Researchers have identified a new cancer gene - one that is common to many cancers and affects the most
basic regulation of our genes.
Not exact matches
Animals need these as essential nutrients for a wide range
of basic bodily chores, such as
gene regulation, cell signaling and amino acid breakdown.
The 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine recognized the discovery RNA interference (RNAi), a
basic mechanism
of gene regulation that also provides an important new tool for functional genome analysis.
• In nutrigenomics, the
basic goal is to discover how diet affects metabolic pathways in the body and how this
regulation may be disturbed in diet - related disease — i.e., humans with a certain mutated
gene absorb higher levels
of fat from the intestine, leading to elevated cholesterol and possible atherosclerosis.
A
basic understanding on the set
of genes and
gene networks responsible from directly regulating lifespan and the mechanisms used in this
regulation is also missing.
We have identified common alleles
of genes that contribute significantly to both
of the principal processes involved in obesity —
basic energy metabolism on the one hand and the
regulation of appetite on the other,» said Kari Stefansson, CEO
of deCODE.