items tagged with Genetics
Only a few nerve cells needed to start brain working complex tasks
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-12-22 11:55:18
New research has found that instead of thousands of brain cells working together to initiate a task by the brain, only as few as fifty cells are needed.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-12-22 11:55:18
New research has found that instead of thousands of brain cells working together to initiate a task by the brain, only as few as fifty cells are needed.
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Earliest tuberculosis found in 1/2MIL-year-old human fossil
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-12-08 09:48:15
An international group of scientists discovers evidence of tuberculosis (TB) in a human fossil found in Turkey that is about 500,000 years old. Scientists previously thought that TB first appeared in humans only a few thousands of years ago.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-12-08 09:48:15
An international group of scientists discovers evidence of tuberculosis (TB) in a human fossil found in Turkey that is about 500,000 years old. Scientists previously thought that TB first appeared in humans only a few thousands of years ago.
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Migraine-headache sufferers have thick brain fibers
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-12-01 10:11:21
Harvard researchers scanned the brains of migraine headache patients and volunteers without such headaches. They found that fibers in the brain, which relay pain signals, were thicker in migraine patients.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-12-01 10:11:21
Harvard researchers scanned the brains of migraine headache patients and volunteers without such headaches. They found that fibers in the brain, which relay pain signals, were thicker in migraine patients.
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World study: if American, ancestors walked Bering land bridge
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-11-28 11:52:29
Genetic data shows that about 12,000 years ago eastern Asian peoples walked over the Bering Strait land bridge that temporarily connected Siberia and North America.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-11-28 11:52:29
Genetic data shows that about 12,000 years ago eastern Asian peoples walked over the Bering Strait land bridge that temporarily connected Siberia and North America.
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Is embryo controversy over? Skin cells developed to act like stem cells
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-11-21 10:12:04
Independently, University of Wisconsin researchers and Kyoto University researchers have developed a simple way to reprogram skin cells to act like embryonic stem cells, which can be used to replace the 220 different cell types in humans that have been damaged, all without destroying embryonic life.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-11-21 10:12:04
Independently, University of Wisconsin researchers and Kyoto University researchers have developed a simple way to reprogram skin cells to act like embryonic stem cells, which can be used to replace the 220 different cell types in humans that have been damaged, all without destroying embryonic life.
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Males are simpler creatures, so evolve faster than females
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-11-20 13:09:14
According to U.S. researchers, nearly all male organisms evolve faster than related female organisms because they are constructed more simply.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-11-20 13:09:14
According to U.S. researchers, nearly all male organisms evolve faster than related female organisms because they are constructed more simply.
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Evidence shows cats living with Egyptians since 3700 B.C.
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-11-18 10:54:43
A recent discovery of cat bones in a grave, which also contained other animals, shows evidence that cats were first domesticated in ancient Egypt around 5,700 years ago.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-11-18 10:54:43
A recent discovery of cat bones in a grave, which also contained other animals, shows evidence that cats were first domesticated in ancient Egypt around 5,700 years ago.
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Left brain works the crowd at a noisy party
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-11-15 16:18:15
Have you ever wondered how you are able to pick out an individual conversation in a room filled with noisy people? Researchers from Germany, Japan, and Canada have found out that the brain’s left hemisphere does more work than the right side in distinguishing sounds from background noises.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-11-15 16:18:15
Have you ever wondered how you are able to pick out an individual conversation in a room filled with noisy people? Researchers from Germany, Japan, and Canada have found out that the brain’s left hemisphere does more work than the right side in distinguishing sounds from background noises.
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Add IQ points: be breast-fed as a baby and have the FADS2 gene
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-11-14 20:03:46
Children who were breast-fed as babies and possess the fatty acid desaturase 2 (FADS2) gene were found by British, U.S., and New Zealand researchers to be more intelligent that other children.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-11-14 20:03:46
Children who were breast-fed as babies and possess the fatty acid desaturase 2 (FADS2) gene were found by British, U.S., and New Zealand researchers to be more intelligent that other children.
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Curvy women smarter and give birth to higher-IQ children
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-11-13 10:09:57
Universities of Pittsburgh and California (Santa Barbara) researchers found that women with “hourglass” figures are more intelligent than women with round or straight bodies, and tend to give birth to children who are more intelligent.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-11-13 10:09:57
Universities of Pittsburgh and California (Santa Barbara) researchers found that women with “hourglass” figures are more intelligent than women with round or straight bodies, and tend to give birth to children who are more intelligent.
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Haiti brought HIV to U.S. in 1969: earlier than thought
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-11-09 09:22:07
A new U.S. study involving blood and genetic mutations points to the retrovirus HIV arriving in the United States from Haiti around the year 1969. Earlier studies had pointed its arrival around 1981.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-11-09 09:22:07
A new U.S. study involving blood and genetic mutations points to the retrovirus HIV arriving in the United States from Haiti around the year 1969. Earlier studies had pointed its arrival around 1981.
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New dandruff research head & shoulders above the rest
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-11-08 10:21:16
The genetic code of a fungus that causes dandruff has been discovered, which should lead to more effective ways to eliminate dandruff and maintain a clean head of hair.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-11-08 10:21:16
The genetic code of a fungus that causes dandruff has been discovered, which should lead to more effective ways to eliminate dandruff and maintain a clean head of hair.
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Human fingers evolved with same gene used to grow fish fins
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-11-02 09:47:22
Swedish-English researcher finds overwhelming evidence that fingers on humans evolved from the same gene that is found to grow fins on the Australian lungfish.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-11-02 09:47:22
Swedish-English researcher finds overwhelming evidence that fingers on humans evolved from the same gene that is found to grow fins on the Australian lungfish.
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Brain imaging study find sleep loss leads to mental disorders
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-11-02 09:09:50
Harvard University Medical School and University of California-Berkeley researchers have explained through their study that sleep deprivation leads to irrational behavior, what is associated with psychiatric (mental) disorders.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-11-02 09:09:50
Harvard University Medical School and University of California-Berkeley researchers have explained through their study that sleep deprivation leads to irrational behavior, what is associated with psychiatric (mental) disorders.
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New blood test for Alzheimer’s reported 80% accurate
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-10-18 07:47:31
According to Stanford University researchers, a new blood test can differentiate between the blood of people who will get Alzheimer’s disease in the future and those who will not.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-10-18 07:47:31
According to Stanford University researchers, a new blood test can differentiate between the blood of people who will get Alzheimer’s disease in the future and those who will not.
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U.S. studies with worms may extend human life, help fight cancer
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-10-16 08:12:16
University of California researchers have found that naturally occurring processes within cells in “Caenorhabditis elegans” worms could possibly be applied to humans to slow the aging process and, in the process, protect against cancer.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-10-16 08:12:16
University of California researchers have found that naturally occurring processes within cells in “Caenorhabditis elegans” worms could possibly be applied to humans to slow the aging process and, in the process, protect against cancer.
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Relatives of Parkinson’s disease patients more likely for dementia
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-10-08 20:01:16
According to research published in ‘Archives of Neurology,’ relatives of patients with Parkinson’s disease are more at risk of declining function of the central nervous system such as dementia.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-10-08 20:01:16
According to research published in ‘Archives of Neurology,’ relatives of patients with Parkinson’s disease are more at risk of declining function of the central nervous system such as dementia.
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2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine: Capecchi, Evans, Smithies
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-10-08 08:42:41
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for 2007, is awarded to Mario Capecchi, Martin Evans, and Oliver Smithies "for their discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells".
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-10-08 08:42:41
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for 2007, is awarded to Mario Capecchi, Martin Evans, and Oliver Smithies "for their discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells".
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‘The Guardian’ claims Venter has created artificial life. Has he?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-10-07 09:53:56
According to a Saturday, October 6, 2007 article in the British newspaper ‘The Guardian,’ American scientist Craig Venter has made a synthetic chromosome and will announce his discovery within a few weeks. A spokesperson for Venter does not confirm the story.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-10-07 09:53:56
According to a Saturday, October 6, 2007 article in the British newspaper ‘The Guardian,’ American scientist Craig Venter has made a synthetic chromosome and will announce his discovery within a few weeks. A spokesperson for Venter does not confirm the story.
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Study claims tubers, not meat, made early humans excel
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-09-19 13:34:21
New evidence shows amylase, an enzyme that breaks down starch into glucose in the mouth, may have helped to successfully evolve humans to their dominant position within living species on Earth.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-09-19 13:34:21
New evidence shows amylase, an enzyme that breaks down starch into glucose in the mouth, may have helped to successfully evolve humans to their dominant position within living species on Earth.
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