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Top factors affecting a woman’s fertility

Edit The Times of India 21 May 2016
In our country, where parenthood is considered the true indicator of a happy married life, infertility is becoming a grave concern for many. It is a growing concern and research suggests that it has gone up by 20-30 per cent in the past five years ... We list the ones that you may have not been taking seriously. Being obese or underweight ... Stress ... After a woman crosses the 35 years mark, risks of baby chromosomal abnormalities also increase....

Immune Defect Detected in Knockout Mice

Edit The Scientist 20 May 2016
By sequencing whole genomes and examining single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of these mouse strains, the researchers identified a duplication of the Dock2 gene on chromosome 11 that was responsible for the altered immune functions observed ... ....

Rebuild zoology courses in educational institutions: ZSI director

Edit Deccan Herald 20 May 2016
... Information System (ENVIS) and Convention of International Trade on Endangered Species (CITES) Centres, collaborative research programmes on biodiversity with other organizations, GIS and Remote Sensing studies for animal diversity as well as for selected threatened, species and Chromosomal Mapping and DNA finger printing are also undertaken....

UWO wrestling adds 8-year-old Jason to the roster (University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh)

Edit Public Technologies 20 May 2016
(Source. University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh). 'Today is a big day for me-I'm joining the wrestling team. I'm being drafted,' said eight-year-old Jason Ziglinski of Houdini Elementary in Appleton. Jason suffers from micro-duplications of chromosome 2 and 15 (causing muscle weakness, autism and intestinal issues), PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disease Attributes to Strep), Lyme disease, and other auto immune issues ... (noodl....

Two studies find one gene for red beaks and feathers

Edit BBC News 20 May 2016
A pair of scientific papers has identified the same single gene as the source of red colouring in birds. The gene makes an enzyme that lets the birds convert yellow pigments, which they eat, into red ones, which are deposited in their feathers or beaks ... Both studies are published in the journal Current Biology ... He and his colleagues came across a small cluster of these genes on a chromosome of the zebra finch ... Follow Jonathan on Twitter....

How the gene taught us who we are

Edit The Miami Herald 20 May 2016
Nineteenth-century pioneers Gregor Mendel (whose abbot, Mukherjee jokes, “didn’t mind giving peas a chance”) and Charles Darwin are given their due in crisp, detailed accounts of their work ... In a 1944 lecture published as “What Is Life?” Schrodinger imagined what a gene is and how it must work as if he saw DNA in his mind, including “a chemical with multiple chemical bonds stretching out along the length of the ‘chromosome fiber.’ ” ... ....

formation: The Biological Roots of Being Transgender

Edit Voa News 20 May 2016
He was scared ... She’s wearing a charcoal t-shirt and tight-fitting black jeans ... That hasn’t yet happened ... The best evidence that gender identity is built-in, according to Safer, comes from a 2004 study documenting attempts over the last 25 years to treat babies born with male-pattern XY chromosomes, but who had ambiguous genitalia ... Chromosomes, genitalia and gender identity align in most people, but in transgender individuals they don't....

Down Syndrome genes point to cause of diabetes (Flinders University)

Edit Public Technologies 20 May 2016
(Source. Flinders University). Professor Damien Keating ... The results of the study led by Professor Keating involved researchers from Flinders, the US, Sweden and the UK, and have just been published in the leading international journal PLOS Genetics. Because Down Syndrome occurs when people have an extra copy of chromosome 21, they are prone to a range of health disorders resulting from the overexpression of particular genes ... Tags ... (noodl....

Announcement of Letter of Intent for OBP-301(Telomelysin®) license in China (Oncolys BioPharma Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 20 May 2016
(Source. Oncolys BioPharma Inc) efa4e32b-d5de-41d3-9227-57d28bc0d265.pdf. NB. this is a summary translation of the press release original drafted in Japanese for the disclosure required in compliance with the TSE regulations. 20 May 2016 Oncolys BioPharma Inc. Announcement of Letter of Intent ... $800 million ... Address ... The hTERT promoter is the key for the expression of telomerase, as well as for the complete replication of chromosomal ends....

Unlocking the genetic code of cancer

Edit The Miami Herald 20 May 2016
Does cancer run in families? Will knowing the genetic makeup of a tumor help you treat it more effectively? Genetic screening increasingly being used to answer these questions and gather information to help prevent and treat cancer. Genetic testing uses blood or a tissue sample to look for changes in genes or chromosomes called mutations ... Jeff Boyd, director of genomic medicine at Baptist Health South Florida’s Miami Cancer Institute....

What Science Says About the Bathroom Debate

Edit Time Magazine 20 May 2016
Want to see a living experiment in what happens when traditional gender lines are truly blurred? Forget North Carolina or Mississippi or any of the places in the U.S ... Samoa, like the U.S ... The fa’afafine are, nominally, boys—with a boy’s anatomy and a boy’s chromosomes and, therefore, the “boy” box ticked on their birth certificate. But the fa’afafine are something more too ... ....

Has America Lost the Will to Survive? (Lumpkin County Republican Party)

Edit Public Technologies 20 May 2016
(Source ... By Chuck Baldwin ... David French also correctly wrote, 'First, the very act of teaching biology and human physiology will be hate speech unless it's modified to conform to the new transgender 'facts.' Teachers will have to take great pains to note that chromosomes, reproductive organs, hormonal systems, and any other physical marker of sex is irrelevant to this thing called 'gender,' which, 'factually,' is a mere state of mind ... ....

England v Sri Lanka: first Test, day one – as it happened

Edit The Guardian 20 May 2016
Updated. This content is supported by sponsors. Key events. Show. Live feed. Show. 18.13. Here’s Mike Selvey’s report on the first day’s action.. Related. Jonny Bairstow and Alex Hales lead England rally after Sri Lanka strike. Facebook. Twitter. Google plus. Share. Share this post ... close ... “A most interesting chimera can be produced if a fruit fly embryo is irradiated at the two-cell stage, and the radiation inactivates the Y chromosome in one cell....
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