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Although his research focuses on increased rates of mutation, or changes in the sequence of DNA, in yeast, it had occurred to Kolodner that mutants in human cells which correspond to the yeast mutants he was studying might be instrumental in causing diseases...
...hunch was confirmed with the publication this summer of several scientific journal articles. According to the articles, tumor cells from patients with the inherited form of colon cancer bore a base pair sequence similar to that carried by the yeast mutants he was studying...
...fact that information on the function of the gene, involved in DNA proofreading, is known from past studies of Kolodner's yeast system should mean that future research will move forward that much more quickly, scientists...
They don't look like you or me, and there is something vegetable-like about their life-style, but toadstools, molds and yeast may be far more closely related to humans than to plants. That's the conclusion of a report in Science magazine comparing fungi to a variety of organisms, from protozoans to frogs. Rather than studying how the organisms live or reproduce, the researchers relied on genetic analysis. Examining one gene as it mutated across 22 species, they found evidence that humans and fungi, despite obvious differences, have a single ancestor: a one-celled creature that branched away...
Brown said he was doubtful the imposition of term limits would end corrupt relations between interest groups and political candidates. Such a step would simply be "a new dose of yeast in the cauldron of politics," Brown said...