Posts Tagged ‘University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’
Health & Medicine - Wednesday, February 3, 2010 0:38 - 3 Comments
Genome map points to diabetes hot spots
“The majority of the DNA sequences associated with disease found thus far reside in the middle of nowhere,” says biologist Jason Lieb. “Here we have developed a map that can guide scientists to regions of the genome that do appear to be functionally relevant, instead of a dead end.” (Courtesy: iStockphoto)
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US)—Scientists have generated a complete map of the areas of the genome that control which genes are “turned on” or “off.” The discovery, made in pancreatic islet cells, opens new avenues for understanding the genetic basis of type 2 diabetes and other common illnesses. Continue…
- Single cancer, multiple diseases
- Thirsty cities should mix it up
- Sleep, mental problems for wives of deployed
- Calcium key to ‘legless’ bacteria
- Irregular arm swing may point to Parkinson’s
- Let kids get dirty. It’s good for them
- Genes help explain racial gap in diabetes
- Jumbo shellfish rule in acidic oceans
- ‘Female Viagra’ targets brain to boost sex drive
- New clues in quest for liquid methane
- Imagination helps kids cope with pain
- BPA making toddler girls grow aggressive?
- Gene bends rules of brain development
- Blood vessel growth’s an inside job
- Low-cost bed nets prove priceless
- Black patients seen, not heard
- Move over trees. Here comes the sun
- Warmer oceans tangle food chain
- Light’s a total turnoff for protein
Featured Blog: Summer in Antartica (USC)
- Farewell, McMurdo Station February 1, 2010
- Burrowing Worms January 31, 2010
- Antifreeze Fish January 30, 2010
In Today’s ScienceBlogs
- Book Review: The Rise of Horses [Laelaps] February 8, 2010
- Four Stone Hearth: Call for Submissions [Aardvarchaeology] February 8, 2010
- Ezra Klein - Democrats win the Super Bowl? [Neuron Culture] February 8, 2010
Powered by: 
