• 基因专利阻止了竞争 延缓了创新

    10-04-15 Exclusive(排外的,专一的) licenses to gene patents, most of which are held by academic institutions and based on taxpayer-funded research, do more to block competition in the gene testing market than to spur(激励,鞭策) the development of new te...

  • 向日葵——早期印第安人园艺创作来源

    10-04-03 New information about early Native Americans' horticultural(园艺的) practices comes not from hieroglyphs(象形文字,图画文字) or other artifacts(史前古器物,人工产品) , but from a suite of four gene duplicates(副本,复制品) found in wild and...

  • 研究人员发现可以影响寿命、免疫力、恢复力的基因

    10-04-02 Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) at the University of Birmingham have discovered that a gene called DAF-16 is strongly involved in determining the rate of ageing and average lifespan(生命值,寿...

  • 对Skp2基因的研究有助于肿瘤的治疗

    10-03-16 Increased understanding of the Skp2 gene and its relation to cellular senescence(衰老) may lead to the development of novel agents that can suppress(抑制,镇压) tumor development in common types of cancer, researchers from The University of Texa...

  • 科学家发现“组织再生基因”

    10-03-16 A quest that began over a decade ago with a chance observation has reached a milestone: the identification of a gene that may regulate(调节,规定) regeneration in mammals(哺乳动物) . The absence of this single gene, called p21, confers a healing...

  • 吸烟可加大某些特定基因者患动脉瘤的风险

    10-02-27 For people who carry common gene variants, cigarette smoking greatly increases the risk that a blood vessel in the brain will weaken and balloon out called an aneurysm(动脉瘤) which could be life-threatening if it ruptures(破裂) , according to r...

  • 人、禽流感病毒相互作用可产生新变种病毒

    10-02-23 Genetic interactions(相互作用) between avian(鸟类的) H5N1 influenza and human seasonal influenza viruses have the potential to create hybrid(杂种的,混合的) strains combining the virulence(毒性) of bird flu with the pandemic(流行的,普遍的...

  • 风湿病学家发现关节炎的基因根源

    10-01-11 Work done in part by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston has led to the discovery of two new genes that are implicated in ankylosing spondylitis关节固定性脊柱炎 (AS), an inflammatory炎症的 and potentially disablin...

  • 黄光、蓝光可使脑细胞进入休眠

    10-01-07 Neuroscientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a powerful new class of tools to reversibly可逆地 shut down brain activity using different colors of light. When targeted to specific neurons神经原 , they could potentially...

  • 基因因素比生活压力更容易使女人头发变白

    09-12-01 A woman's genes are much more likely than lifestyle factors such as stress or diet to cause greying hair, a study suggests. 研究显示,一个女人的基因比诸如压力、饮食之类的生活方式因素更容易引起白头发。 There was very little difference in the greying...