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(Rockefeller University Press) A cell decides what proteins to make based on the messages it receives from its genome.

Sometimes messages are held back to be read later, and in most cell types these delayed messages are stored and marked for destruction in P bodies.

P bodies in worm egg cells, however, are message protectors, according to a paper by Boag et al. appearing in the Aug. 11 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology.

Researchers have successfully completed a full-genome RNAi screen in neurons, showing what types of genes are necessary for brain development.

Scientists are on the brink of a discovery which will facilitate the development of new, safe, more sustainable ways of controlling the world's worst agricultural insect pest -- the moth, Helicoverpa armigera.

Using a multidisciplinary mix of geometry, biological research and techniques developed to solve problems on supercomputers, scientists have shown for the first time how a genome is organized in three-dimensional space.

Researchers have produced a first draft of the papaya genome. This draft sheds new light on the evolution of flowering plants.

And because it involves a genetically modified plant, the newly sequenced papaya genome offers the most detailed picture yet of the genetic changes that make the plant resistant to the papaya ringspot virus.

Scientists are beginning to develop a clearer picture of what makes some people stand head and shoulders above the rest.

A team of researchers who last year identified the first common version of a gene influencing height has now identified a further twenty regions of the genome which together can make a height difference of up to 6cm.

Scientists are beginning to develop a clearer picture of what makes some people stand head and shoulders above the rest.

A team of researchers who last year identified the first common version of a gene influencing height has now identified a further twenty regions of the genome which together can make a height difference of up to 6cm.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered that two clinically different inherited syndromes are in fact variations of the same disorder.

The scientists suggest that at least for this class of disorders, the total number and "strength" of genetic alterations an individual carries throughout the genome can generate a range of symptoms wide enough to appear like different conditions.

Differences in gene expression levels between people of European versus African ancestry can affect how each group responds to certain drugs or fights off specific infections.

An unbiased whole-genome approach found significant differences in several processes.