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U-M scientists say fused genes trigger the development of prostate cancer

...essed all 286 million human genotypes in the dbSNP database of the National Center for Biotechnology Informati...d the tag SNPs that identify the haplotypes from a database of 160 million genotypes of 270 individuals from four different populations with ancestors from part...

UF study first to quantify validity of DNA I.D. tool using marine snails

...rom around the world, Meyer and Paulay assembled a database from 218 species. The public has long been fascina... related to an existing one, he said. Using their database of these well-known animals, the accuracy of thresholds was examined supposing that their identity w...

Life in deadly conditions

... research group's bioinformatics expert, created a database for halophile (Greek "salt-lovers") archaea, called HaloLex (see link below). Using the database, genetic and protein data about the organisms is tied to information about their structure and function. The newest genome on HaloLex is now that of Natr...

The shape of things to come: Morphology database going global

...of the founders of MorphBank, an international Web database that contains thousands of high-resolution photogr...MorphBank, and journals could point readers to the database to view them. Considering that only 1 million of the 10 million species on Earth are known or named...

Mining biotech's data mother lode

...ently PubMed, the most important public literature database available, has 15,000,000 entries, and the number ... BioGrid's protein interaction software includes a database of the 20,000 known protein structures and uses that database to identify which ones could potential...

DNA technique measures suitability of soil for onion crops

...rom Technology Foundation STW, was compiling a DNA database of all nematode species in the Netherlands. This database, together with a method for the easy extraction of DNA from nematodes, forms the basis for the technique developed to detect harmful nematodes. The Technology Foundation STW filed a patent for...

Seal rookeries could provide a reliable food source for endangered California condors, study finds

...n beaches. We ended up getting an incredibly large database on hundreds of animals." Dietary shifts The isotopic data revealed that condors are likely to have undergone two major dietary shifts since the Pleistocene. "The first occurred from the end of the Ice Age about 11,000 years ago to historical time...

New study pinpoints epicenters of Earth's imminent extinctions

... and species. These items, along with a searchable database of sites, web links and media contacts for the Alliance's 52 member organizations, and photos of AZE sites and species for media use, can be found at: www.zeroextinction.org/press.htm . ...

Pretreating rogue cancer cells with aspirin cripples their resistance to targeted therapy

... and species. These items, along with a searchable database of sites, web links and media contacts for the Alliance's 52 member organizations, and photos of AZE sites and species for media use, can be found at: www.zeroextinction.org/press.htm . ...

Setting the standard for computer models of life

... for all the enzymes involved in this pathway, and database links to all the relevant metabolites. The aim of these annotation schemes is to make it easier for researchers to search models on the basis of their components, to contact the creators of the model if they need more information, and to track the hi...

'Dating agency' boosts hunt for disease genes

...The software is designed to be compatible with any database architecture. This will help the scientists bring in more collaborators and more data types." The website is at www.dna-network.ac.uk . The UK clinicians in the Network are experts in gut, breast and white blood cell cancers, heart attacks and hig...

Interactive 3-D atlas of mouse brain now available on web

...launched a web-based 3-D digital atlas browser and database of the brain of a popular laboratory mouse (see h... of anesthesiology at Stony Brook University. The database was created using high-resolution magnetic resonance (MR) microscopy at the University of Florida in...

Web model of influenza-host lifecycles will aid scientists in creating anti-viral drugs

...influenza pathway component and a simultaneous HIV database going online mark the first time Reactome has disp...tem doesn't recognize. The new Reactome influenza database outlines a typical virus life cycle, which will be updated as more research becomes available. "In ...

Birth defects: 8 million annually worldwide

...eive both copies of the gene and be affected. The database prepared for the March of Dimes report details the...irths); and G6PD deficiency (177,032 births). The database includes only birth defects due to genetic or partly genetic causes. Exact figures for birth defect...

Largest study of human 'interactome' reveals a novel way

... March issue of Nature Genetics, were made using a database of more than 25,000 protein-protein interactions c... was known, according to Pandey. "Our much larger database on genes and proteins gave us the information to set the record straight on how to measure a protein...

Evolutionary biology research techniques predict cancer

...h time 37 developed cancerous tumors. Overall, the database used in the study represents more than 32,000 distinct genotypes of different cells within the tumors. Using computational techniques to analyze the data, the researchers calculated measures of diversity inside the tumors. Essentially, they counted ...

Researchers create pigs that produce heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids

...h time 37 developed cancerous tumors. Overall, the database used in the study represents more than 32,000 distinct genotypes of different cells within the tumors. Using computational techniques to analyze the data, the researchers calculated measures of diversity inside the tumors. Essentially, they counted ...

Junk DNA may not be so junky after all

...entice other investigators to collectively build a database of human enhancers. "If there's one thing we've learned here, it's that we are not very good at recognizing enhancers. We just don't know what they look like," says Fisher. "We are anxious for others to use this technology on their favorite genes." ...

Infused spleen cells found not to impact islet recovery and reversal of type 1 diabetes in mice

...entice other investigators to collectively build a database of human enhancers. "If there's one thing we've learned here, it's that we are not very good at recognizing enhancers. We just don't know what they look like," says Fisher. "We are anxious for others to use this technology on their favorite genes." ...

Infections could contribute to adult brain tumours

...nt Fund. The British and Dutch team* analysed a database of adult brain tumours diagnosed in patients from the North Brabant province of the Netherlands between 1983 and 2001. They found clusters of cases of glioma tumours, which make up about half of all brain tumours, at different time intervals in diffe...

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