| Glossary |
Protein
A large biological molecule made up of a string of sub-units called amino acids. There are thousands of different proteins in the human body, each with a particular job. For example, haemoglobin carries oxygen around the blood.
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The US medicines regulator, the Food and Drug Administration, has approved a genetic test to help doctors select suitable lung cancer patients to be treated with the drug erlotinib... [Read More] |
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Gene therapy will be used to treat heart failure for the first time in the UK, in clinical trials being launched by the British Heart Foundation... [Read More] |
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A memorial to Francis Crick has been unveiled at his former college at the University of Cambridge to mark the 60th anniversary of the publication of the structure of DNA... [Read More] |
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For a self-described 'look inside your genes', this programme did what it set out to accomplish but ultimately obscured the real complexity of autism spectrum disorders... [Read More] |
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Scientists have identified four new gene variants associated with severe childhood obesity... [Read More] |
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One of the essential components of a computer, the transistor, has been created in a living biological system for the first time... [Read More] |
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An experimental approach to treating Parkinson's disease may need to be reconsidered following evidence suggesting that it may make patients worse... [Read More] |
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An experimental gene therapy that protects cartilage from wear and deterioration has been shown to slow the development of osteoarthritis in mice.... [Read More] |
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A blood test is being developed that could help doctors monitor how breast cancer tumours respond to therapy... [Read More] |
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Event Review: Personal Genetics - An Intersection Between Science, Society, and Policy |
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In the decade since the human genome was first sequenced, the cost of reading a human genome has dropped from around US $100,000,000 to around US $6,000. In the past year the target has shifted from the '$1000 genome' to the '$0 genome'... [Read More] |
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A short strip of genetic material has been used to prevent hereditary deafness in mice... [Read More] |
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Aged stem cells can be returned to a younger, more active state by increasing the activity of a single gene... [Read More] |
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Scientists have for the first time shown the existence of a new structural form of DNA, called G-quadruplex DNA, in human cells.... [Read More] |
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Altering the genetic makeup of immune cells could provide them with resistance to HIV... [Read More] |
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The bacteria that cause leprosy appear able to perform an unlikely manoeuvre that scientists are calling 'biological alchemy' - they can infect specialised nervous system cells and change them into stem cells... [Read More] |
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Event Review: Masterpieces of Epigenetics - The Missing Link between Nature and Nurture |
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'Beautiful science' was how Dr Nessa Carey described epigenetics at the Biochemical Society Annual Symposium Public Lecture, held at the University of Leeds... [Read More] |
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Immune cell gene therapy a success for one leukaemia patient |
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A seven-year-old girl with a highly aggressive form of leukaemia may have been 'cured' by an experimental therapy that harnesses the body's immune system to seek out and destroy the disease.... [Read More] |
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Mutations in the genes for aldosterone and cortisol, hormones that regulate the circulatory system, have been identified as risk factors for hypertension, or high blood pressure... [Read More] |
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Preventing transmission of mitochondrial DNA disease: new developments |
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The energy required for our cells to function properly is mainly produced by mitochondria. Mitochondria are tiny structures within our cells, which contain their own DNA. The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) encodes a small number of the many proteins required to produce energy efficiently. Mutations in mtDNA cause a broad spectrum of diseases and degenerative disorders, which can be fatal.... [Read More] |
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Mutation in immune response gene linked to Alzheimer's disease |
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A single genetic mutation increases the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease by threefold, say scientists from two independent research groups... [Read More] |
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Events using this Glossary Item
| Functional Genomics and Systems Biology |
| 30 November 2009 Wellcome Trust Conference Centre, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1RQ, UK |
| An event addressing post-genomic science in humans and other organisms... [Read More] |
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| The Blind-Drunk Mutant Mouse: A Model for Schizophrenia? |
| 19 November 2009 12midday Francis Crick Auditorium, Wellcome Trust Conference Centre, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1RQ, UK |
| A discussion introduced by Professor Kay Davies, Head of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics at the University of Oxford... [Read More] |
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