Mouse study shows NPAS3 and NPAS1 genes may be linked to psychosis
...e of every 10 people with schizophrenia eventually commits suicide. "We recognize that the connection of our study to human psychosis or schizophrenia is very tenuous," Dr. McKnight said. "It's difficult to draw direct parallels between the simple behavioral abnormalities observed in the mutant mice and th...Newborn lambs' central heating system could aid fat busting in humans
...ion genes or PPARs govern whether an immature cell commits to becoming a fat cell, explains Dr Fouzia Sadiq of Imperial's Animal Science Research section. "A further signal, PGC- 1 alpha is then needed to convert immature fat cells into brown fat that expresses UCP-1 rather than normal white fat," she says. ...Dana-Farber launches Center for Applied Cancer Science
...tegral part of Dana-Farber's strategic plan, which commits the Institute to making major advances in the development of cancer cures by accelerating the translation of scientific advances into novel cancer prevention methods, diagnostic techniques, and therapies. "Dana-Farber has both the intellectual resour...EGFR: A molecular lab rat let loose in systems biology
...at the right time?' If the answer is no, the cell commits suicide." Cancer cells are adept at either shutting out the signal or convincing themselves they are in the right place. "How do we hammer the proper signal through to a cancer cell? What parts of the network say 'live,' and what parts say 'die.' ......em cells cannot be reprogrammed. Once a stem cell commits to a specific tissue, such as the brain, it can't turn back its biological clock and become blood, bone, or any other type of adult stem cell. But, about four years ago, this fundamental idea received a serious jolt when scientists reported inducin...... Policy and Ethics: NHGRI is unique because it commits 5 percent of its budget to the consideration of the Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) raised by genetic and genomic research. The institute's ELSI program has funded research on these issues for more than a decade. NHGRI's Office of the ......rther penetration of the fungus, the plant cell commits suicide, a process known as hypersensitive cell death. This can be observed under the microscope as a rapid and sudden collapse of the cell contents around the intracellular fungal structure. Furthermore, the plant cell releases toxic ...