Health
E-cig vapor does not induce genetic mutations associated with cigarette smoke exposure
E-cigarette vapour does not induce DNA mutations commonly observed with tobacco smoke exposures in lab-based tests.
Nov 4, 2016
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News tagged with bacterial dna
Genetics
Study analyses how epigenetics regulate vital functions from bacteria to humans
After the emergence of single-celled organisms some billions of years ago, nature started experimenting with how to diversify gene function without changing the sequence of the DNA, such that the blue print remains conserved, ...
Aug 4, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Tickborne bacteria identified in ticks from Texas
(HealthDay)—About 23 percent of ticks from Texas carry bacterial DNA from at least one of the following: Rickettsia, Borrelia, and Ehrlichia spp., according to a report published online Jan. 13 in the U.S. Centers for Disease ...
Jan 14, 2016
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Genetics
New laptop program can identify drug resistance from bacterial genomes
Scientists have developed an easy-to-use computer program that can quickly analyse bacterial DNA from a patient's infection and predict which antibiotics will work, and which will fail due to drug resistance. The software ...
Dec 21, 2015
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Immunology
Immune cells repurpose a stem cell transcription factor as a pathogen sensor
(Medical Xpress)—Among the most abundant of the immune system's first responders, neutrophil granulocytes comprise up to 75 percent of the body's white blood cells. During the acute phase of inflammation, neutrophils migrate ...
Health
One in four has alarmingly few intestinal bacteria
All people have trillions of bacteria living in their intestines. If you place them on a scale, they weigh around 1.5 kg. Previously, a major part of these 'blind passengers' were unknown, as they are difficult or impossible ...
Aug 28, 2013
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Medical research
Discovery of gene function may help prevent kidney stones
The discovery of a gene's function in E. coli and other bacteria might lead to a probiotic to prevent the most common type of kidney stone, according to a Purdue University study.
Jul 25, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Social media, DNA typing help identify source of foodborne strep outbreak
Facebook posts helped alert public health officials to a strep throat outbreak among a high school dance team in 2012, and DNA fingerprinting led investigators to pasta prepared by a previously ill parent as the likely source. ...
Jul 18, 2013
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Medical research
Research shows gut microbe populations stable over years, probably decades
(Medical Xpress)—The importance of the bacteria that live within our digestive tracts is just beginning to be fully realized, and while it has long been known that they assist in digestion and absorption of nutrients, little ...
Medical research
Bacterial DNA may integrate into human genome more readily in tumor tissue
Bacterial DNA may integrate into the human genome more readily in tumors than in normal human tissue, according to a new study from the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Institute for Genome Sciences. Researchers ...
Jun 20, 2013
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