'Start of Life' Gene Discovered
Thursday, November 03, 2005
(Douglas Cootey's fractal called "Birth of Life")Scientists have found the gene responsible for controlling a first key step in the creation of new life.
The HIRA gene is involved in the events necessary for the fertilisation that take place once a sperm enters an egg.
Faults in this gene might explain why some couples struggle to get pregnant despite having healthy sperm, say the researchers from the UK and France.
A slight mutation in the HIRA gene means that life does not even get started.
Although their work in Nature is based on fruit flies, the same genetic processes are present in humans.
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This is an interesting post,really interesting...and the image here is my kind of image..lol
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Vasco Coelho, at Saturday, November 05, 2005 10:52:00 PM
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