Cow gene map can improve quality of beef
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WASHINGTON - For the first time, scientists have created a genetic map of a cow, providing researchers with a new tool to reduce animal disease and improve the nutrition of beef and dairy products, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA
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Scientists identify a protein that helps detect DNA damage in developing eggs.
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Researchers have deciphered for the first time the genetic code of a tree, which could lead to new varieties better at producing wood, paper and fuel.
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Scientists have analyzed the genetic makeup of chickens, and it is providing valuable information about how human genes work. Washington University Genome Sequencing Center led a group of international researchers
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A cloned pig whose genes were altered to make it glow fluorescent green has passed on the trait to its young, a development that could lead to the future breeding of pigs for human transplant organs
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Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG said it has mapped the genome of a large group of type-2 diabetes patients, enabling scientists to better search for the genes causing the disease.
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LONDON - Scientists have identified the one billion letters of the DNA code in chickens, a step they say could help them better understand our own biology and lead to better breeds for farmers.
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Scientists are perfecting a technique which they hope will improve detection of mad cow disease (vCJD).
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US scientists have mapped a key network of gene &quot;switches&quot; in the brain which could aid neurological research. These gene regulators govern whether parts of the brain develop properly.
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Since mad cow disease turned up in the United States late last year, traced to a cow imported from Canada, federal regulators have issued rules to prevent the spread of the fatal disease, focusing on limiting beef imports, testing and other measures to protect the domestic herd.
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Scientists have published a detailed analysis of the chicken genome, the biochemical &quot;code&quot; in the bird&#39;s cells that makes the animal what it is.
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Rogue proteins like those that cause mad cow disease &#151; found previously only in brain, nerve and lymph tissues &#151; have now been located in the liver, kidney and pancreas in a study of rodents.
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The first genetic map of colon and  breast cancer shows that nearly 200 mutated genes -- most of  them previously unknown -- help tumors start, grow and spread,  U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.
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Scientists release a first draft of the bovine genome - a run through of the genetic code that describes a cow.
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Even as the beef industry spends hundreds of millions of dollars a year to keep harmful pathogens out of the meat it sells to the public, it appears to be losing ground.
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The human version of mad cow disease may look different in different people, depending on their genetic make-up, experts reported on Thursday
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OTTAWA (CP) - The international Bovine Genome Sequencing Project has posted the first draft of the genome sequence of cows into free public databases for use by medical and agricultural researchers.