Johns Hopkins gene hunters pinpoint new cancer gene target
...to inhibit tumor growth. "These findings open the door to developing specific therapies that may prove useful for the treatment of cancers with mutations in PIK3CA," says Victor Velculescu, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of oncology and senior author of the research. In their current experiments, the ...Possible link discovered between gene responsible for blood vessel development and ACD in newborns
... University of Toronto. "This discovery opens up a door into the possible cause of ACD. Knowing that there is a defect in vessel formation in the lung, we can examine potential therapies for ACD, including using techniques previously used for heart disease such as stem cells and gene therapy to stimulat...Household activities release a cloud of dust, increasing exposure to particulate pollution
...ors," Ferro says. "Therefore, leaving shoes at the door can make a big difference in reducing the particle reservoir on the floor." She also recommends leaving windows open while cleaning to increase ventilation; limiting the use of toxic household products, like pesticides; and installing non-carpet floo...Siberian tiger rescued from poacher's snare
...tiger leapt from his cage about a minute after the door was opened. He then bounded about 20 meters into the forest, stopped, turned, and growled, before walking calmly away." WCS's conservation efforts to save tigers in the Russian Far East and throughout their range are featured in "Tiger Mountain," a ...New 'Understanding Evolution' Web site provides one-stop-shop for nation's science teachers
...background understanding of evolution, opening the door by giving them strategies for teaching and responding to misconceptions and roadblocks." Lindberg noted that the site avoids a defensive or confrontational attitude toward those who do not accept evolution. Suggestions on dealing with religious or ot...New genomics tool boosts diabetes research
...iver, have been analyzed in this way and opens the door to similar studies of other organ systems and diseases. The work, published in the Feb. 27 issue of the journal Science, could lead to new approaches for developing medications and assessing a person's genetic risk to this and other conditions, says ...Study predicts conditions for sustainable lion trophy hunting
...is tricky. Excessive trophy hunting could open the door for too many young males to invade prides and kill all the cubs, causing a population decline. On the other hand, income from trophy hunting helps sustain African game reserves, which might otherwise be converted to small-scale agriculture. In an eff...Research adds health benefit to tomatoes
...rple pigment and the Aft gene, thereby opening the door towards developing anthocyanin-rich tomatoes. Assisting Myers were graduate students Carl M. Jones, now at the University of California-Davis, and Peter Mes.The OSU researchers grew the seeds of their new cross of anthocyanin tomato fruit in the ...Human embryonic stem cells may promise medical advances
...ional University in Korea. "Our approach opens the door for the use of these specially developed cells in transplantation medicine." Embryonic stem cells have previously been produced with cells from mice using the same method, called "somatic cell nuclear transfer." But, achieving this trick with human...Research points in new direction for cancer clues
...cells) that are important, too, and this opens the door for that research." Bhowmick, who recently joined the Vanderbilt faculty, said that the project was of particular interest to him because it allowed him to collaborate with many other departments in the medical center. "The partnership was critical ...New Georgia Tech Biosciences Center assists life-science startup companies
...s and labs in the ATDC Biosciences Center are next door to Bao's office in the Whitaker Biomedical Engineering Building - a "huge plus" for Bao. "I can walk into the company lab in less than five minutes to talk with our engineer," he explains. "Not having to deal with more commuting or parking makes my ...Lock to food-borne pathogen pathway may be key to vaccine
...lacing a key in a lock. This interaction opens the door that leads to a complicated series of biochemical reactions. These reactions allow the pathogen to enter cells, in this case in the intestine, and then move on into the liver, spleen, brain or placenta, causing illness and possibly death. Listeria is...Molecular level discovery could play role in development of new antibiotics
...or antimicrobial activity. The discovery unlocks a door that could lead to a new line of antibiotic compounds based on nature's machinery, said Wilfred A. van der Donk, a professor of chemistry at Illinois. The work was done using lacticin 481, a lantibiotic produced by one of several strains of Lactococc...Tiny heaters may pave way for easier tissue engineering, medical sensors
...down. That, according to Böhringer, opens the door to a wide array of possibilities. "The proteins stick locally to the areas we heat, and we can stick cells to the proteins," he said. "This provides a relatively simple, low cost way of creating cell chips to run experiments and to create other us...A big surprise: Young nerve cells can rewind their developmental clocks
...nic nerve cells, a finding that could open another door to tissue replacement therapy in the central nervous system. In a new study, the researchers found that they could rewind the clock in young cortical cells in mice by eliminating a gene called Foxg1. The finding could potentially form the basis of a ...Growing human organs on the farm
... be an important advance because it would open the door to creating fetal heart cells for therapy. For example, a kind of fetal heart cell called a cardiomyocyte has been shown to be especially good at repairing hearts in rats or mice, but there is one big obstacle: at the moment the only source of human...Venom hunt finds 'harmless' snakes a potential danger
...n the foundations of reptile evolution, opened the door for a new class of novel drugs and, as many of these assumed harmless snakes are sold in pet stores worldwide, is causing experts to re-evaluate the relative danger of non-venomous snakes. His findings appear in the journal Rapid Communications in...Avoid bad memories: Targeting genes and drugs
...ble for such responses; once this is achieved, the door will be opened for developing rationally designed therapeutic treatments for down tuning the fierce impact of traumatic memories. With these goals in mind, a joint team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine in Gottingen...Easily paralyzed flies provide clues to neurodegeneration
...iac arrhythmias. "Each fly (mutant) is a door or a window into some biological activity I want to understand," Ganetzky notes. "When those activities are perturbed because of a mutation, the mutant flies become paralyzed at elevated temperatures. Disruption of the same or similar functions in hu......her investigation, but the lizards have opened the door to new ideas about evolution on islands." Previous research has demonstrated clearly that hurricanes can carry animals vast distances. But not until the UCLA study had research provided evidence that over-water dispersal can affect the evolution of i...