Cambridge University scientists say they have seen four-stranded DNA at work in human cells for the first time and wonder if it might provide a target for the development of novel anti-cancer treatments.
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Whether fire ants bow to one queen or accept many rulers depends on one long strand of genes, a new study finds. Via Rob Dawson Delete the scoop?
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60 years after Watson and Crick's ground breaking paper described the double helix structure of DNA, researchers at the University of Cambridge have observed four-stranded DNA structures within human cells. Via Rob Dawson 
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The changes are in regions that control genes, not in the genes themselves, and they are exactly the type caused by exposure to ultraviolet light.
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Over the last 50 years, the spotting of newborn’s blood onto filter paper for disease screening, called Guthrie cards, has become routine…... Delete the scoop?
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Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered a mutant form of the gene, Chk1, that when expressed in cancer cells, permanently stopped their proliferation and caused cell death without the addition of any... Delete the scoop?
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NCI's biweekly online newsletter provides useful, timely information about cancer research to the cancer community. Delete the scoop?
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New cancer cases have been falling at a rate of about half a percent each year since 1999. Delete the scoop?
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Scientists met behind closed doors in Geneva Thursday to discuss whether controversial research on a mutant form of bird flu capable of being spread among humans can be made public. Delete the scoop?
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They have the same piercing eyes. The same color hair. One may be shy, while the other loves meeting new people. Discovering why identical twins differ—despite having the same DNA—could reveal a great deal about all of us. Delete the scoop?
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University of Illinois researchers determined that an adult stem cell present in muscle is responsive to exercise, a discovery that may provide a link between exercise and muscle health. Delete the scoop?
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Eating strawberries and blueberries three or more times a week may help women cut their risk of a heart attack by a third, according to new research. Via BBSRC, Rob Dawson Delete the scoop?
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£800,000 research project will attempt to replicate photosynthesis in order to make a more efficient renewable fuel Via Rob Dawson Delete the scoop?
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University of Cambridge researchers have discovered how an antibiotic-resistant superbug exploits oxygen-limited conditions in the lungs Via Rob Dawson
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The research, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and published in Open Biology, shows that an infection pathway in P. aeruginosa is activated when the bug encounters low-oxygen conditions. Delete the scoop?
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Pigs and humans share 112 DNA mutations which in man have been linked to obesity, diabetes, dyslexia, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, a team from the United States and Europe found. Via Rob Dawson Delete the scoop?
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Researchers at the University of Leeds have identified a crucial stage in the lifecycle of simple viruses like polio and the common cold that could open a new front in the war on viral disease. Delete the scoop?
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Scientists in Dundee believe they have uncovered a key step in how cells turn into tissues and organs. Via Rob Dawson Delete the scoop?
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - A sweeping study of hundreds of families with autism has found that spontaneous mutations can occur in a parent's sperm or egg cells that increase a child's risk for autism, and fathers... Delete the scoop?
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A scientists shines a blue light on yeast and mammalian cells in her lab and the edges of them start to glow. The effect is the result of a light-activated switch from a plant that has been inserted into the cell. Delete the scoop?
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A small group has gathered at the World Health Organization in Geneva to discuss a controversy over experiments that generated genetically altered viruses. After the meeting, which ends Friday, the WHO will announce what happened behind closed doors. Delete the scoop?
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