigators led by Professor Gregory Hannon of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) today publish studies revealing many previously unknown components of an innate system that defends sex ...
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• Scientists show how nerve wiring self-destructs

  
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  Many medical issues affect nerves, from injuries in car accidents and side effects of chemotherapy to glaucoma and multiple sclerosis. The common theme in these scenarios is destruction of nerve axons, the long wires that transmit signals to other parts of the body, allowing movement, sight and sense of touch, among ...
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• Researchers identify gene mutations associated with nearsightedness

  
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  People have long taken for granted that glasses and contact lenses improve vision for nearsightedness, but the genetic factors behind the common condition have remained blurry. Now researchers at Duke Medicine are closer to clearing this up. Mutations in a gene that helps regulate copper and oxygen levels in eye ...
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• Teaching Genetics: Characteristics and Traits

  
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  Students are always fascinated by their heredity, but what they take from their previous generations and express today in the way they look. Naturally curious, every child Ive ever met has inventoried the many ways they look like -- or unlike -- their relatives. Its part of a humans natural development to figure out ...
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• Sofia Vergara Freezing Her (Perfect, Perfect, Perfect) Eggs

  
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  Women are reaching for the stars to freeze their eggs and preserve their fertility, and the stars are doing it too. But is this technology, and delayed child-bearing, the answer to the balancing act between work and motherhood? read more
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• Deep history and the robot future

  
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                         I reviewed four new science books for The New York Times . They span millions of years, beginning with the birth of humanity and ending with a serious look at AI. 
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• Scientists Find Potential Therapeutic Target for Cushing’s Disease

  
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  Researchers have identified that the TR4 protein, which regulates a gene that produces ACTH, drives the formation of pituitary tumors in Cushings disease.
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• microRNA cooperation mutes breast cancer oncogenes

  
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  A University of Colorado Cancer Center study recently published in the journal Cell Death & Disease shows that turning up a few microRNAs a little may offer as much anti-breast-cancer activity as turning up one microRNA a lot – and without the unwanted side effects. It’s a bit like the classic thought ...
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• Activity of cancer inducing genes can be controlled by the cell’s skeleton

  
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  Cancer is a complex disease, in which cells undergo a series of alterations, including changes in their architecture; an increase in their ability to divide, to survive and to invade new tissues or metastasis. A category of genes, called oncogenes, is critical during cancer progression, as they codify proteins whose ...
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• Welcome author Glynis Smy and obtain a copy of her latest book!

  
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  A year ago saw the debut launch of Ripper, My Love by Glynis Smy. Today, the sequel makes its presence known: Ripped Genes.Ripped Genes will be at a special launch price of 99c/(77p approx) for the ebook version, until end of May. The descriptive blurb holds a spoiler for those who have not read the first book. If ...
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• Getting Rid Of Those Olive Oyl Arms

  
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  We all remember Popeye cartoons when we were kids.  And we remember the rather cantankerous girlfriend (or was she his wife?) of Popeye. She always seemed to be complaining, was never happy with things, and just made everyone’s life miserable. Olive Oyl arms are basically arms that just have nothing to them. ...
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• Human trial puts skin cancer drug within reach

  
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  A drug that may one day be used to treat skin cancer has been found to be safe for use on humans and may reduce the size of a tumour, according to the first ever human trials of the drug. The drug, called Dz13, works by switching off a gene called c-Jun that is linked to the production of a protein that causes cancer ...
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• Geneticists Find Causes for Severe Childhood Epilepsies

  
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  Researchers at the University of Arizona have successfully determined the genetic mutations causing severe epilepsies in seven out of 10 children for whom the cause of the disorder could not be determined clinically or by conventional genetic testing. Instead of sequencing each gene one at a time, the team used a ...
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• Is your brain’s DNA undergoing constant destruction?

  
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  Credit: Tom Ellenberger, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, via Wikimedia Commons In some sense, just about everything we do in life is toxic. There is a probability that just by crossing the street I will be hit by a car. Physical exertion and exercise can precede the onset of a heart attack ...
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• Boosting ‘cellular garbage disposal’ can delay the aging process

  
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  UCLA life scientists have identified a gene previously implicated in Parkinson’s disease that can delay the onset of aging and extend the healthy life span of fruit flies. The research, they say, could have important implications for aging and disease in humans. The gene, called parkin, serves at least two vital ...
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• Making Cancer Less Cancerous

  
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  Researchers at Johns Hopkins have identified a gene that, when repressed in tumor cells, puts a halt to cell growth and a range of processes needed for tumors to enlarge and spread to distant sites. The researchers hope that this so-called “master regulator” gene may be the key to developing a new treatment for ...
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• Next Step For Glowing Plant Kickstarter Campaign? Glowing Rose

  
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  [Source: linlam1 via YouTube] With 35 days left in their Kickstarter campaign , the guys who want to light the way with glowing plants have raised more than $200,000, blowing away their initial goal of $65,000. And they’re not wasting any time resting on their laurels. I spoke with the project’s manager Antony ...
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• Want to Seriously Alter Your Molecules? Meditate.

  
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  A study of some 50 adults suggests that meditation and other practices evoking the "relaxation response" can counteract the "harmful genomic effects of stress."
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• Philosophy Wire: Cross-species genetics and the dim lines of definitions…

  
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  Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-05-06]: If cross-species genetics is possible [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 ], shouldn’t we think again the definition of “species”? (c) Philosophy WIRES - Commenting world news from philosophys perspective...
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