items tagged with Genetics
Alzheimer’s and smoking linked by Dutch study
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-09-12 08:46:47
Dutch scientists found that people who smoked were 50% more likely to suffer Alzheimer’s disease or dementia that nonsmokers or smokers who had quit.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-09-12 08:46:47
Dutch scientists found that people who smoked were 50% more likely to suffer Alzheimer’s disease or dementia that nonsmokers or smokers who had quit.
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Study reveals most babies conceived when father 6 yrs older than mother
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-08-31 11:38:28
Austrian study performed in Sweden shows that a couple whose husband is 5.92 years older than his wife will produce the most children.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-08-31 11:38:28
Austrian study performed in Sweden shows that a couple whose husband is 5.92 years older than his wife will produce the most children.
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Lucy in United States for six-year tour
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-08-29 08:39:58
Lucy, or more formally AL 288-1 (a nearly half complete skeleton of "Australopithecus afarensis"), is on display at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, the first stop on a eleven city U.S. tour. The visit to the United States is not without controversy.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-08-29 08:39:58
Lucy, or more formally AL 288-1 (a nearly half complete skeleton of "Australopithecus afarensis"), is on display at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, the first stop on a eleven city U.S. tour. The visit to the United States is not without controversy.
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Space dust in plasma organizes into double helix shape—like DNA
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-08-21 09:05:31
Researchers used computer modeling to show that microscopic inorganic interstellar dust (space dust) injected into plasma will organize into single and double-helixes, the shape of DNA, with properties that look similar to living organisms.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-08-21 09:05:31
Researchers used computer modeling to show that microscopic inorganic interstellar dust (space dust) injected into plasma will organize into single and double-helixes, the shape of DNA, with properties that look similar to living organisms.
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Eating behavior of pregnant women may pass to babies
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-08-15 13:11:28
English researchers found a possible link between the eating habits of mothers-to-be and future eating habits of their children.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-08-15 13:11:28
English researchers found a possible link between the eating habits of mothers-to-be and future eating habits of their children.
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Ancient organisms growing in New Jersey laboratory
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-08-07 08:56:22
Scientists removed samples of DNA and bacteria from ancient icy glaciers in the Beacon and Mullins valleys of Antarctica. The single-celled microbes (microscopic organisms) were then melted within their laboratory, and found to grow.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-08-07 08:56:22
Scientists removed samples of DNA and bacteria from ancient icy glaciers in the Beacon and Mullins valleys of Antarctica. The single-celled microbes (microscopic organisms) were then melted within their laboratory, and found to grow.
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We’re a step closer to creating a synthetic form of life
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-06-29 15:41:32
J. Craig Venter and fellow researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) have successfully transplanted the genome of a species of bacteria into another one.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-06-29 15:41:32
J. Craig Venter and fellow researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) have successfully transplanted the genome of a species of bacteria into another one.
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Study says woolly mammoth died from environment and loss of diversity
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-06-09 16:07:40
According to British, U.S. and Russian scientists, woolly mammoths decreased in numbers and genetic diversity over tens of thousands of years. The results showed environmental factors, rather than human factors, caused the extinction of Mammuthus primigenius.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-06-09 16:07:40
According to British, U.S. and Russian scientists, woolly mammoths decreased in numbers and genetic diversity over tens of thousands of years. The results showed environmental factors, rather than human factors, caused the extinction of Mammuthus primigenius.
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Sperm don’t like a cigarette before sex
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-06-03 09:05:51
A Canadian genetics study has shown that smoking may damage a man’s sperm, which can be detrimentally passed along to offspring.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-06-03 09:05:51
A Canadian genetics study has shown that smoking may damage a man’s sperm, which can be detrimentally passed along to offspring.
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She’s no Bruce Springsteen, just a new low-fat milk producing Bossey called Marge
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-05-30 15:33:54
New Zealand scientists have found a milk cow with a genetic mutation (a special type of gene) that provides low-fat milk naturally. They are breeding her in order to produce offspring that also make low-fat milk.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-05-30 15:33:54
New Zealand scientists have found a milk cow with a genetic mutation (a special type of gene) that provides low-fat milk naturally. They are breeding her in order to produce offspring that also make low-fat milk.
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Gene switch helps mice fix their own broken hearts
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-05-11 04:28:45
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-05-11 04:28:45
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Researchers have figured out how to switch on a gene in adult mice that repaired their hearts after a heart attack, a finding that may one day help fix heart damage in humans.
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Massive project launched to put life on Earth online
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-05-08 23:42:16
Some schools may have banned the use of Wikipedia as a research aid for projects, but educators are sure to give their blessing to a new online information source. Biological scientific communities from around the world have joined in an international effort to create an online encyclopedia of the 1.8 million known species of life on Earth.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-05-08 23:42:16
Some schools may have banned the use of Wikipedia as a research aid for projects, but educators are sure to give their blessing to a new online information source. Biological scientific communities from around the world have joined in an international effort to create an online encyclopedia of the 1.8 million known species of life on Earth.
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Don't do a Bush on stem cells, urge MPs, scientists, doctors
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-04-09 06:23:54
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-04-09 06:23:54
MPs have warned that the UK government's proposed ban on hybrid embryos could damage UK science, and charged that it will restrict development of life-saving stem cell treatments.
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Early modern humans may have interbred with other human species
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-04-03 12:29:02
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-04-03 12:29:02
Evidence from bone fragments in a cave near Beijing, China adds evidence that modern humans interbred with earlier human species such as Neanderthals.
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The Lek Paradox: Why we’re not all attractive!
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-03-29 21:48:53
The Lek Paradox states that—given the chance—females will choose particularly attractive traits when selecting their mates in men. Over time, this repetition “should” remove those particular genetic traits from being apparent during the mating process. In essence, making everyone look the same.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-03-29 21:48:53
The Lek Paradox states that—given the chance—females will choose particularly attractive traits when selecting their mates in men. Over time, this repetition “should” remove those particular genetic traits from being apparent during the mating process. In essence, making everyone look the same.
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First complete mammal genealogy finished: surprising results reported!
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-03-29 20:40:54
Researchers find that mammals did not take over when dinosaurs were wiped out during the mass extinctions about 65 million years ago. Instead, these mammals did not really dominate until ten to fifteen million years later.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-03-29 20:40:54
Researchers find that mammals did not take over when dinosaurs were wiped out during the mass extinctions about 65 million years ago. Instead, these mammals did not really dominate until ten to fifteen million years later.
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Human gene 'cures' colour-blind mice
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-03-25 19:38:22
Mice normally see a limited range of colours - similar to the palette available to people with red-green colour blindness - but researchers have found that inserting a relevant human gene gives them much broader colour vision.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-03-25 19:38:22
Mice normally see a limited range of colours - similar to the palette available to people with red-green colour blindness - but researchers have found that inserting a relevant human gene gives them much broader colour vision.
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Live longer: eat better and less!
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-03-15 10:45:46
It has been common knowledge that animals live longer when their diet is low in calories but still complete in needed nutrients. However, only recently has evidence shown that humans also abide by the same saying: live longer, eat better and less.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-03-15 10:45:46
It has been common knowledge that animals live longer when their diet is low in calories but still complete in needed nutrients. However, only recently has evidence shown that humans also abide by the same saying: live longer, eat better and less.
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Godfather cowbirds make birds “an offer they can’t refuse”
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-03-14 10:01:17
U.S. researchers have discovered gangster-like behavior in cowbirds.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-03-14 10:01:17
U.S. researchers have discovered gangster-like behavior in cowbirds.
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Make love AND war: Human ancestor Australopithecus used shorter legs for both
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-03-12 22:33:02
University of Utah researcher contends that males of the genus Australopithecus, our immediate ancestors, had short legs to maintain better balance when fighting over women.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-03-12 22:33:02
University of Utah researcher contends that males of the genus Australopithecus, our immediate ancestors, had short legs to maintain better balance when fighting over women.
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