Wheat's lost gene helps nutrition
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Restoring a turned off gene in wheat could boost levels of protein and key nutrients, scientists discover.
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By H. JOSEF HEBERT    WASHINGTON  -- For the first time, scientists have created a genetic map of a cow, providing researchers a new tool to reduce animal disease and improve the nutrition of beef and dairy products, the Agriculture Department announced Wednesday...
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If disaster &mdash; climate change, nuclear war &mdash; ever wipes out the world's crops,  we'll need spare seeds. Inside the ultimate agricultural backup system.
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Unraveling the genetic map of diatoms -- microscopic sea creatures -- could pay big dividends in defending the world's ecological systems. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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Prior to these experiments, protein was believed to hold our hereditary destiny. After Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase, DNA steps up to the plate.
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&quot;Eat your spinach,&quot; Mom used to say. &quot;It will make your muscles grow, power your laptop and recharge your cell phone... &quot;. OK. So nobody&#39;s Mom said those last two things. But researchers at the Massachusetts
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For the first time, scientists have created a genetic map of a cow, providing researchers a new tool to reduce animal disease and improve the nutrition of beef and dairy products
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Â· More digestible feedstuff reduces production of gasÂ· Farmers could switch to different grass varieties
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Genes from a biotech turf grass have spread as much as 13 miles from a test plot - a discovery that confirms the ability of altered traits to spread great distances into the wild on wind-borne pollen.
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NEW YORK  - Cutting calories helps people lose weight, but doing so by filling up on whole grains may be particularly heart-healthy, new research suggests.
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In a blow to human vanity, researchers now say that people have about the same number of genes as a small flowering plant or a tiny worm.
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Rogue proteins that behave like those linked to vCJD and Alzheimer's can give yeast a survival advantage.
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The much-heralded genome is just a parts list. New research is revealing when, and why, genes do what they do in living cells--a big step toward understanding, and ultimately curing, disease.
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Eating whole grain cereals has already shown promise for lowering blood pressure and warding off heart attacks, but it may also significantly reduce the risk of heart failure, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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European adults weren't able to digest calcium-rich, high-energy milk until after they took up dairy farming, scientists report, solving a long-standing dilemma about the origin of the trait.
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A gene that helps to stave off the effects of multiple sclerosis has been discovered by scientists.
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A "barcode" gene that can be used to distinguish between plant species has been identified.