New technique helps scientists reveal interactions between genes and drugs
...ning's struck twice there now, so we're definitely going to be looking for a gene that affects sensitivity in this region." McLeod's group already has applied the new screening technique to six more cancer drugs, but he says they've just begun to find ways to use the new approach. "This is not a cance...Ants protect plants better when jacked up on nectar
...nough birthday cake or soda pop, you're eventually going to want something of substance," said team leader ...Bronstein said. "By hook or by crook, they will be going up there to get that nectar." The ants clearly treasure the nectar available from the cacti. The re...Droughts like 1930s Dust Bowl may have been unexceptional in prehistoric times, new study suggests
...or sediment chemistry to show how much erosion was going on, and be able to deduce climate changes -- or the lack of them -- under way at the time?" Clark said. When he and his colleagues finally determined the correct intervals between samplings was about once every decade, "the patterns just jumped right...APS/IUPS launch PHYSIOLOGY bimonthly
...ience The inaugural August issue of Physiology is going live with all-new features, and a totally new look a new cover concept, and leading-edge integrated artwork by the design firm J/B Woolsey Associates of Philadelphia. Table of Contents for inaugural August issue of Physiology Emerging Technologie...Virtual counselor supplements traditional genetic counseling
...ter program group were given a second survey after going through the program and before their genetic counseling session. Both groups were surveyed again after meeting with the genetic counselor. One month and six months later, study representatives contacted the women to collect information about their ge...Scientists suggest framework for epigenetics in common disease
...human genetics at Hopkins. "We think the latter is going to be very important in explaining the variability of the most common diseases." For example, if a disease-causing mutation is present in a gene turned "off" by its epigenetic marks, then the mutation can't cause disease. More subtly, alteration of e...Researchers look into components of RNA silencing machinery
...form gene therapy. Hopefully in the future, we are going to be able to correct genetic mistakes by introducing genes and help people overcome these problems." Aramayo adds, "Even though we are doing basic research, the implications for society in general are broad." ...Location of potential familial lung cancer gene discovered
...nt cellular pathway, so you never know what you're going to find." Another interesting discovery the team made involved the effects of smoking on cancer risk for carriers and non-carriers of the predicted familial lung cancer gene. They found that in non-carriers, the more they smoked, the greater their r...Bone, enamel, dentine, milk & saliva share gene family
...ir teeth to catch and consume dinner. "Now we are going to look to see if these genes are expressed in embryos when and where they are supposed to be expressed," says Weiss....Scientists discover new intricacies in how ulcer bugs stick to stomach
...ram that helps us keep this fruitful collaboration going strong."Researchers from Peru, Spain, Puerto Rico, Germany and Japan also were involved in the study....Microarrays, key genome expression trackers, work better when probes are sequence-verified
...e 10 most common platforms, which probably will be going up to 26 relatively soon. Called the "Lung Transcriptome," it was designed and built by Brigham Mecham, B.S., and Thomas Mariani, Ph.D., to serve "as both a microarray data repository and source for information and analytical tools for functional gen...What are babies thinking before they start talking?
... adults' thought, one of our questions was, what's going on with preverbal infants? Do children think before they speak? "Language capitalizes on a pre-existing system of 'I live in a 3-D world, I know how objects behave and interact,'" she continued. "This pre-existing ability suggests that children do th...West Nile takes its toll on rare bird
...e extremely low for sage-grouse, which means it is going to take much longer for the population to develop resistance to the virus and to survive, if they are indeed capable. We don't know how long small populations like those found in Alberta or Saskatchewan can survive, while losing the genetic basis nee...Drug prevents chemotherapy-induced hearing loss, study finds
...o give (NAC) right before the chemotherapy is it's going to take the chemotherapeutic effect away from the tumor," Muldoon said. "We'd really like to protect hearing without protecting the tumor." NAC also appears to protect against other side effects of cisplatin use, such as gastrointestinal and renal to...Researchers identify gene for a primary form of sudden infant death sydrome (SIDS)
...-classifications of SIDS," Stephan said. "And it's going to be helpful in offering parents answers for sudden infant deaths, recognizing predisposition early, and hopefully saving a number of these babies." The researchers first identified patients with SIDDT in a small Old Order Amish community in ce...UGA named recipient of $5.6 million grant from NSF for corn improvement
...ng artificial chromosomes in human beings has been going on for some time, the studies have considerable ethical questions which are less of an issue with plants. Already new avenues of research have been opened in plant studies by the publication of the genetic map of centromeres in a plant called Arabido...'Anti-plume' found off Pacific Coast
...t the main OSU campus. "There's a lot of activity going on out there," Dziak said of the offshore quakes. "That was one of the few that did show up on conventional seismic equipment and drew the attention of the public. There are hundreds, even thousands more that do not."...Vollum scientists find new form of dopamine transmission
... yet what the real significance of this process is going to be down the road," said Michael Beckstead, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow at the Vollum Institute and the study's lead author. "For now, we're looking at a basic physiological phenomenon."...Vioxx in high doses causes hypertension
...if 25 milligrams works well, then 50 milligrams is going to work better," Griffin said. "But when you look at the scant data that's out there for chronic pain, there's been no study that shows that 50 is better than 25. "This is really common with a lot of drugs, that there's a ceiling on the effective dos......-$2.5 billion, it is likely that the government is going to have to consider new ways of operating with these companies. According to Harrison, one idea that was discussed was whether the government could provide contractual funding for development of the antiviral drugs and guarantee a market for them. "...