ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- February 14, 2007
...ar "machines" in living cells is giving scientists clues to the development of new antibiotics and revealing secrets about how cells use the genetic information encoded in DNA, according to an article scheduled for the Feb. 19 issue of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), ACS' weekly newsmagazine. In the ...Primitive yeast yields secrets of human cholesterol and drug metabolism
... the genetic blueprint coding for Dap1 may provide clues to how and why different people react differently to certain drugs. Understanding the molecular underpinnings of so-called pharmacogenetic variation will have a big impact on the future of medicine, he says....Largest-ever search for autism genes reveals new clues
...ctor Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D. "The AGP is revealing clues that will likely influence the direction of autism...rome to be diagnosed with autism. Among the new clues is stronger evidence for an association between autism and sites of genes for neurexins, molecules t...Sequencing human history -- The genetics and commerce of personal ancestry
...Our DNA contains molecular footprints that provide clues about the migratory paths our ancestors traveled over thousands of generations. Scientists study this DNA to uncover the geographical origins of our species and trace human migrations around the globe. How is the study of genetic variation used in...Orbiter provides new hints of past groundwater flows on Mars
...sits with exceptional clarity and is providing new clues on the history and origin of the deposits. The photos discussed in the Science paper were taken as part of an initial set of about 60 test images shortly after the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reached its final mapping orbit last fall. "We knew this...JCI table of contents: February 15, 2006
...ONCOLOGY: Profiling peripheral T cell lymphoma for clues to its pathogenesis Peripheral T cell lymphoma, unspecified (PCTL/U) is the most common and aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that derives from neoplastic T cells. PCTL/U patients do not respond well to currently used chemotherapy. In a study appe...Columbia University Medical Center awarded $3 million to drive Alzheimer's genetics research
...rrill Lynch will accelerate our search for genetic clues into the cause of Alzheimers Disease, said Richard Mayeux, M.D., co-director of the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimers Disease and the Aging Brain at Columbia University Medical Center. My hope is that a greater understanding of the genetic in...Study profiles rate of autism in Wisconsin
...elsewhere at UW-Madison. "Population changes give clues to understanding what's going on in autism," Durkin says. "Our goals ultimately are to better serve children and families with autism and to develop strategies for prevention."...Rong Li Lab demonstrates the process of mammalian egg maturation
...nic development. "This study provides important clues to the molecular signals used by the chromatin to communicate with the cell membrane in order for the cell division machine to be assembled at the right place," said Rong Li, Ph.D., Investigator. "It also appears that there are significant difference...New study finds genetic link between women and heart disease
...search Institute. "Our research provides critical clues to help us identify people who are susceptible to heart disease long before the disease presents itself and when treatments may be most effective." These research results add to growing evidence suggesting that inflammatory responses are very impor...Leeches ferry infection among newts
...g to biologists, who say the discovery may provide clues to disease outbreaks in amphibians. The findings could also lead to a better understanding of diseases affecting humans, such as malaria, chagas disease and sleeping sickness. All these diseases are transmitted through a vector, an organism that sp...'Electric' fish shed light on ways the brain directs movement
...University researchers have found some tantalizing clues in an unlikely mode of motion: the undulations of tropical fish. Their findings, published in the January 31 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, shed new light on the communication that takes place between the brain and body. The fish research ma...Beyond nature vs. nurture: Williams syndrome across cultures
...rchers are looking to Williams syndrome to provide clues to some of the mysteries of the genetic basis of behavior. Much of the research revolves around the work of molecular geneticist Julie R. Korenberg, a professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UCLA and an adjunct professor at the Salk Institute, w......Yet it was this paradox that provided the trail of clues for us to follow". "The physiological problems of reverting from a fresh water environment to the saline seawater is demanding for the water balance of fishes", says professor Hans Jrgen Fyhn, a colleague of Dr. Finn, and adds, "This is especially ...UCLA and NYU microbiologists crack genome of a parasite that causes a common STD
...equence of this organism are ones that provide new clues for identifying critical factors that are responsible for pathogenesis." In women, the parasite binds to the vaginal lining and is capable of destroying vaginal epithelial cells, which make up the surface of this tissue, Johnson said. This results ...Study uncovers a lethal secret of 1918 influenza virus
...e response may provide biomedical researchers with clues about how to intervene and stop or mitigate the virus' potentially lethal effects, Kawaoka says. "Things may be happening at an early time point (in infection), but we may be able to step in and stop that reaction."...Scientists map key landmarks in human genome
...ome. The mapping tool could help uncover important clues for understanding and diagnosing cancer and other ...an genome. The new technique "provides major new clues to the locations of many hallmark features of the human genome, such as where transcription factors ...National Science Foundation supports UCR study of polar lake life forms
...roorganisms that live in the lake in order to find clues to how they have been able to withstand the bitter cold, total darkness, low nutrients and high oxygen levels. The project scientists also want to know how these organisms have survived in this bleak landscape over evolutionary and geologically signi...Scientists sequence genome of parasite responsible for common sexually transmitted infection
...transmitted infections (STIs), revealing potential clues as to why the parasite has become increasingly drug resistant and suggesting possible pathways for new treatments, diagnostics and a potential vaccine strategy. The genome sequencing project, funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...