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Chromosomes in haploid mouse embryonic stem cells

Rewiring stem cells

09 Jan 2014

A new technique for determining what causes stem cells to convert into other cell types could revolutionise our understanding of how genes function...

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鈥淲here you are going is more important than how fast you are going鈥

鈥楲ight skin鈥 gene mirrors socio-cultural boundaries in Indian population

13 Nov 2013

Latest research shows that the presence of the genetic mutation for lighter skin - found in 鈥渁lmost 100%鈥 of Europeans - broadly conforms to many...

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X-ray photo of a chest

Scientists discover genetic disease which causes recurrent respiratory infections

18 Oct 2013

Discovery could lead to new treatments for this genetic disorder.

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Diagram showing spread of humans from Africa.

Scientists use genetics and climate reconstructions to track the global spread of modern humans out of Africa

17 Sep 2012

Research indicates the out-of-Africa spread of humans was dictated by the appearance of favourable climatic windows.

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Example of fatty overgrowth, affecting specific body regions, caused by mutations in the phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase PI3K (AKT) signalling pahtway.

Cause of rare growth disease discovered

24 Jun 2012

Scientists hopeful discovery will provide a biological target for drug therapy.

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Parish Hall on right (a champion with Northern Dancer ancestry on both sides) wins the Group 1 Dubai Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket in October 2011 for Jim Bolger

Speed and stamina: a tale of two genes

24 Jan 2012

Research by a team of scientists suggests that a variant of the so-called speed gene found in top racehorses can be traced back to a single British...

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Image of a cell with AP-5 showing in green, AP-1 and AP-2 in red.

Transporter 5: solving an ancient mystery of the cell

14 Nov 2011

探花直播discovery by scientists in Cambridge and Alberta of a fifth adaptor protein 鈥 a tiny and vital component of many cells 鈥搘ill lay the foundations...

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milk

Indians and Europeans share a milky past

09 Sep 2011

Cambridge 探花直播 researchers have discovered that lactose tolerant milk-drinkers in India and Europe could be related to the same person who...

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Illustration of a network of nerve cells in the brain.

Number of genes associated with MS doubles

11 Aug 2011

Critical insight provided into the disease mechanisms behind multiple sclerosis.

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Pompeii's mystery horse

Identity of Pompeii鈥檚 mystery horse revealed

17 Dec 2010

探花直播identity of a mysterious breed of 鈥渉orse鈥 which has baffled experts since its remains were uncovered at Pompeii has been resolved by a Cambridge...

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BUTTERFLY

How the butterflies got their spots

04 Feb 2010

How two butterfly species have evolved exactly the same striking wing colour and pattern has intrigued biologists since Darwin's day. Now, scientists...

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February is American Heart Month

Scientists find "missing link" between heart failure and environment

13 Jan 2010

Scientists have found what they believe is the missing link between heart failure, our genes and our environment. 探花直播study could open up completely...

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