Genetic Regulation of Metabolomic Biomarkers – Paths to Cardiovascular Diseases And Type 2 Diabetes

In a study to the genetic variance of human metabolism, researchers have identified thirty one regions of the genome that were associated with levels of circulating metabolites, i.e., small molecules that take part in various chemical reactions of human...

Faster, More Accurate, More Sensitive

Lightning fast and yet highly sensitive: HHblits is a new software tool for protein research which promises to significantly improve the functional analysis of proteins. A team of computational biologists led by Dr. Johannes Söding of LMU’s Genzentrum...

So Many Proteins, So Much Promise

The human genome has been mapped. Now, it’s on to proteins, a much more daunting task. There are 20,300 genes, but there are millions of distinct protein molecules in our bodies. Many of these hold keys to understanding disease and targeting treatment. A...

Medusa-structure of Gene Regulatory Network: Dominance of Transcription Factors in Cancer Subtypes

Over the past decades, researchers seeking to understand molecular mechanisms underlying various diseases, notably cancer, have taken advantage of DNA microarrays to interrogate tissues specimen of patients for the expression status of thousands of genes...

Daphnia Pulex Genome Reveals Its Secrets

The genome of the water flea, Daphnia pulex, has been sequenced by an international team of researchers, including Dietmar Kueltz, professor of animal science at UC Davis. And it turns out to hold a few surprises. How People Arrived Here: daphnia genome...

The Public Looks At Synthetic Biology — Cautiously

A new poll conducted by Hart Research Associates and the Synthetic Biology Project at the Woodrow Wilson Center finds that two-thirds of Americans think that synthetic biology should move forward, but with more research to study its possible effects on...

Genome Sequence for the Domestic Horse to Be Unveiled

The whole genome sequence of the domestic horse has been completed by the genome-sequencing center of The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, in collaboration with an international team of researchers that includes scientists at the University of California,...