St. Jude study yields secrets of chromosome movement
.... The investigators also showed the order in which certain critical events occur in setting up and maintainin...ortant clues to understanding the genetic cause of certain catastrophic diseases. A report on this work appears in the May 25 issue of Molecular Cell. All of......Dr. Peer Bork, group leader at EMBL. The fact that certain books have been bought by the same customers tells you that they have something in common. In the same way biological networks tell us about shared features between different proteins. These help us predicting which kinases are likely to act on them....Screening approach leads to discovery of gene linked to breast cancer
...chemical reactions within cells. Overproduction of certain kinases has been linked to a variety of cancers. T...s bits of genetic material to systematically stile certain genes. With a high-throughput version of this technique, they found that when IKBKE was switched off...Can a Mediterranean diet help prevent colon cancer?
...h a Mediterranean diet will decrease the levels of certain proteins in the body that are linked to the development of colon cancer. At the same time, other cancer-protective compounds are expected to increase because of the Mediterranean diet. ...Human activities increasing carbon sequestration in forests
...itrogen to ecosystems can also be damaging above a certain threshold, researchers say, and its unclear how long this process will continue. The results demonstrate that mankind is ultimately controlling the carbon balance of temperate and boreal forests, either directly through forest management or indire...Study suggests other causes for childhood brain aneurysms
...osures or an interaction of the two may predispose certain children to aneurysm development. An aneurysm occurs when a blood vessel weakens and stretches, forming a bulge in the vessel wall that can rupture and hemorrhage. Intracranial arterial aneurysmsuncommon in pediatric patientsare bulges that develo...Daddies' girls choose men just like their fathers
... to be the case, these controlled results show for certain that the quality of a daughters relationship with her father has an impact on whom she finds attractive. It shows our human brains don't simply build prototypes of the ideal face based on those we see around us, rather they build them based on those ...Study shows lizard moms dress their children for success
...tra dose of the hormone estradiol to their eggs in certain social circumstances. The extra hormone affects the back patterns of lizards that hatch from those eggs, creating either lengthwise stripes down their backs or bars stretching from side to side. Whether they get stripes or bars depends on the genes f...Breakthrough developments in rheumatoid arthritis reported
...ide, Dr. Gregersen has also been able to show that certain markers are strongly linked to certain ethnic groups and others are not. This will help us in figuring out what exactly is going on in this...U-M researchers discover gene switched off in cancer can be turned on
...s sought to understand why BRM is not expressed in certain cancer cell lines. They found no mutations to the gene but rather that it was just silent essentially like a switch that had been turned off. Knowing that a class of drugs called histone deacetylase inhibitors, or HDAC inhibitors, can affect gene ex...Researchers shed light on mechanism of action used by anti-cancer drug
...ever, according to Grant, when ER stress exceeds a certain threshold, the ER stress response is converted from an adaptive to a pro-death response. The team observed that exposure of cells to sorafenib resulted in the pronounced phosphorylation of a protein known as eIF2, a process that serves as a criti...Hormone that signals fullness also curbs fast food consumption and tendency to binge eat
...researchers also examined how the hormone affected certain hedonic aspects of eating. Hedonic eating includes, for instance, the consumption of fast foods, that are high in fat or sugar (such as pizza, chocolate and ice cream), often leading to a sense of reward. The pramlintide group reduced fast food intak...New study finds genetically engineered crops could play a role in sustainable agriculture
...rops without insecticides, there are reductions of certain animal groups that warrant further investigation. What is clear is that the advantages or disadvantages of GM crops depend on the specific goals and vision for agroecosystems. As NCEAS Director, Jim Reichman explains, This important study by an i...Dietary preferences and patterns may be linked to genes
... populations that may be genetically vulnerable to certain dietary patterns or specific nutrients. More studies are needed in diverse populations to determine if APOA2 might play a role not only in food preferences, but also in satiety signaling....Who needs environmental monitoring?
...hich do not, says Lovett. While we cant know for certain all the information a scientist in the future may need, good monitoring programs are still possible. Focusing on critical processes - such as nutrient budgets and controllers of ecosystem function, or concentrating on things people care about such a...Malaria and Epstein-Barr virus linked to pediatric cancer in Africa
...the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm explain how certain Plasmodium falciparum antigens directly induce Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) reactivation, increasing the risk of Burkitt lymphoma. EBV is a ubiquitous virus that establishes a lifelong persistence following primary infection. How EBV affects its hos...QUT microgravity tower attracts global scientific community
...le, it has been demonstrated that the formation of certain silica nanomaterials is greatly enhanced when it occurs in reduced gravity leading to better materials and that the solidification of metals in reduced-gravity environments produces stronger structures than are formed in normal gravity....Reprogrammed fibroblasts identical to embryonic stem cells
...cided to replicate this experiment, while refining certain technical aspects. This group was led by Jaenisch lab postdoctoral researchers Marius Wernig, Alexander Meissner and Tobias Brambrink; graduate student Ruth Foreman; and Manching Ku, a research fellow from Bradley Bernsteins lab at Massachusetts Gene...New algorithms classify outcomes of nonsmall cell lung cancer patients
...ng which patients will benefit from treatment with certain drugs. The new models could help physicians decide who will benefit from certain treatment options. In one study, an international team led by David Carbone, M.D., Ph.D., of the ......es associated with memory need to be turned on for certain types of long-term memory to be formed, Wood said. For the HDAC inhibitor to enhance memory, we need to administer the drug during this critical period when gene expression is required. The protein CBP must be present for HDAC inhibitors to improve...