Mouse study: 'Critical' Down syndrome region isn't
..." says Roger Reeves, Ph.D., professor of molecular biology and genetics in Johns Hopkins' Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences and McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine. "Now researchers can take a deep breath, accept that the syndrome is complex, and move forward." Down syndrome occurs when thre...NIH funds new bioinformatics resources at UT Southwestern
...ew these projects would require joint expertise in biology and computing. This is truly a team effort between information technology systems developers from Northrop Grumman and research scientists from UT Southwestern and elsewhere," said Dr. Richard Scheuermann, professor of pathology at UT Southwestern an...Sandbagging cancer in the bloodstream
...d by Cheresh and his collaborators into an area of biology known as cell adhesion. Cell adhesion is a topic of major importance because it is the basis for how groups of cells form and define functionally distinct tissues and organs in the body. Blood vessels are lined by what are known as endothelial cells...Potential new oncogene may be missing link in cancer-causing chain
....D., associate professor of pediatrics and of cell biology and physiology. The findings will be reported in the December 2nd issue of the journal Oncogene. The article is available online Oct. 25. "In several types of human cancer, such as breast and colon cancer, a key cell signaling pathway that regulates ...Cars, not crops, should be chief targets in reducing greenhouse gases
... Jackson, a professor of environmental science and biology who is also director of Duke's Center on Global Change. "Our goal was to compare two different scenarios biological sequestration and reduced auto emissions to give a sense of what we could do to lessen carbon dioxide emissions." Said S...Children's Hospital Boston geneticist awarded for research on muscular dystrophy
...and degeneration, while also shedding light on the biology of normal muscle development. This information can then be used to design rational therapies. Using animal models, Kunkel is testing strategies for cell-based therapy using muscle stem cells that graft themselves into diseased muscles and deliver n...Clues to the puzzle of 'talking' root cells
... they experimented is a widely used model in plant biology research, and its genetics and biology have been thoroughly studied. The plant's root is an excellent model for studying tissue development...NIH funds rare childhood disease to provide insights into the origins of adult cancer
...s expansion will help facilitate research into the biology and characterization of the disease, better match ... birth defects. Knowledge gained from studying the biology of this disorder will unquestionably help countless people who are affected by cancer or birth defec...Genetically endowed worm may substitute for rodents in some toxicology testing
...ply this extensive knowledge about the roundworm's biology to answer questions involving toxicology. "The idea is to quickly screen chemicals with C. elegans so you don't have to do so many mega-rat studies," Freedman said in an interview. "If Company X thinks it has a chemical that may be a nerve toxin ...UCSD biologists discover chemical important in guiding visual system development
...l pattern," said Feller, an assistant professor of biology who led the study. "We show that the neurotransmitter adenosine may control this pattern by altering the excitability of cells in the retina. Ultimately findings that help us understand the mechanism that generates this spontaneous activity might ma...Reed biology professor receives $227,500 for E. coli research
...ement Award to Jay Mellies, associate professor of biology at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, for his continuing research on the E. coli strain known as Enteropathogenic Escheriachia coli (EPEC), responsible for an estimated 1 million infant diarrheal deaths in the developing world each year. Mellies' ...Research uncovers role of Apolipoprotein E in Alzheimer's disease
...r. Potter, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology who holds the Pfeiffer Endowed Chair in Alzheimer's Research at USF. "Thus, preventing ApoE from acting upon AB may prove to be an effective means of therapeutic intervention."...Gut microbes can open gates in fat cells
...y of microbes has evolved ways of manipulating our biology to benefit themselves and us." In fact, Gordon prefers to think of the gut microbiota as one of the body's organs, one exquisitely attuned to our physiological needs. "Over their millions of years of coevolution with us, microbes have learned to man...Researchers tracking sources of arsenic contamination in water
... -- Virginia Tech researchers from geosciences and biology are looking at where arsenic occurs in water, how ...sor of geosciences. She and associate professor of biology Maurice Valett are lead investigators on a National Science Foundation-funded project that began in ...Growth factors confer immortality to sperm-generating stem cells
...shi Kubota, a research assistant professor of cell biology at the Penn Veterinary school, developed the serum...ture establishes the foundation to study the basic biology of spermatogonial stem cells," Kubota said....International Rice Functional Genomics meeting in Tucson Nov. 15-17
...h, an associate professor plant breeding and plant biology at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. The conference is sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the U.S.D.A., University of Arizona's department of plant sciences, UA's BIO5 Institute for Collaborative Bioresearch, the Novartis Foundation for ...U-M researcher examines the cell's housekeeping habits
... professor of molecular cellular and developmental biology and biological chemistry. Klionsky, who has been studying autophagy in yeast, has written a review article on the latest work in the field with post-doctoral fellow Takahiro Shintani that is featured on the cover of the Nov. 5 edition of Science mag...Powerful 'toolkit' developed for functional profiling of yeast genes
...er," says Jef Boeke, Ph.D., professor of molecular biology and genetics and director of the HighThroughput Biology (HiT) Center in Hopkins' Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences. "This potential for genetic impurity means that one person's batch of yeast is no longer exactly the same as someone else's. We ...Virginia Tech, TIGR sign memorandum for new alliance
...inia Tech's considerable capacity in translational biology and high-end computing that is important for molecular biology. Both institutions' ground-breaking development of genomics and informatics tools for the life sciences is an example of how this cooperative effort can provide wider benefits for multipl...High-predator environment has unexpected impact on aging in fish
...research findings of David Reznick, a professor of biology at UCR, were published in an article titled "Effects of Extrinsic Mortality on the Evolution of Senescence in Guppies" in the Oct. 28 issue of Nature. Co-authors included UCR colleagues Michael J. Bryant and Derek Roff; and from Colorado State Univer...