Space science
New signs of advanced alien life discovered
Brommethane, or methyl bromide (CH3Br), which coexists with Earth's organisms, is something scientists should be on the lookout for on worlds suspected of harboring extr…
Methylation
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Cancer
Important discovery opens up hope for curing pancreatic cancer
Scientists have made a major discovery about DNA that could provide more information about one of the most deadly cancers.
Cancer
Prospects for the treatment of patients with difficult-to-diagnose breast tumors
After performing genomic methylation in a group of patients, the team found that breast phyllodes tumors had unique methylation compared to normal breast tissue and that…
Discover science
Detecting biological clock predicting human life expectancy
A recently published study from a number of scientists in the UK, the US and Australia showed that a type of biological clock has been identified that can help predict h…
Biology
Detecting microscopic differences of twins and eggs
In the era of modern genetic technology, police can often identify a suspect through a small hair or blood droplet collected at the scene. However, their techniques may…
Biology
Discovered 231 new genes related to head and neck cancer
The researchers said they identified 231 new genes related to head and neck cancers.
Science story
Detection of enzymes involved in early cancer
Researchers have discovered two enzymes that, when combined, can participate in the earliest stages of cancer.
Medicine - Health
Psychological trauma that clings to the abused children's cells
A group of researchers from the University of British Columbia examined sperm cells of 34 adult men, some of whom had been victims of abuse for many years in childhood.
Medicine - Health
Smoking harms DNA people up to 30 years later
According to one study, smoking is one of the leading causes of death in the world, which can affect DNA one person more than 30 years after quitting.
Medicine - Health
Singapore found a mechanism to make cancer cells 'suicide'
Scientists have discovered a new molecular mechanism that promotes cell growth faster than usual and the application of this mechanism causes cancer cells to self-destru…
Medicine - Health
Stress can be transmitted through the genes?
Thanks to the scanning of DNA in eggs and sperm of mice, the researchers found external factors such as smoking, dieting, starvation, mental illness and fluctuating chil…
Medicine - Health
Identify 2 new bases in DNA structure
For decades, scientists have known that DNA is structured by four basic base units - adenine, guanine, thymine and cytosine.
Medicine - Health
Tobacco can alter fetal DNA
Women who smoke during pregnancy may increase their risk of altering their DNA, making them more susceptible to disease than other children.
Medicine - Health
Mercury becomes the most toxic form of seawater
Research conducted by the University of Alberta has confirmed that the relatively harmless inorganic form of mercury found in oceans around the world has been transforme…
Medicine - Health
Optimizing the progress of studying bio-marked compounds in early detection of Serum cancer.
April 17, 2007 - Epinomics multinational joint stock company has released a study at a high-level meeting of the Cambridge Institute of Technical Health in Boston, Massa…