‘Total game changer’: Pinpointing gene activity in tissues is aiding studies of COVID-19, Alzheimer’s

Science ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Pennisi
Keyword(s):  
Author(s):  
W. Bernard

In comparison to many other fields of ultrastructural research in Cell Biology, the successful exploration of genes and gene activity with the electron microscope in higher organisms is a late conquest. Nucleic acid molecules of Prokaryotes could be successfully visualized already since the early sixties, thanks to the Kleinschmidt spreading technique - and much basic information was obtained concerning the shape, length, molecular weight of viral, mitochondrial and chloroplast nucleic acid. Later, additonal methods revealed denaturation profiles, distinction between single and double strandedness and the use of heteroduplexes-led to gene mapping of relatively simple systems carried out in close connection with other methods of molecular genetics.


2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lateef McLeod

Abstract Individuals with significant communication challenges need to communicate across many different venues. The author, from the perspective of an individual who uses AAC, discusses the strengths and weaknesses of both traditional AAC technologies and new mobile AAC technologies. He describes how access to AAC has allowed him to fulfill his dreams as a presenter and writer. He successfully manages a blog in San Francisco, writes grants, and has published his first book of poetry. Not one AAC device fits all of his communication needs; however, access to mobile technology tools has increased his flexibility across environments and given him another successful tool for communication.


2011 ◽  
Vol 44 (20) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
JULIAN D. “BO” BOBBITT
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2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (11) ◽  
pp. 32-34
Author(s):  
Dietmar Frey

Jedes Jahr erleiden rund 270 000 Deutsche einen Schlaganfall. Obwohl die Ursachen eines Schlaganfalls sehr unterschiedlich sind, bilden die aktuellen Richtlinien individuelle Eigenschaften des Patienten nicht ausreichend ab. Forscher der Berliner Charité suchen Abhilfe und entwickeln mithilfe von künstlicher Intelligenz personalisierte Vorhersageanalysen für die Schlaganfalltherapie und Prävention.


2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 391-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
David McCrone

The Brexit referendum in 2016 was a major turning-point in British and Scottish politics, reflected in a majority for Leave in England, but for Remain in Scotland. This article uses the British and Scottish Social Surveys for 2016 to explain Scottish-English differences, and finds that there were broad similarities in terms of social and demographic characteristics, and in terms of social values (‘authoritarians’ voting for Leave). Being ‘English’, however, was much more significant than being ‘Scottish’ in accounting for Brexit vote. The association between Brexit vote and constitutional preferences, notably voting intention in a future Scottish Independence Referendum, is far less clear-cut. Brexit promises to be a political game-changer, but in ways which are complex and unpredictable.


2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-13
Author(s):  
Dinesh Dadasaheb Borse ◽  
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Dr. D. M. Gujarathi Dr. D. M. Gujarathi
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GYNECOLOGY ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 9-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
V V Sobolev ◽  
Z A Nevozinskaya ◽  
A G Soboleva ◽  
I M Korsunskaya

The review is devoted to genetic research in cancer of the vulva. In genetic changes, the mutation irreversibly changes the nucleotide sequence of DNA, or the number of copies of chromosomes changes per cell. In epigenetics, the nucleotide sequence remains unchanged, but gene activity is regulated by methylation of DNA or modification of histones. Most of the studies analyzed are devoted to the study of mutations in the TP53 gene. Many studies indicate that somatic mutations are more common in HPV-negative than in HPV-positive patients. Epigenetic studies in the main devoted to hypermethylation. The gene CDKN2A is most often studied in epigenetic terms. For most of the studied genes, hypermethylation occurs more often in squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva than in the precursors.


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