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| | 1974 Mike Douglas Show: Gene Simmons of Kiss | | 2008-07-21 06:00:31 | | KISS made their second tv appearance on 3-29-74, they where only asked for a performance, but than their manager ask them if one of the members would like to be interviewed, so before Gene knew it he was in the studio being interviewed by a amazed audience and other guests... | | By: Outhouse Rag | | |
| | Rumer Willis’ Chin – Bad Gene? | | 2008-07-18 08:12:00 | | There's no doubt about it, Rumer Willis is an all-out dazzler.At the recent Power of Paws launch party, Rumer was decked in a strappy black dress that left little to the imagination and showed off her dewy complexion beautifully. While the yellow pumps she had on might have added a bit of unconventionality to her look, it was her resemblance to her parents that made excuses for her.Rumer is her mother's child all right. With Demi Moore's eyes and complexion, the features from daddy Bruce Willis' side of the family tree are almost overshadowed. Sadly, there is only so much you can do to hide a prominent chin though.One of the things Rumer has inherited from her pa is her broad and jutting chin.Speculations about a chin reduction and jaw realignment surgery abound, but I doubt Rumer has had any cosmetic surgery work. One of the benefits of a chin surgery is that it can enhance the appearance of a prominent chin very well.While you cannot draw the focus from the chin, it can | | By: Chin Surgery Beverly Hills | | |
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| Gene Switch Animation | | 2008-07-17 21:19:00 | | Regulatory "switches" are found upstream from a gene. Regulatory molecules bind to the switches and recruit RNA polymerase to bind to the gene's promoter region, increasing the transcription of the gene into messenger RNA.Other LinksBioSolutions:Artery problems in smokers and non-smokers AnimationBioSolutions: Lymphatic System AnimationBioSolutions:Mass spectrometry AnimationBioSolutions:Cardiac Arrhythmia Animation BioSolutions:Double Helix LectureBioSolutions:Nervous systemBioSolutions:How Cranberry Juice Prevents Urinary Tract InfectionsBioSolutions:Dna ExtractionBioSolutions:Human Embryonic Stem cells lectureBioSolutions:PCRBioSolutions:Adrenal GlandsBioSolutions:Small Intestine
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| | | Gene Robinson thinks Archbishop's position 'untenable' | | 2008-07-13 08:27:01 | | The Bishop of New Hampshire, Gene Robinson, who is openly gay, thinks that the Archbishop of Canterbury is in an "almost untenable" position as he tries to retain unity in the Church. He may well be right. I agree with Gene Robinson on this point. That we should all try to stick together rather than divide.Today at mass, our parish priest said, " Don't get too upset. Just let things develop. The Good lord has brought us this far, let's see where He leads us". I'm not talking of leaving, or going off in high dudgeon. But I would like a bit more give and take. I told a fellow parishioner that, if dinner invites were being given out, I'd be quite happy to sit alongside Gene rather than a person keen to see my views and belief obliterated. I may disagree with the Bishop of New Hampshire, but I don't doubt his sincerity, charity, and ability to rub along with those who find his position difficult to accept or to believe in. He appeared on the Andrew Marr show today. | | By: A View from Middle England by Arden Forester | | |
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| Gene Roddenberry's funeral | | 2008-07-13 02:20:27 | | By Norm Nason
Gene Roddenberry was an American screenwriter and producer best known as the creator of Star Trek. He would also become one of the first people to be "buried" in space. On November 1st, 1991, I had the honor of attending his funeral. Here's what happened.
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| | | | | | | Kiss e Gene Simmons: Storia e Video della mitica band americana | | 2008-05-29 09:00:37 | | Nel 1973, dopo l’esperienza con il gruppo “Wicked Lester”, conclusasi nel 1972, il bassista Gene Simmons, assieme ad un altro componente del gruppo, il cantante e chitarrista Paul Stanley, fondò i “KISS”.A loro, si unirono successivamente Ace Frehley, considerato uno migliori chitarristi in assoluto, ed il batterista Peter Criss, diventato famoso per aver composto la canzone “Beth”.Nel 1979 Peter Criss e nel 1982 Ace Frehley, lasciarono il gruppo a causa della loro condotta immorale, entrambi avevano grossi problemi con alcol e droghe.Ace Frehley, durante la tournee del 1977 in Giappone, si presentò ubriaco in albergo con una divisa nazista e mostrando il saluto romano. Questo, fece andare su tutte le furie Gene Simmons, il quale era di origine ebraica. Ripresosi dalla sbornia, Ace Frehley porse le sue scuse a Simmons. La band originaria si ricompose solo nel 1996. I “KISS”, sono entrati di diritto nella storia del rock e vengono considerati tra i pi | | By: UNO... PROVOCATORIO | | |
| | Gene Genie #32 - Googling the Genie [Highlight HEALTH] | | 2008-05-24 23:01:35 | | Welcome to the 32nd edition of Gene Genie, a blog carnival devoted to genes and genetic conditions. This edition includes some excellent articles on genes and gene-related diseases, genetics, genomics and personalized genetics.
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Google Health launched publicly this week and to recognize the event, the last section of [...] | | By: Highlight HEALTH | | |
| | Gene may shed light on neurological disorders | | 2008-05-22 19:45:16 | | In our brains, where millions of signals move across a network of neurons like runners in a relay race, all the critical baton passes take place at synapses. These small gaps between nerve cell endings have to be just the right size for messages to transmit properly. Synapses that grow too large or too small are associated with motor and cognitive impairment, learning and memory difficulties, and other neurological disorders. In a finding that sheds light on this system, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison describe a gene that controls the proper development of synapses, which could help explain how the process works and why it sometimes goes wrong.
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| | IN QUEL GENE SI NASCONDE IL DOPING | | 2008-05-22 04:33:41 | | Una mutazione genetica può nascondere l’uso di sostanze dopanti. Lo sostiene uno studio svedese: una scoperta che potrebbe mettere in crisi i controlli alle prossime Olimpiadi.
Una nuova ombra si addensa sui già criticatissimi test anti-doping. E a scoprire una falla nella rete dei controlli cui verranno sottoposti gli atlenti in partenza per Pechino è uno [...] | | By: Francesca Perna | | |
| | | | | Gene Genie #32 Call for Submissions [Highlight HEALTH] | | 2008-05-16 01:00:19 | | Highlight HEALTH will be hosting the next edition of Gene Genie, edition 32, on Sunday, May 25th. As host, I invite you to send your submissions.
Gene Genie is a bi-weekly blog carnival of genes and genetic conditions.
Past editions can be found at the Gene Genie website.
Submit your article here or email them to me using [...] | | By: Highlight HEALTH | | |
| | A Gene Map for the Cute Side of the Family | | 2008-05-13 23:01:47 | | Basics : By NATALIE ANGIER
When scientists announced last week that they had deciphered the complete genetic playbook for the duck-billed platypus, the public reacted with considerably more enthusiasm than it had accorded similar bulletins about the sequencing of, say, the mustard plant, the mosquito or the wild chicken. A “fantastic response,” said Jennifer Marshall Graves [...] | | By: ArticlesModern | | |
| | | | First Human Gene Therapy | | 2008-05-08 21:30:00 | | On September 14, 1990 at the U.S. National Institutes of Health W. French Anderson, M.D., and his colleagues R. Michael Blaese, M.D., C. Bouzaid, M.D., and Kenneth Culver, M.D., performed the first approved gene therapy procedure on four-year old Ashanthi DeSilva. Born with a rare genetic disease called severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), she lacked a healthy immune system, and was vulnerable to every passing germ or infection. Children with this illness usually develop overwhelming infections and rarely survive to adulthood; a common childhood illness like chickenpox is life-threatening. Ashanthi led a cloistered existence -- avoiding contact with people outside her family, remaining in the sterile environment of her home, and battling frequent illnesses with massive amounts of antibiotics.In Ashanthi's gene therapy procedure, doctors removed white blood cells from the child's body, let the cells grow in the lab, inserted the missing gene into the cells, and then infused the gene | | By: Biosolution | | |
| | | Gene variations may predict breast cancer risk | | 2008-05-02 11:51:57 | | According to a recent study, led by Virginia Kaklamani, MD, an oncologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and assistant professor of medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, variations of the adiponectin gene, which regulates a number of metabolic processes, may increase a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer.
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| | Gene therapy improves effects of congenital retinal disease | | 2008-04-27 21:28:01 | | In a clinical trial at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, researchers from The University of Pennsylvania have used gene therapy to safely restore vision in three young adults with a rare form of congenital blindness. Although the patients have not achieved normal eyesight, the preliminary results set the stage for further studies of an innovative treatment for this and possibly other retinal diseases.
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| | | Ocimum Biosolutions Launches Genowiz 4.0, A Comprehensive Gene Expression Analysis Software | | 2008-04-22 05:52:00 | | Ocimum Biosolutions, a leading provider of integrated genomics solutions, has announced the release of GenowizT 4.0, a comprehensive solution for gene expression analysis. The latest version makes the process of microarray data analysis simpler with a host of features such as AutoGuide to execute automated work flows for analyzing data, addition of organisms/genomes, automatic update of annotations, PLIER algorithm, data export in different formats, box plots and enhanced scatter plots."Ocimum a | | By: Brand Mantra | | |
| | Gene Therapy in Rats Reduces Cocaine Use | | 2008-04-19 07:06:10 | | (HealthDay News) -- Using gene therapy to increase the level of dopamine -- a pleasure-related chemical -- receptors in rats' brains reduced their desire for cocaine by 75 percent, U.S. researchers say.Previous research by the same team at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, in Upton, N.Y., found that increasing the level of dopamine receptors reduced rats' desire for alcohol."By increasing dopamine D2 receptor levels, we saw a dramatic drop in these rats' interest in cocaine. This provides new evidence that low levels of dopamine D2 receptors may play an important role in not just alcoholism but in cocaine abuse as well. It also shows a potential direction for addiction therapies," study lead author Panayotis (Peter) Thanos, a neuroscientist with the Brookhaven Lab and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Laboratory of Neuroimaging, said in a prepared statement.The study was published online April 16 in the journal Synapse and was expecte | | By: Ayurveda in Thailand Blog | | |
| | | | The Gene Treatment That Can Stop Breast Cancer In Its Tracks | | 2008-04-15 12:38:00 | | Once the tumor is asleep, it gives the immune system a chance to launch an attack and destroy what's left of it. You induce a terminal sleep and then the immune system just gobbles up the tumors.Thousands of women a year are diagnosed with breast cancer. The disease affects one in nine women at some point in their lives.Treatment normally consists of surgery to remove the tumor, followed by chemotherapy, and radiotherapy to kill off and remaining cells. Around 60 percent of women have tumors that thrive on the female hormone estrogen. These patients are often treated with estrogen - blocking drugs to prevent the hormone feeding the tumor and so helping it to grow. Tamoxifen is the best known of these. But for the remaining 40 percent of breast cancer patients, hormone - blocking drugs are useless because the tumors don't need estrogen to flourish. These types of tumors are often fast- growing.Researchers have made two important discoveries concerning these dangerous cancers, the first | | By: To atoid the cancer | | |
| | | | | The lean gene | | 2008-04-01 12:00:49 | | Your friend can eat whatever she wants and still fit into her prom dress, but you gain five pounds if you just look at that chocolate cake. Before you sign up for Weight Watchers and that gym membership, though, you may want to look at some recent research from Tel Aviv University and save yourself a few hundred dollars.
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| | Gene mutation | | 2008-03-26 20:37:00 | | Mutations are changes to the nucleotide sequence of the genetic material of an organism. Mutations can be caused by copying errors in the genetic material during cell division, by exposure to ultraviolet or ionizing radiation, chemical mutagens, or viruses, or can occur deliberately under cellular control during processes such as hypermutation. In multicellular organisms, mutations can be subdivided into germ line mutations, which can be passed on to descendants, and somatic mutations, which are not transmitted to descendants in animals. Plants sometimes can transmit somatic mutations to their descendants asexually or sexually (in case when flower buds develop in somatically mutated part of plant). A new mutation that was not inherited from either parent is called a de novo mutation.Mutations create variations in the gene pool. Less favorable (or deleterious) mutations can be reduced in frequency in the gene pool by natural selection, while more favorable (beneficial or advantageous) m | | By: Biosolution | | |
| | Human gene insights | | 2008-03-21 13:05:19 | | Among the approximately 23,000 genes found in human DNA, scientists currently estimate that there may be as few as 50 to 100 that have no counterparts in other species. Expand that comparison to include the primate family known as hominoids, and there may be several hundred unique genes.
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| | Targeted gene removal can restore function in defective cells | | 2008-03-17 15:43:02 | | Gene therapy, in which a working gene is inserted into a cell to replace a faulty or absent gene, is a promising experimental technique for the prevention and treatment of disease. Now a research team led by a Northwestern University physicist reports that a counterintuitive approach also holds promise. The targeted removal of genes -- the exact opposite of what a gene therapist would do -- can restore cellular function in cells with genetic defects, such as mutations.
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| | | Researchers fine-tune marker for common obesity gene | | 2008-03-12 11:02:03 | | Genomics researchers, seeking to replicate another group’s discovery of an important gene associated with obesity, have further refined the signal to a particular variant in DNA that may be more helpful in identifying this gene’s role in obesity in various human populations worldwide. The finding suggests that the gene variant, identified in DNA from African American children, may be a tag of an ancient mutation that first arose in Africa, where humans originated.
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| | | | | | | Gene Therapy Usage in Treating Adenosine Deaminase (ADA) Deficiency | | 2008-02-21 14:51:00 | | Gene therapy is a method of correction treatment for damaged gene for inherited disease sufferer. This method first used in treatment for lacks of the immune response genetic disease (genetic immunodeficiency) which is known as lacking of Adenosine Deaminase (ADA) or ADA(-). This ADA enzyme is needed to complete the formation and development of body immune system.ADA(-) disease attacks new born baby and causes death. The baby is not able to produce antibody system and complete immunization. They easily seize diseases such tetanus, diphtheria, breathing infection disease, measles, and pneumonia. Some patients might have no antibody and immune system at all. This is known as severe combined immunodeficiency - SCID. Usually, children who have disease ADA(-) SCID experience recurring virus, fungus, and bacteria infection and have high risk of early cancer infection.The best treatment method for this disease is gene therapy. With this method normal ADA gene from donor is admitted into bone | | By: My Health | | |
| | Video Sexual o Hot de Gene Simmons | | 2008-02-21 08:40:00 | | Se trata de un video sexual de Gene Simmons, publicado el dÃa martes en GenesSecret.com. Esta web presenta varias imágenes y videos caseros o amateur de Gene Simmons. Este destape no es novedoso para los fans de Kiss, debido a que Simmons es famoso por jactarse de haber tenido sexo con más de 4,600 mujeres. Las imágenes del video muestran a un Gene Simmons, bajista de la banda de rock Kiss y conductor del programa de televisión "Gene Simmons' Family Jewels", teniendo sexo con una mujer llamada Elsa.El mismo dÃa que el video fue publicado, Gene Simmons, publicó a sus fans en su propio website lo siguiente:"Hi everyone," he wrote. "You may have heard or seen garbage that has sprung up from my past.Rest assured the proper legal team is looking at all ramifications and options. And us? Shannon, Nick and Soph are happy and healthy.All is well.And thank you all for the kind words of support." Simmons fue presentador de los premios de pelÃculas para adulto AVN en el 2007 y en donde | | By: Enter Hits | | |
| | Gene Causes 'Itchy' Human? | | 2008-02-21 04:37:00 | | Nature in several earlier edition expose, gene has become the cause of somebody scratching their body which feel itchy especially when other people make him/her angry.The test mice which have been used in that experiment, which have no involved gene, found to not scratch their body in the same situation."It is an interesting discovery because itchiness is a common phenomenon. And clinically, it is also a big problem. But, nobody knows, which gene did involved for that sensation.Outcome of the study this suggests that there are two separate routes that produce itchiness. So long as, we are told that itchiness is a part from light ailment," said Associate. Prof. Zhou-Feng Chen, an anaesthetist from Washington University School of Medicine Pain Center.Both mice in the study react the same way for heat, pressure and pain. However, mice which do not have GRPR gene protein obviously become less scratching after receiving chemical-induced irritation injection.
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| | Video porno Gene Simmons | | 2008-02-20 07:42:00 | | Bueno, lo que faltaba. Gene Simmons, el bajista lengua larga de Kiss, tiene video de sexo casero donde se lo ve con una mujer que no es su esposa...Evidentemente le viene bien para su programa Family Jewels, donde actúa con su esposa Shannon Tweed e hijos.Marketing garcheril tan común en los medios hoy en dia.Por ahora hay que pagar casi 30 dólares para verlo en la web Genessecret.Por fin un poco de sexo, drogas (dice que está limpio) y rock&roll entre tanto chipúnchipún, popper y aguantelopibechorro...I was made for lovin you babyYou were made for lovin meAnd I cant get enough of you babyCan you get enough of me | | By: El Bárbaro | | |
| | | Gene Variations Help Regulate Response to Stress | | 2008-02-12 05:30:00 | | (HealthDay News) -- Certain variations in a gene that helps regulate stress response offer protection against depression in adults who suffered abuse when they were children, a new study says.Adults who were abused as children and didn't have the protective variations of the CRHR1 gene had twice the symptoms of moderate to severe depression, compared to those with the variations.The researchers interviewed more than 400 adults and tested their DNA. About one-third of them had the protective variations in the gene that produces CRHR1, a receptor for the stress hormone corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH).Extreme stress in childhood, brought on by factors such as abuse, can hyper-activate the hormone system that regulates stress response, leading to an increased risk of depression in adulthood, the researchers said."Our results suggest that genetic differences in CRH-mediated neurotransmission may change the developmental effects that childhood abuse can have on the stress hormone syste | | By: Integrative Medicine (CAM) Blog | | |
| | | | | | Gene determines how breastfeeding will impact baby’s IQ | | 2007-12-03 09:44:30 | | The benefits of breastfeeding is so huge and the latest study found that breast milk will impact baby’s IQ. I will never regret breastfeeding my baby. She is 6 months old now and I’m still breastfeeding her. It’s a bit inconvenient at times, but I think it’s worthwhile.
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| | Table of Single Gene Defects | | 2007-10-26 06:10:00 | | Autosomal Dominant:Alpha 1 Anti-Trypsin DeficiencyAchondroplasia FamilialAdenomatousPolyposisFamilial HypercholesterolemiaHuntington's DiseaseMachado-Joseph DiseaseMarfan SyndromeNeurofibromatosisOsteogenesis ImperfectaOtosclerosisPick's DiseasePolycystic Kidney Disease (adults)PorphyriaVon Willebrand's DiseaseAutosomal Recessive:Cystic FibrosisHereditary HemochromatosisPhenylketonuriaPolycystic Kidney Disease (infants)Sickle Cell AnemiaTay-Sach's DiseaseX-linked Dominant:Coffin-Lowry syndromeFamilial RicketsHereditary NephritisHypospadiasIncontinentia PigmentiRett SyndromeX-linked Recessive:G6PDBecker Muscular DystrophyChronic Granulomatous DiseaseDeuteranopiaDuchenne Muscular DystrophyFragile-X SyndromeHemophiliaProgressive Spinobulbar muscular atrophyProtanopiaRed-green color blindnessWiskott-Aldrich SyndromeX-Linked Agammaglobulinemiahttp://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/FESA
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| | Biodegradable Polymers for Drug and Gene Delivery | | 2007-10-15 16:38:03 | | In participation with Blog Action Day, an event where bloggers from around the world unite to put a single important issue on everyone’s mind - the environment - today’s article discusses recent advances in the use of biodegradable materials for drug and gene delivery.
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Last month, we discussed how green chemistry was recently used by [...] | | By: Highlight HEALTH | | |
| | Gene Simmons Car | | 2007-09-27 07:31:40 | | Check out this cool Gene Simmons car! The car was seen at the Taste of Colorado and is owned by Denver Radio Station 103.5 - The Fox! Thanks to Brian D Reed for taking the photo!*§ource: KISS Online*
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| | Novel Gene Suppresses Tumor Growth in Multiple Cancers | | 2007-09-14 22:45:32 | | A novel gene was discovered recently that suppresses the growth of human tumors in a number of different cancers. The study, published in the journal Nature Medicine, found that the gene HACE1, an acronym for HECT domain and ankyrin repeat containing, E3 ubiquitin protein ligase 1, is able to help cells deal with various forms [...] | | By: Highlight HEALTH | | |
| | Irreversible Gene Expression Changes From Smoking | | 2007-09-04 20:57:06 | | Recent research published in the online open journal BMC Genomics shows that smoking leads to changes in gene expression, some of which are reversible and some of which are permanent. Genes that are irreversibly changed may help to explain why former smokers, even after 10 years of not smoking, are still more susceptible to lung [...] | | By: Highlight HEALTH | | |
| | Gene Simmons Markets and Sells KISS | | 2007-07-27 13:40:29 | | Kiss, the band, both spectacle and legend, has successfully established and maintained their position in rock music history over a 35 year presence. The driving force behind the successful business of Kiss is Gene Simmons, celebrated bassist, singer and song-writer.... | | By: Idea Sellers | | |
| | Gene Genie at Med Journal Watch | | 2007-07-16 23:03:27 | | The eleventh edition of Gene Genie, the blog carnival on genes and gene-related diseases, has been posted at Med Journal Watch.
Highlight HEALTH was mentioned under “Genes and diseases”:
“But political issues in genetics may also make sense. Walter presents such a case: spinal muscular atrophy legislation to be introduced in congress, posted at Highlight Health.”
Recently, I’ve written about two different autosomal recessive genetic disorders: Neurofibromatosis and Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). Researchers have characterized the genes that cause these disorders and have genetically engineered animals that mimic the human disorder. These “animal models” allow them to study genetic pathways, identify and remove or replace dysregulated genes, and counteract them with other genes or with therapeutics that target affected cellular functions.
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is responsible for the death of more children than any other genetic disease | | By: Highlight HEALTH | | |
| | Eat your heart out Gene Shalit | | 2007-07-02 22:11:57 | | Jackson is having a contest to see who has the best mustache or beard and the FleasGang have thrown their collective “rugs” into the fray. My personal favorite is Scarlett but they all look pretty convincing. Voting ends Thursday, July 5th so don’t delay!
Scarlett:
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So go and vote for your favorite!
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| | Gene Netto : Mencari Tuhan menemukan Allah | | 2007-06-24 12:20:17 | | Nama saya Gene Netto, sejak tahun 1995 saya telah menetap di Jakarta, Indonesia, dan pada saat saya bertemu dengan orang baru, mereka selalu penasaran tentang latar belakang saya. Mereka ingin tahu tentang bagaimana saya bisa belajar bahasa Indonesia dengan baik, pindah ke Indonesia dan akhirnya masuk Islam. Lewat bab ini, saya ingin menjelaskan latar belakang [...] | | By: Perjalanan Seorang Pengembara | | |
| | Wil Wheaton inducts Gene Roddenberry into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame | | 2007-06-22 10:04:32 | | Wil Wheaton's Geek in Review: "Saturday night, I was given the tremendous honor of inducting Gene Roddenberry into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in Seattle. For the three of you [who dont know], Gene created Star Trek. I was lucky enough to know him,
Evolutionary biologists: Allstar atheists, apparently, or very occasionally teddy bears for Jesus In Evolution, Religion and Free Will (American Scientist, Volume 95, 294ff), Gregory W. Graffin and William B. Provine found that, of 149 eminent evolutionists polled, 78% were pure naturalists (no God) and only two were clearly theists (traditional
Naked Scientists 07.06.17 - Forensic Science Show Under the microscope this week, the science of forensics. We find out how scientists have exploded the myth about old aged whales thanks to a piece of shrapnel, about a new rice-based vaccine for cholera, and 'whey' to go, how scientists have made edible
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| | Gene Genie at Gene Sherpas | | 2007-05-20 07:13:49 | | The seventh edition of Gene Genie, the blog carnival on genes and gene-related diseases, is up at Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You.
Earlier this month, I posted an article quoting George Weinstock, co-director of the Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor College of Medicine. He was contemplating whether the technology to sequence individual genomes will be available by the end of the year. I think it very well may and the Gene Sherpa agrees:
“Highlight Health reminds us that the beat moves on. The post quotes George Weinstock as saying 2007 is the year of Personalized Genomics. The full article can be found on the post. The Sherpa agrees. This year IS the year of the personal genome, from ARCHON to ILLUMINA we are moving there very quickly.”
What is ARCHON and ILLUMINA?
The Archon X PRIZE for Genomics is the second prize from the X PRIZE Foundation. The Archon X Prize for Genomics challenges scientists and engineers to create better, cheaper and faster ways t | | By: Highlight HEALTH | | |
| | Self Pollination Gene in Flowering Plants | | 2007-04-30 07:00:00 | | Science dailySome plants need a partner to reproduce. Pollen from one plant pollinates the stigma of another, and a seed is formed. But other plants can self-pollinate, a handy survival mechanism for a lonely plant.
Ultraviolet fluorescence microscopy image of a stigma of an arabidopsis plant that has been genetically modified to resist self-pollination. The left side was self-pollinated and the right side pollinated from another variety, and pollen tubes form only on the cross-pollinated side.
The ability to self-pollinate turns up in cultivated tomatoes and canola, among other important crops, and sometimes it can be a nuisance for plant breeders and seed producers who want to develop highly desirable hybrid varieties and produce hybrid seed on a commercial scale. To get hybrid seed, they plant two different varieties in the same field to allow them to cross-pollinate. But if one or both varieties can self-pollinate, workers must remove the pollen sacs (anthers) from the flowe | | By: The Flower Expert - Flowers Encyclopedia | | |
| | Gene Protects Against Diabetes, Heart Disease | | 2007-04-10 09:19:00 | | Why some people no matter what they do will probably never get Type 2 diabetes.People lucky enough to carry a variant in a single gene get added protection against both type 2 diabetes and heart disease, a new study finds.Individuals with the trait aren't immune from the conditions, researchers say, but a study of nearly 7,900 subjects found that they are as much as 48 percent less likely to suffer from either illness."This gives us insight into how heart disease and diabetes may develop," said co-author Eric Rimm, an associate professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston.Scientists don't think diabetes and heart disease are inherited, but genes can play a major role, they say. "We do know there are genes that make people more susceptible to becoming diabetic if they're exposed to the right environmental factors," Rimm said. Specific genes have also been linked to heart disease.In mice, a gene variation appears to provide protection against type 2 diabetes and clogged arteries. In the new study, Rimm's team examined the medical and genetic records of 7,899 people to see if the variation did the same thing for humans.The study findings appear in this week's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.A total of 4.3 percent of the people studied had one copy of the variant gene, Rimm said.These people appear to have won a kind of genetic lottery, because levels of triglycerides -- a potentially dangerous type of blood fat -- were 12 percent lower in their blood than in the other subjects. Their risk of heart disease was also 34 percent lower, and if they were obese, their risk for type 2 diabetes was 48 percent less than that of obese individuals who did not carry the gene variant.Rimm suspects that the genetic variation helps control molecular signals that influence how triglycerides circulate in the blood.What next? It's possible that a better understanding of the genetics of diabetes and heart disea | | By: Dedicat To Diabetes Free | | |
| | Response to Comment on 'Gene Regulatory Networks and the Evolution of Animal Body Plans' (Science) | | 2006-09-18 11:17:12 | | The journal Science 11 August 2006:Vol. 313. no. 5788, p. 761DOI: 10.1126/science.1126765Douglas H. Erwin and Eric H. DavidsonContrary to Coyne's assertions, our paper did not advocate a macromutational innovation of phyla but considered the consequences of the introduction of developmental constraints for the evolution of gene regulatory networks based on recent empirical studies of gene regulatory networks.Most of Coyne's concerns (1) are restatements of long-standing debates over the nature of evolutionary change (2). The comment offers no new data or interpretations but rather comments on issues, such as the nature of phyla, that have a lengthy and disputed history in evolutionary biology and which were not the subject of our paper. Specifically, Coyne seems to reject the role of regulatory genes in evolution. This is refuted by experimental studies of Drosophila, butterflies, echinoderms, fish, amniotes, and other organisms. Therefore, Coyne's conflict is not with our review as much as with developmental biology and its implications for evolutionary process. [Response]--See Comment on "Gene Regulatory Networks and the Evolution of Animal Body Plans"and the originalGene Regulatory Networks and the Evolution of Animal Body Planstechnorati tags: journal, science, innovation, phyla, developmental, constraints, evolution, gene, regulatory, networks, nature, evolutionary, change, new, data, history, biology, genes, experimental, drosophila, butterflies, fish, organisms, process, response, comment
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| | Comment on "Gene Regulatory Networks and the Evolution of Animal Body Plans" | | 2006-08-11 01:28:05 | | Davidson and Erwin (Science Reviews, 10 February 2006, p. 796) argued that known microevolutionary processes cannot explain the evolution of large differences in development that characterize phyla. Instead, they proposed that phyla arise from novel evolutionary processes involving large mutations acting on conserved core pathways of development. I question some of their assumptions and show that natural selection adequately explains the origin of new phyla.(Jerry A. Coyne, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, 1101 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA)See: Gene Regulatory Networks and the Evolution of Animal Body Planstechnorati tags: science, evolution, phyla, novel, evolutionary, processes, mutations, development, natural+selection, origin, ecology, chicago, university
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