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Tag Archives: genetic
New study: Genetic variations associated with aging
Sometimes the shortest distance to new knowledge is a lot of repetitious work – like analyzing 500,000 genetic variations across the entire human genome. Researchers at King’s College London (UK), Leicester University (UK), and the University of Groningen (Netherlands) were on the trail of locating genes associated with aging. This is part of the (perhaps) [...]
Posted in News: Extending Lifespan Also tagged aging, chromosomes, DNA, genome, gerontology, telomere, TERC Leave a comment
Brain cancer genome sequenced
The cost of sequencing a human genome has come down, way down; and the value of doing it is going up. Here’s a very good example: scientists at the University of California Los Angeles (USA) recently completed the sequencing of the DNA from a type of brain cancer cell line, a glioblastoma known as U87. [...]
Posted in News: Major Disease Cure Also tagged brain, cancer, DNA, GBM, genome, glioblastoma, U87 Leave a comment
Reversing silenced genes improves quality of induced stem cells