Category Archives: DNA

Radiation and DNA

/pollution/article/44404 Radiation exposure is not too good for one’s health and well being. But how much is enough and how much is deadly Continue reading →

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A new dimension to DNA and personalized medicine of the future

(Phys.org) — By investigating the existence of an unusual four-stranded structure of DNA in human cells, scientists have opened the door to novel cancer therapeutics and a new era for personalised medicine. Continue reading →

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DNA Evidence Helped Authorities Find Serial Rapist

Posted on: 9:29 pm, May 15, 2012, by Natasha Chen, updated on: 11:13pm, May 15, 2012 (Memphis) Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong said DNA evidence was the key in connecting six rape cases over a seven-year period. Continue reading →

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Applied DNA Sciences Reports Fiscal Second Quarter 2012 Results

STONY BROOK, NY–(Marketwire -05/15/12)- Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (OTC.BB: APDN) announced its financial results for the second fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2012, generating revenues of $518,402. This represents the company’s highest recorded quarterly revenues, and is the second sequential quarter to set this record Continue reading →

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DNA sequencing the answer to boys’ mysterious disorder?

Posted on: 3:44 pm, May 13, 2012, by Ben Handelman, updated on: 08:36pm, May 13, 2012 PEWAUKEE It is a journey that has put her in touch with doctors from around the world. On this Mothers Day, Mindy Brayman may be one step closer to solving the cause behind a disease that has crippled her two children, with the help of experts in her back yard. Continue reading →

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DNA test inevitable for ND Tiwari after court order

New Delhi: Senior politician and former Andhra Pradesh governor ND Tiwari has been ordered to either “gracefully appear” for a DNA test, or be forced to take the test by the Delhi Police. The Delhi High Court warned Mr Tiwari to pick his option within two days. Continue reading →

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DNA replication protein Cdt1 also has a role in mitosis, cancer

Mitotic spindle-chromosome attachments, marked in green, become unstable (on the right) compared to normal (on the left). Continue reading →

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DNA Links Inmate To Rape Of 14-Year-Old OKC Girl

OKLAHOMA CITY – A DNA match has linked an Oklahoma inmate with the rape and kidnapping of a 14-year-old Oklahoma City girl. The case had grown cold for more than two years. The charges were just filed today against that 19-year-old prisoner. Continue reading →

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DNA Replication Protein Plays Role In Cancer

May 14, 2012 Image Credit: Photos.com The foundation of biological inheritance is DNA replication This is a coordinated process in which DNA is copied at hundreds of thousands of different sites across the genome at the same time. Continue reading →

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DNA replication protein also has a role in mitosis, cancer

ScienceDaily (May 13, 2012) The foundation of biological inheritance is DNA replication — a tightly coordinated process in which DNA is simultaneously copied at hundreds of thousands of different sites across the genome. If that copying mechanism doesn’t work as it should, the result could be cells with missing or extra genetic material, a hallmark of the genomic instability seen in most birth defects and cancers. Continue reading →

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Methylating Your Muscle DNA

Theres more to your DNA than your DNA. We are now becoming aware of the epigenome. Continue reading →

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Suspect's spork helps crack robbery case

DNA on the utensil matched that found on a shirt that police believe was worn during the robbery.Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=dna&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt

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Convict's story prompted Virginia budget amendment on DNA

Virginia budget amendment lifting some DNA secrecy was prompted by a man cleared of a 34-year-old rape case.Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=dna&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt

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DNA links skull fragment to Utah Boy Scout missing since 1961 flood; teen's body never found

Doralee Freebairn remembers the day well. It was September 1961. Her older brother was on a Boy Scouts trip, hiking in the canyons of Zion National Park.Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=dna&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt

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DNA reports will be released

Reports on 78 convicted people whose DNA was excluded in Virginia's post-conviction testing project will be released under the Freedom of Information Act.Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=dna&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt

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DNA TESTS TO IDENTIFY SUKHOI AIRCRAFT PASSENGERS' REMAINS

JAKARTA, May 12 (Bernama) — Forensic specialists in Jakarta on Saturdaystarted identifying passengers'' remains of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 crashincluding using DNA tests after receiving 16 bags of bodies flown from the crashsite in Gunung Salak, Bogor, West Java.The National … Continue reading →

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Applied DNA Sciences Launches digitalDNA, Converging Bio and IT Technologies

STONY BROOK, NY– – Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. announces that it has launched a new, DNA-secured form of the QR code. digitalDNA™ is a new security tool that utilizes the flexibility of mobile communications, …Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=dna&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt

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Suspect's spork helps crack robbery case

DNA on the utensil matched that found on a shirt that police believe was worn during the robbery. Continue reading →

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DNA helps solve a mystery from 1961 flood in Zion National Park

Doralee Freebairn sits in her Holladay, Utah home Friday May 11, 2012, looking at an old newspaper article about the search for her then 17-year-old brother, Alvin Nelson, who was swept away in a flash flood in Zion National Park in September 1961. This week, authorities used DNA to identify a skull fragment found by a man swimming in the Virgin River in 2006. Continue reading →

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Enzyme corrects more than 1 million faults in DNA replication

Public release date: 10-May-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Hannah Isom press.office@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk 44-207-395-2345 University of Edinburgh Scientists from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine (IGMM) at the University of Edinburgh have discovered an enzyme that corrects the most common mistake in mammalian DNA. Continue reading →

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