Wednesday, November 30, 2011

ScienceDaily: Biotechnology News

ScienceDaily: Biotechnology News


Genetic buzzer-beater genes may save fish

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 09:35 AM PST

Two distinct populations of rainbow trout -- one in Alaska, the other in Idaho -- share a genetic trait that could have huge implications for fisheries conservation and management, an eight-member research team reports.

Environment and diet leave their prints on the heart

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 06:24 AM PST

A new study, which set out to investigate DNA methylation in the human heart and the "missing link" between our lifestyle and our health, has now mapped the link in detail across the entire human genome.

Transplanted cells repair the brain in obese mice

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 01:10 PM PST

Small numbers of properly selected neurons, transplanted into damaged brain areas in mice, are capable of restoring lost functions. Experiments on mice with a defect resulting in obesity and a series of measurements documenting efficiency of the neuron transplant method have now been carried out.

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