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Gene - A section of DNA coding for a single polypeptide chain, a particular species of transfer or ribosomal RNA, or a sequence that is recognized by and interacts with regulatory proteins.
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News archive for Gene:

Police Call Publisher Gene Hughes Dead at 80  -  04 Aug 2008
Wired NewsUnder the pen name Gene Hughes, Gene Costin became a household-word among geeks in the 1970s when he started cataloging the radio frequencies used by

Beloved Son of Coach Gene Stallings Passes at 46  -  04 Aug 2008
WAAY,John Mark Stallings, son of former University of Alabama football coach Gene Stallings, died on Saturday. The 46-year-old John Mark was born with Down

Penn researchers find a new role for a 'Foxy Old Gene'  -  04 Aug 2008
Hindu,ChIP-on-Chip assay stands for Chromatin ImmunoPrecipitation on a gene Chip. First, in the two-step assay, chromatin (DNA and protein) was extracted from

Invitrogen Partnering With Lentigen to Develop New Gene Expression ...  -  04 Aug 2008
GenomeWeb News (subscription),Invitrogen said that it will provide Lentigen with access to its human and mouse gene libraries, which will be used in conjunction with lentiviral gene

Civil suit filed against former state Sen. Gene Stipe  -  04 Aug 2008
Tulsa World,Gene Stipe in connection with his involvement in the insurance business as a convicted felon. The complaint filed in the Eastern District of Oklahoma seeks

Gene Test Leads To Targeted Cancer Treatment  -  04 Aug 2008
cbs4denver.com,Doctors can do a simple test on the cancer tissue to determine if the patients have a specific gene characteristic. If the test is positive, doctors then

Gene Robinson still have one at the top?  -  04 Aug 2008
SuperPrep.comThis was Gene Robinson's third camp to attend at Ole Miss this summer. What was he keying in on this trip? "I wanted to get an inside scoop on the

Gay clerics certain to win struggle, Right Rev Gene Robinson says  -  04 Aug 2008
Times Online,The Right Rev Gene Robinson, the Bishop of New Hampshire, said that the worldwide Anglican Communion was eventually bound to recognise that it could not

Drivers encouraged to avoid Gene Autry Trail and Vista Chino  -  04 Aug 2008
The Desert Sun,Traffic signal modifications are still underway at Vista Chino and Gene Autry Trail, according to a city release. Caltrans has set the traffic signal to run

Gene Ontology term overlap as a measure of gene functional similarity  -  04 Aug 2008
7thSpace Interactive (press release),One such reference is the Gene Ontology (GO). A number of groups have suggested that the semantic similarity of the GO annotations of genes can serve as a

Cold Spring Harbor Protocols highlights gene silencing, cancer ...  -  04 Aug 2008
EurekAlert (press release),...silencing with the versatility of lentiviral vectors gives researchers a powerful tool for the investigation of gene function both in vivo and in vitro.

Researchers Discover The Gene That Can Cause Suicide  -  04 Aug 2008
TopNews,Researchers believe that with the help of this research an effective medicine can be developed to balance the amount of protein that affects a gene that

Health: Hunger Gene  -  04 Aug 2008
CBS 3,New research may explain why a gene already linked to obesity may be the culprit. A British study of more than 3000 8 to 11-year-olds found children with a

Researchers Identify Gene That Regulates Glucose Levels  -  04 Aug 2008
LA Downtown News Online,To understand how genes work, a collaborative study that includes USC researchers has identified a gene that regulates glucose levels.

It would make Gene Simmons proud.  -  04 Aug 2008
Bethlehem Daily Star,When I visited Musikfest last night with my family, my kids dragged me across Main Street to check out the state troopers mounted on horses.

Gene doping 'very unlikely' in Beijing  -  04 Aug 2008
The West Australian,Athletes are "very unlikely" to be using genuine gene doping in Beijing, according to Australian sports medicine experts who say a countrywide conspiracy

QIAGEN and Idaho Technology Settle Patent Dispute  -  04 Aug 2008
MarketWatch...that the companies have reached a settlement agreement for rights to a suite of intellectual property relating to Corbett's Rotor-Gene(tm) instruments.

Alnylam Consolidates Intellectual Property for RNA Activation ...  -  04 Aug 2008
Business Wire (press release),...“We look forward to collaborating on the emerging science of RNAa biology to further explore the breadth of applications for transcriptional gene activation

New gene mutation implicated in lupus  -  04 Aug 2008
Fresh News,By ANI on Sunday, August 3, 2008 Scientists at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation have identified a gene mutation that may cause the immune system to

Gene Turnwald: Foreclosure bill offers extra relief for homeowners ...  -  04 Aug 2008
Lansing State Journal,In the past few weeks, Congress put the final touches on a Housing Assistance and Foreclosure Rescue Bill that President Bush signed into law last week.

Genetic testing brings new hopes, hard choices  -  04 Aug 2008
Boston Globe,A simple blood test based on new gene science enabled him to discover that he carried the same gene defect that probably doomed his father and brother.

Birimingham company begins work on Auburn arena  -  04 Aug 2008
Bizjournals.com,Scott Watkins, assistant project manager; David Palmer, assistant project manager; Gene Hardy, general superintendent; Chuck Roberts and Ricky Harrison,

Gaithersburg's Ore Pharmaceuticals reports $4.7M loss  -  04 Aug 2008
Baltimore Business Journal,Ore Pharmaceuticals, formerly known as Gene Logic, expects to eliminate approximately $7.2 million in salary and benefit expenses per year.

NCAA post gets McArtor back into college baseball  -  04 Aug 2008
Columbia Daily Tribune,By BILL CLARK Gene McArtor, who coached the University of Missouri baseball team for 21 years, has been named the new coordinator for Division I baseball

Kate Hudson's rock son  -  04 Aug 2008
China Daily,...[Agencies] Kate Hudson thinks her son has the "rock star gene". The 'Fool's Gold' actress is sure her four-year-old son Ryder - who she had with her

A Breast MRI Helped Christina Applegate - could it help you too?  -  04 Aug 2008
Examiner.comWomen who carry the breast cancer gene are at particularly high risk of breast cancer. In these women, breast MRI has been shown to help find early cancers

iPhone nano: A rumor before its time  -  04 Aug 2008
CNNMoney.comBut the timing was wrong last summer and, according to Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster, this summer’s rumor is also a bit off. “Just as the company slowly

Jumping for Jesus in Great Falls  -  04 Aug 2008
KPAX-TV,Gene Sullivan tours the country Jumping for Jesus, using his motorcycle jump to get the message out. But, it's a message of salvation, not something you

Father-son bond evident in every gaze  -  04 Aug 2008
Montgomery Advertiser,Speaking was Gene Stallings, a successful college football coach who was at a loss for words when his only son entered the world. He didn't say "it" was the

Oil Prices Slouch Again  -  04 Aug 2008
Wall Street Journal Blogs,...“The high prices, particularly in diesel and gasoline and heating oil, have basically changed the behavior habits of end-users,� says Gene McGillian,

POLL-US crude stocks seen up on higher imports  -  04 Aug 2008
Reuters UK,Wednesday of the US Energy Information Administration's weekly inventory report for the week to Aug. 1. (Reporting by Gene Ramos; Editing by John Picinich)

US Commercial Market Widens for Distribution of First Multi-Factor ...  -  04 Aug 2008
Business Wire (press release),OncoVue incorporates both gene-based information and personal history measures to determine a woman’s future risk of developing breast cancer.

Biological “Clockâ€? Influences Damage Done by Oxidative Stress  -  04 Aug 2008
EVLivingWhen the gene that controls this process was completely removed by genetic manipulation, the fly’s ability to deal with oxidative stress essentially

Identifying Cancer Cells Allows Tumor-Specific Treatment  -  04 Aug 2008
HealthNews,Microarray technology can measure gene expression levels of large numbers of genes in one test. DNA fragments are placed on a slide then RNA, extracted from

LAFD Friend, Father of 'Police Call' Dies  -  04 Aug 2008
LAFD News & Information,For supporters of public safety agencies - as well as radio hobbyists and railfans across North America, the mention of 'Gene Hughes' and 'Police Call' is

Cutting The Brakes On The Immune System; Newly Discovered Gene ...  -  Aug 2, 2008
Science Daily (press release)But a new study by Patrick Gaffney, MD, and Kathy Moser, Ph.D., of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation shows that variation of a particular gene—known

FDA approves Affymetrix gene expression diagnostic testing  -  Jul 31, 2008
Bizjournals.com,Affymetrix Inc.'s product for in vitro gene expression diagnostic tesing has been given regulatory clearance by the US Food and Drug Administration,

Sleep Controlling Gene Identified  -  Aug 1, 2008
Oneindia,Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have identified a gene absolutely necessary for snoozing. "We spend - or should spend - a

Gene Could Boost Stroke Risk for Migraine Sufferers  -  Jul 31, 2008
Washington Post,By Serena Gordon THURSDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists say they've spotted a gene that may lessen the risk of migraines with aura.

MORGAN HAILS VETERAN GENE  -  Aug 1, 2008
Sportinglife.com,By Wayne Gardiner, PA Sport Hull KR coach Justin Morgan admits he would love to offer a new contract to Stanley Gene - but may not be able to.

Researchers Identify An Important Gene For A Healthy, Nutritious Plant  -  Aug 1, 2008
Science Daily (press release)1, 2008) — Dartmouth biologists have found a gene required for both efficient photosynthesis and for iron metabolism, processes necessary for producing a

Hunger Gene Discovered In Children  -  Aug 2, 2008
CBS13.com,In the study of more than 3000 eight to eleven year olds, they found kids with a particular strain of a gene already linked to obesity - couldn't tell when

Gene Evans, 70; designed fireworks displays at Hollywood Bowl  -  Aug 1, 2008
Los Angeles Times,Gene Evan's fireworks displays lighted up Hollywood Bowl concerts for 39 years. He was one of the pyrotechnic designers for the 1986 Statue of Liberty

Gene doping Genetically Modified Olympians?  -  Jul 31, 2008
Economist,In particular, they are interested in a field known as gene therapy. Gene therapy works by inserting extra copies of particular genes into the body.

Novel Kind Of Learning Gene Discovered  -  Aug 1, 2008
Science Daily (press release)A team led by neurobiologist Björn Brembs has discovered the first gene for operant conditioning in the fruit fly Drosophila. Their discovery suggests a

Bishop Gene Robinson says he is at Canterbury as a witness  -  Aug 2, 2008
Episcopal-Life,Lambeth Conference, but Diocese of New Hampshire Bishop Gene Robinson's presence at the every-decade gathering was, nonetheless, a compelling factor.

Gene tied to muscle pain from cholesterol drugs  -  Jul 23, 2008
ReutersBy Gene Emery BOSTON (Reuters) - British researchers have located a gene responsible for muscle pain or weakness experienced by some people taking statin

Alzheimer’s-related gene linked to reduced connectivity in brain  -  Aug 1, 2008
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,The reduced connectivity was found only in the 12 people in the study who were carriers of the APOE-4 gene, which is known to increase the risk of getting

Obesity gene 'affects appetite'  -  Jul 27, 2008
BBC News,Children carrying the first gene that has been clearly linked to obesity find it harder than others to tell when they are full, London-based researchers say

Gene doping Fairly safe  -  Jul 31, 2008
Economist,This is especially true of gene therapy. Replacing defective genes holds out great promise for people suffering from diseases such as muscular dystrophy and




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