... we know so far about whats controlling that choice and how these decisions are made and how the genes are picked and switched ... Not a lot of it is really well proved, but most people think that if youve got a gene that determines sex, say, a gene that ... We do know this: if a cell chooses a pseudo gene one of these genes thats no good, that doesnt make a good protein, it will ... But if you have a gene that makes you female and thats close to another gene that makes you a very good female then that would ...

Cancer is a disease caused by gene faults - both inherited from our parents and picked up during our lifetime as our DNA gets ... genes called MLH1 and MSH2. Faults in these genes have been found in a number of different cancers, including bowel cancer. ... Cancer is a disease caused by gene faults - both inherited from our parents and picked up during our lifetime as our DNA gets ... Cancer is a disease caused by gene faults and increasingly, researchers are working out how to use these faults to our ...

Kat - And is this for just particular genes in the bacteria like the ones that make them grow or if you just target any genes, ... In the 12-hour situation, the birds began to crow about 2 hours before the light was switched on, just as they do in the wild. ... 09:10 - Antibiotics Target Gene Expression. A new range of antibiotics are being developed to target the gene expression of ... Antibiotics Target Gene Expression with Michael McArthur, ProCarta Biosystems. This week, the British governments Chief ...

But that puts the gene into the chicken and that gene is also attached to a promoter which is a bit of DNA that tells the cells ... How does Nicotine Switch the Brain onto Cocaine?. Biology , Medicine. Making medicines in chickens eggs. ... Kat - So, if that complex biological system is the chickens egg, how do you get the genes that make the proteins into the ... And that then drives the expression of whatever gene that weve put in for expressing another protein. ...

... can be used by cells and assembled into complex compounds and specialised switches can be engineered into DNA to control gene ... Introducing new genetic letters like this opens up a whole new vista of gene manipulation. New genetic codes can be written so ... The synthetic nucleotides were written into a small circle of DNA called a plasmid, alongside a gene coding for resistance to ... So long as the bugs kept the synthetic DNA letters in the plasmid, the antibiotic resistance gene would remain active, enabling ...

So this gene, basically it removes pigment from the tissue.. Phil - Oh, I thought you were going to say that they got a gene ... But then once they stop feeding, they have to rapidly switch their metabolism to be able to use this fat that they store in ... And now zoologists have found a single gene that seems to help control where they go. How does it work? The same way a gene ... 06:28 - Warbler migration affected by a single gene. Plenty of birds fly south for winter. In warblers, this gene seems to ...

The free radicals essentially break a cells genes and when too many genes get damaged our cells die or turn cancerous. When a ... Free radicals damage DNA randomly and sometimes they damage the genetic kill switch, resulting in cells that cannot die. Some ... If free radical bullets hit these cells again and destroy the genetic kill switch you get immortal and cancerous cells. ... your genes. When this happens the cell undergoes senescence. "Werner syndrome", a rare and horrific accelerated aging disease, ...

We found some molecular switches next to a gene that controls structures that are lost in humans including sensory whiskers. We ... Theres a gene called the tumour suppressor gene whose normal function is to limit cell division and sure enough, one of the ... rather than changing the products of genes, you would change the regulatory information surrounding the gene. So you would ... lesions that had happened in the human genome was to eliminate a switch that normally causes that gene to turn on in a special ...

... switch that makes plants produce flowers rather than leaves, publishing their results in the journal PLoS Biology. Although ... Scientists at the National University of Singapore have discovered the molecular switch that makes plants produce flowers ... Scientists have discovered the molecular switch that makes plants produce flowers rather than leaves... ...

This then changed the physical structure of the gene, opening it up and leading to a much stronger expression of the FosB gene ... A new study indicates that nicotine primes the brain for cocaine - by altering the structure of a gene linked to learning, ... Molecular Mechanism for a Gateway Drug: Epigenetic Changes Initiated by Nicotine Prime Gene Expression by Cocaine. Sci. Tr... ... Does nicotine prime the brain to switch on addiction to other drugs such as heroin and crystal meth? Should nicotine even be ...

40% of the genes were actually differentially regulated and the Western diet promoted a pro-inflammatory gene expression ... then you switch it. ... Tom - We saw a very marked difference between gene expression ... And so at 15 months we isolated their blood cells and we looked at the gene expression profiles in those cells and compared ... Their fatness increased over time, but that didnt account for the gene expression changes that we saw that was a separate kind ...

Now this relationship is understood, Robert Barton points out, "it will be interesting to track down the genes involved and ... Previous Uterine labour on switch discovered * Next Cognitive Vaccination: How Tetris Knocks PTSD on the Head ...

We also try to tune-in to our own broadcast on a radio powered by moss! Plus, in the news, the genetic switch for spinal nerve ... to switch on a number of these genes altogether and this is something quite special because with the one shot of gene therapy ... We, by gene therapy delivered pkaF which is in the middle between the signalling and that we activated this gene and now, we ... Simone - Theres a group of genes so-called regeneration associated genes which are turned on in the periphery, lets say in ...

... and then tell this gene which is the bone growth off switch to activate just in that site, then youd have a way of thickening ... say a gene; And in fact, there is a gene, the sclerostin protein which is a funny name, but its from a disease called ... This gene encodes a receptor protein, which receive signals from a protein called TGF beta. These signals tell cells to divide ... Because of the inheritance pattern of the disease, scientists know that it must be caused by a fault in a single gene, but the ...

Led by Robert Hughes, the researchers used a technique called RNA interference to systematically switch off nearly 8,000 genes ... in human cells, searching for genes that play an important role in the ... Led by Robert Hughes, the researchers used a technique called RNA interference to systematically switch off nearly 8,000 genes ... including a gene called RRAS which theyre now investigating. The researchers have also made all their data publicly available ...

... its time for Gene of the Month and this one is a bit on the large side - its called Tubby. The gene was first spotted in 1990 ... Not only do animals with a mutation in the Tubby gene put on more ... They seem to play a role in switching genes on, but also appear ... The Tubby gene itself was tracked down in 1996, and similar genes are found across a wide range of organisms, from animals to ... Kat - And now, its time for Gene of the Month and this one is a bit on the large side - its called Tubby. The gene was first ...

... which is coded for by a gene called SMN-1. ... A gene therapy breakthrough for an inherited motorneurone ... How does Nicotine Switch the Brain onto Cocaine?. Medicine. Why do fingernails have horizontal marks on them?. ... And in people who have damaged that gene, they get this condition but they do still have the SMN-2 gene limping along and ... Its caused by a mutation in the survival motor neuron gene - the gene thats inherited for creating SMA. ...

But while theres still no cure for male pattern baldness, researchers have made a step forward in understanding the gene fault ... US researchers have shown that a gene called Hairless plays a crucial role in controlling when other genes are switched on and ... But while theres still no cure for male pattern baldness, researchers have made a step forward in understanding the gene fault ... Researchers have made a step forward in understanding the gene fault lying behind a rare balding condition. ...

Dachshunds main job is to work together with a gene called hedgehog, telling cells in the developing insect eye to become ... The mammalian version of Dachshund is also active in the eye and limbs, but its also switched on in the brain and some other ... The human Dachshund gene also seems to act as a tumour suppressor, stopping cells from growing out of control and forming ... First discovered in fruit flies in 1994, Dachshunds main job is to work together with a gene called hedgehog, telling cells in ...

A team of scientists at Kings College London suggest that genes inherited from our parents play a decisive role in determining ... Previous Date Earths Magnetic Field Switched On. * Next Premature birth affects personality ... Importantly, educational ability is not driven by a single gene that could be easily isolated; hundreds or even thousands of ... From mathematics to music, educational achievement is highly heritable, with many of the same genes influencing success in all ...

A gene recently linked to autism encodes a protein called UBE3A, which appears to control how nerve cells in the brain connect ... Recent advances in genetics have allowed researchers to start pinning down thousands of gene faults or mutations involved in a ... switching it off. But what happens when that switch cant be thrown and UBE3A cant be turned off? The result is autism, ... A gene recently linked to autism encodes a protein called UBE3A, which appears to control how nerve cells in the brain connect ...

Well ask you to start a breath hold just before we switch it on, and then hold your breath as long as you can. Then, well ...

So you can look at the TV and switch it on, look at the radio and switch it on and then get on to the wheelchair, and then look ... In research unveiled at the ESWI conference on Influenza in Malta this week, Canadian biotech company Medicago add genes ...

... is training flies to associate a particular smell with an alcoholic tipple and figuring out how they switch between so-called ...

... genes pointing to prostate cancer and a way to capture waste wattage whilst walking. We hear about the future of 3D TV, the bio ... Using this approach they tracked down 11 genes and with one of them they hit the jackpot. By adding the gene to cells in a dish ... Without a trip switch theres no reason why your power shouldnt carry on. Chris: These lights are definitely not 12V, are they ... Why didnt it go bang?Dave: Do you have a trip switch in your house? Martin: I do have fuses, yeah.Dave: Oh. Fuses are just ...

Notoriously mindfulness is hard to master, its hard to switch off your mind but then that begs the question well why dont we ...

"Do you want to try this? Come on then...Can you now distract her for a bit while I switch this over? Okay, go! Theres nothing ... Matthew - We have mice that have genes that cause Alzheimers disease. So, we have shown in these animals that we control ... But in situations such as in intensive care where life support is being switched off, and we have some idea about the timing of ...

Chris - How did they find the gene in question?. Ian - To identify the gene, they used a process to delete every single gene in ... The Romans would be aghast if you could take their stained glass and flip a switch and we could change all the colours, but ... So they identified a gene. What is that gene that theyve found that seems to be so important, and do they know why disabling ... Ian - The gene itself was called SETD3, its a protein known as a methyltransferase. And they dont know exactly what stage in ...

They said go round to the wi-fi system and switch it back on again in the house they were renting and it should back itself to ... Previous Whats in your genes?. * Next Why does spicy food make me hiccup? ...

Chris - Its interesting though that this is almost like a switch being thrown whereby the cancer tells these cells to start ... How can we prevent the undesirable effects of gene therapy?. Science News ...