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First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 reports

Voltammetric behaviour of free DNA bases, methylcytosine and oligonucleotides at disposable screen printed graphite electrode platforms

Improvements in analytical methods for the determination and quantification of methylcytosine in DNA are vital since it has the potential to be used as a biomarker to detect different diseases in the first stage as carcinomas and sterility. In this work ... [Published RSC - 10 hours ago]

Entities: DNA, Graphite, Cytosine, Electrode, Guanine

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Beyoncé Knowles

11 Weird Things Named After Celebs

The Hasselhoff crab, the Beyonce fly, and more(Newser) – You know you've made it when you get a house fly named after you, as Beyonce did last year. The Huffington Post rounds up 10 more interesting things dedicated to celebrities:A hairy crab: Scientists ... [Published Newser - May 19 2013]

Entities: Celebrity, Guanine, Adenine, Beyoncé Knowles, David Hasselhoff

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Bird 'Poops' Used in Facial Powder at High-Class Spa? Can it Transmit Infectious Disease such as 'Bird Flu'?

Droppings from a type of bird called Nightingale are used frequently for facials at high-class spas and allegedly to do softening, brightening and nourishing of the face. But how does it smell after? Can infected Nightingale transmit diseases such as ... [Published International Business Times UK - May 16 2013]

Entities: Nightingale, Bird Flu, Facial Nerve

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Launching Spiking Ligands into a Protein–Protein Interface: A Promising Strategy To Destabilize and Break Interface Formation in a tRNA Modifying Enzyme

Apart from competitive active-site inhibition of protein function, perturbance of protein–protein interactions by small molecules in oligodomain enzymes opens new perspectives for innovative therapeutics. tRNA–guanine transglycosylase (TGT), a potential ... [Published ACS Chemical Biology - May 15 2013]

Entities: Protein, Ligand, Ligands, tRNA

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Surgery can dramatically reduce genetic cancer risk

Women whose genes put them at a high risk of contracting breast cancer can dramatically reduce the danger by having a double mastectomy—but not eliminate it altogether, experts say.The issue has been thrown into the spotlight with Hollywood star Angelina ... [Published Medical Xpress - May 14 2013]

Entities: Cancer, Breast Cancer, Double Mastectomy, Mutation

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Nanosilver suppresses growth and induces oxidative damage to DNA in Caenorhabditis elegans

Studies on the effects of nanomaterial exposure in mammals are limited, and new methods for rapid risk assessment of nanomaterials are urgently required. The utility of Caenorhabditis elegans cultured in axenic liquid media was evaluated as an alternative ... [Published Bionity.com - May 09 2013]

Entities: Caenorhabditis elegans, DNA, Suppression

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Toward Improved Description of DNA Backbone: Revisiting Epsilon and Zeta Torsion Force Field Parameters

We present a refinement of the backbone torsion parameters ε and ζ of the Cornell et al. AMBER force field for DNA simulations. The new parameters, denoted as εζOL1, were derived from quantum-mechanical calculations with inclusion of conformation-dependent ... [Published Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: DNA, Guanine, Nucleic Acid

First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 1 reports

Exciplexes and conical intersections lead to fluorescence quenching in [small pi]-stacked dimers of 2-aminopurine with natural purine nucleobases

Fluorescent analogues of the natural DNA bases are useful in the study of nucleic acids’ structure and dynamics. 2-Aminopurine (2AP) is a widely used analogue with environmentally sensitive fluorescence behavior. The quantum yield of 2AP has been found ... [Published RSC - Apr 26 2013]

Entities: 2-Aminopurine, Purine, DNA, Guanine, Adenine

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Modeling the Conformational Preference of the Carbon-Bonded Covalent Adduct Formed upon Exposure of 2′-Deoxyguanosine to Ochratoxin A

The conformational flexibility of the C8-linked guanine adduct formed from attachment of ochratoxin A (OTA) was analyzed using a systematic computational approach and models ranging from the nucleobase to the adducted DNA helix. A focus was placed on ... [Published Chemical Research in Toxicology - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Guanosine, DNA, Guanine, Nucleoside, Nucleotide

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

Gene-testing kits promise a lot. But does your DNA say much about your health?

What does your DNA really reveal about your health?It sounded enticing: For just $99, I could spit into a tube, mail it off to a company called 23andMe, and, six to eight weeks later, Id receive a report explaining what my DNA reveals about my risk for ... [Published Washington Post - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: DNA, 23andMe Inc, Nucleotide, Genome, Genetics

First reported Mar 09 2013 - Updated Mar 09 2013 - 1 reports

Books of Ice: Sculptures by Basia Irland

From Orion Magazine: Ice is a seed. Balls of ice sowed seeds of life on Earth. That’s what comets are, just clumps of ice holding interstellar rocks and dust. But in that dust are amino acids and nucleotides that build living things. Many scientists ... [Published 3quarksdaily - Mar 09 2013]

Entities: Ireland, Thymine, Cytosine, Adenine, Guanine

First reported Jan 21 2013 - Updated Jan 21 2013 - 1 reports

DNA and Cancer Cells

Study: Targeting Cancer Cells share this storyScientists have discovered a “quadruple helix” – a complex, four-stranded structure within human cells – that could pave the way for new treatments for cancer.The finding, by researchers from Cambridge University, ... [Published ThirdAge - Jan 21 2013]

Entities: DNA, Cancer, DNA Replication, University of Cambridge

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"We show that these small pores are sensitive to the base content," Drndić said, "and we saw these results in pores with diameters between 1 and 2 nanometers, which is actually encouraging because it suggests some manufacturing variability may be okay."

Advance in nanotech gene sequencing technique [Published PhysOrg.com - 20 hours ago]

...Regulations are in place for us. Lets hope the regulations apply to everybody. "We understand only about 1 percent'For even the most careful and best informed, the work is a plunge in the dark."

Your life decoded [Published Argus Leader - May 19 2013]

"Although the H7N9 virus can destroyed if the excrement ferments at between 70 degrees Celsius to 80 degrees Celsius for a long period of time, unfermented poultry faeces could leak during transportation and pose a health risk" reported Taipei Times

Bird 'Poops' Used in Facial Powder at High-Class Spa? Can it Transmit Infectious Disease such as ... [Published International Business Times UK - May 16 2013]

"Deciding whether to have preventative surgery is a heart rending decision for women like Angelina but we know it's a vital way of saving lives" the campaign's chief executive Delyth Morgan said

Surgeon details Angelina Jolie's mastectomies [Published Asiaone - May 15 2013]

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Bioinformatics Special Report, Part I: Where Do... [Published Proactive Investors USA - May 17 2013]
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Launching Spiking Ligands into a Protein–Protei... [Published ACS Chemical Biology - May 15 2013]
Surgeon details Angelina Jolie's mastectomies [Published Asiaone - May 15 2013]
Surgery can dramatically reduce genetic cancer ... [Published Medical Xpress - May 14 2013]
Nucleotide degradation and ribose salvage in yeast [Published Molecular Systems Biology - May 14 2013]
BEC blows P40 million on new exam system blunder [Published Sunday Standard Botswana - May 13 2013]
Fight Aging! Newsletter, May 13th 2013 [Published Fight Aging! - May 12 2013]
3D Printing for Fine Arts & Firearms [Published Here's How! - May 09 2013]
Nanosilver suppresses growth and induces oxidat... [Published Bionity.com - May 09 2013]
Transgenic Mice Expressing Human MTH1 Live Longer [Published Longevity Meme - May 08 2013]
Birthmark Has Genetic Ties to Neural Syndrome [Published MedPage Today - May 08 2013]
Penn Research Makes Advance in Nanotech Gene Se... [Published Nanotechnology News - May 08 2013]
Dock3 interaction with a glutamate-receptor NR2... [Published 7thSpace - May 04 2013]
Genetic tests inform consumer, but experts doub... [Published South Coast Today - May 02 2013]
"3-Oh Unblocked Nucleotides and Nucleosides Bas... [Published Equities.com - May 01 2013]
Synthesis and Cytotoxic Evaluation of Acylated ... [Published Bionity.com - May 01 2013]
Toward Improved Description of DNA Backbone: Re... [Published Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation - Apr 30 2013]
Exciplexes and conical intersections lead to fl... [Published RSC - Apr 26 2013]
Modeling the Conformational Preference of the ... [Published Chemical Research in Toxicology - Apr 23 2013]
Gene-testing kits promise a lot. But does your ... [Published Washington Post - Apr 22 2013]
Life on Earth… but not as we know it [Published Nile International - Apr 20 2013]
The shadow biosphere: life on Earth, but not as... [Published Japan Times - Apr 19 2013]
RNA's First Four Billion Years on Earth: A Biog... [Published American Institute of Biological Sciences - Apr 19 2013]
Recombinant polyprotein vaccines for the treatm... [Published PharmCast - Apr 18 2013]

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Fight Aging! Newsletter, May 13th 2013 [Published Fight Aging! - May 12 2013] FIGHT AGING! NEWSLETTERMay 13th 2013 The Fight Aging! Newsletter is a weekly email containing news, opinions, and happenings for people interested in aging science and engineered longevity: making use of diet, lifestyle choices, technology, and proven ...
Books of Ice: Sculptures by Basia Irland [Published 3quarksdaily - Mar 09 2013] From Orion Magazine: Ice is a seed. Balls of ice sowed seeds of life on Earth. That’s what comets are, just clumps of ice holding interstellar rocks and dust. But in that dust are amino acids and nucleotides that build living things. Many scientists ...
Scientists successfully store data in DNA [Published EarthSky - Jan 27 2013] Scientists have successfully stored an audio recording of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, plus Shakespearean sonnets and more, on a strand of synthetic DNA. They were able to translate, store, and retrieve this data. This strand of ...
Scientists at Cambridge University find quadrup... [Published SlashGear - Jan 21 2013] If you’ve ever studied genetics in school or college, you’ll know that the structure of DNA is a double helix. You likely know that DNA carries all of our genetic code. While traditionally we think of only double helix DNA, scientists from Cambridge ...
Scientists build with DNA bricks [Published 3quarksdaily - Nov 30 2012] From MSNBC: Researchers at Harvard's Wyss Institute have coaxed single strands of DNA to fit together like Lego bricks and form scores of complex three-dimensional shapes, including a teeny-tiny space shuttle. The technique, described in this week's ...