Genetics & Molecular Biology

HaCYC2c Gene: Source Of Van Gogh's Sunflower Genetic Mutation Revealed

Vincent van Gogh's series of sunflower paintings, while spectacular to fans of his work, have also intrigued scientists because they depict a mutation whose genetic basis was a mystery. In a new study, a team of University of Georgia scientists reveal ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 29 2012 - 9:30pm

Social Status May Be Bad For Your Genes

Gene expression is impacted by social dominance?  A study  of rhesus macaques published in  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences says a female's social status affects how her genes turn on and off, and those who rank higher tend to be healt ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 9 2012 - 3:10pm

Proteins, Denaturing And How Essential Water Is To Basic Life

Proteins are large, organic- in the science sense of organic, not the food marketing sense-  molecules that help us to convert food into energy, supply oxygen to our blood and muscles and drive our immune systems.  Proteins consist of one or more polypepti ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 16 2012 - 4:02am

Stem Cell Therapy- Texas Wants To Lead The Way

The downside to partisan embryonic stem cell hype over the last decade and conflation of it with adult stem cell breakthroughs, is that a whole lot of hucksters are exploiting public confusion and claims about miracle cures to make an easy buck. But there ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Apr 13 2012 - 1:47pm

GenScript Rush Gene Synthesis- Driving Molecular Biology Research Faster

PISCATAWAY, New Jersey, April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/-- GenScript USA Inc., a biology contract research organization (CRO) has recently launched Rush Gene Synthesis service in the global market on Dec. 22, 2011, and has achieved 100% success and on time del ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Apr 20 2012 - 4:30am

Epigenetics: Resverlogix' RVX-208 Is The First BET Bromodomain Inhibitor In Clinical Trials

Resverlogix Corp. has announced the "Mechanism of Action" (MoA) by which RVX-208 increases apolipoprotein A-I (ApoA-I) production. Data show RVX-208 to be an inhibitor of the Bromodomain and Extraterminal Domain (BET) proteins. RVX-208 acts on B ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Apr 23 2012 - 11:00am

Are Jews A 'Race'? Can DNA Explain High Jewish IQ?

Are modern Jews a ‘race’—the descendants of an ancient tribal people, as Biblical lore has it? Or do they trace their ancestry to Eurasia as Shlomo Sand, author of The Invention of the Jewish People, and Arthur Koestler in The Thirteenth Tribe, claim? The ...

Article - Jon Entine - May 8 2012 - 8:39pm

Delayed Sexual Maturity Linked To Longevity In Females

The sexual maturation of female mice has been linked to longevity by researchers.  They had previously established that mouse strains with lower circulating levels of the hormone IGF1 at age six months live longer than other strains. In new work, scientist ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 31 2012 - 11:43am

How Handedness Happens

Many proteins and other functional molecules in our bodies display a striking characteristic: They can exist in two distinct forms that are mirror images of each other,  chirality or "handedness", like your right hand and left hand, and each of o ...

Article - News Staff - May 9 2012 - 1:08pm

Science Win: Bt Eggplant Gets Government Approval In Philippines

Anti-science hippies who invoke the precautionary principle to extremes (but only about their own causes) are not just an American cult phenomenon; Europe invented anti-science hysteria and the term Frankenfood. In the Philippines,  the problems and hyster ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - May 17 2012 - 11:31am