Genetics

Call in the Taste Tailors

Call in the Taste Tailors

20.08.2003

Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

Why taste and smell differ among individuals – and how industry may profit “De gustibus non est disputandum” is a popular saying, conveying that...

Newly Uncovered Genes

Newly Uncovered Genes

01.05.2003

Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

Two newly-discovered genes could help scientists understand how cancer progresses and the genetic basis of anemia

How Humans Lost Their Scents

How Humans Lost Their Scents

01.03.2003

In at least one type of endeavor, humans can’t even begin to compete with their best friends. Dogs can be trained to sniff out drugs and...

Gene Responsible For Anemia (Type CDA-1) Discovered

Gene Responsible For Anemia (Type CDA-1) Discovered

15.12.2002

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

A rare type of the disease found mainly in Bedouins may provide insight into anemia

Forty-year-old theory promoted to fact

Forty-year-old theory promoted to fact

24.10.2002

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

‘TWIN SISTER’ MECHANISM PREVENTS FORMATION OF GENETIC MUTATIONS

Daughter cells struggling in vain to break apart

Crossing the Divide

01.10.2002

Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Mother cells sometimes have trouble letting go

Dr. Ziv Reich.

DNA Trafficking

01.10.2002

Biochemistry, Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

"Incognito" genes could open the door to a wide range of therapies

Letters to the Genetic Editor

Letters to the Genetic Editor

01.10.2002

Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics, Organic Chemistry

What makes editors in the cell tick?

Kenyan farmer with corn plant stunted by Striga (witchweed) in foreground and corn with seed coating technology to the right and in the background.

New Witchweed-Fighting Method, Developed by CIMMYT and a Weizmann Institute Scientist, To Become Public in July

01.07.2002

Genetics, Plants and Agriculture

Corn harvests on experimental plots and in farmers’ fields in four East and Southern African countries have yielded striking results in long-term...

Scientists Identify A Gene Causing A Fatal Heart Condition, Common In An Israeli Bedouin Tribe

Scientists Identify A Gene Causing A Fatal Heart Condition, Common In An Israeli Bedouin Tribe

04.05.2002

Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

A team of researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Sheba Medical Center has identified a gene causing polymorphic ventricular...

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