Leading scientists to discuss research applications for therapeutic cloning
... University, reported the successful harvesting of human embryonic stem cells from a cloned embryo. The clo...ens Research Institute. "But a ban on all forms of human cloning sends the wrong signal to the scientific community; it stigmatizes the research and will slo...Stony Brook University medical researcher developing new medication to prevent colon cancer
...aboratory animals," said Dr. Rigas, who will begin human trials of nitroaspirin by the end of this year. While traditional aspirin has been shown to be effective in clinical trials in preventing certain cancers, it also is associated with significant side effects, including gastrointestinal bleeding, k...Mice thrive despite massive genetic makeover
...rnal Nature.After completing the sequencing of the human genome, a question still lingers: is all the non-coding DNA (sometimes called "junk DNA")--which makes up nearly 98 percent of the genome--required, or is some of it potentially disposable? "In these studies, we were looking particularly for seq...Passage of GMO ban in San Luis Obispo would encourage use of harsh pesticides
...to genetic engineering have been documented in the human population." Furthermore they found that genetically engineered foods and traditionally bred food crops present similar risks. The report can be read on the National Academies web site at http://www.nap.edu/books/0309092094/html/ . ...Neurosurgeons identify growth of new adult brain cells, possible treatment for epilepsy
... FRANCISCO It had long been thought that once the human brain is fully matured, no new brain cells develop. Now a team of researchers and scientists has found evidence of cell generation in the brains of adults with epilepsy and say it could lead to ground-breaking treatment for the disease. William Bin...Gene for Joubert syndrom with excessive brain folds discovered by UCSD researchers and Harvard team
...tions allowed us to better exploit the work of the human genome project to arrive at the chromosomal hot-spot," he said. Noting that many children with Joubert Syndrome also have autism, Gleeson explained that "if we can understand how the AHI1 gene works and how its dysfunction leads to disordered brain d...Early life stress can inhibit development of brain-cell communication zones, UCI study finds
... relevant for understanding the origins of several human brain disorders, and they also point to some poten... processes such as learning and memory. In several human brain disorders where learning and similar thought processes are abnormal, dendrites in the hippocam...International human genome sequencing consortium describes finished human genome sequence
...blished its scientific description of the finished human genome sequence, reducing the estimated number of human protein-coding genes from 35,000 to only 20,000-25,000, a surprisingly low number for our species. ...DFG research training groups become increasingly international
...tionary processes, institutional circumstances and human decision-making behaviour. The focus is on combining the strategic aspects with the interactive dynamics. In the Research Training Group "Trustworthy Software Systems Construction, Certification and Application" at the University of Oldenburg, comp...Babies born after surgery on eggs
...here children would inherit about 40 of the 25,000 human genes from the donor. In 2001, the Food and Drug Administration intervened to stop Jacques Cohen's team at the Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Science in Saint Barnabas, New Jersey, injecting cytoplasm, which includes mitochondria, from one w...For inferring the biological tree of life, simple is better
...y tree important? Inferences scientists make about human biology from model organisms such as mice or zebra...landmark book on the effects of toxic chemicals on human health and the environment. He pointed out a parallel between this work and his research on evolutio...AAAS CEO Alan I. Leshner statement on the UN cloning debate
...ssue generates intensedebate. We have long opposed human cloning toproduce babies as dangerous and irresponsible. Butwe believe that nuclear cell transplantationresearch - what is called research or therapeuticcloning - holds the potential to ease tremendoussuffering and prolong life for countless millions...OHSU study: Bacterial switching mechanism key to survival
...f at all. Often times, that's all you need for the human body to mount a counter-attack to overcome a bacterial infection."...New DNA repair enzyme makes mistakes to save lives of cells
.... POL-Q is one of 15 different DNA polymerases in human cells. These specialized enzymes carry out the duplication, proofreading and repair of DNA. DNA is a double-stranded molecule that contains genes necessary for the production of proteins, which in turn determine all aspects of a cell's structure, fun...Molecular mechanism sheds light on neurodegenerative diseases
... Misfolded and damaged proteins are common to all human neurodegenerative diseases. They clump together to...imoto's team is the first to demonstrate in living human cells and in real time that the toxic protein aggregates, in this case caused by mutant Huntingtin, ...Molecule that helps DNA replicate may make good target for cancer therapy
...yeast--which are much easier to work with than are human cells--is likely applicable to humans, Bielinsky said. Among the next steps for her lab is to find exactly how Mcm10 interacts with the polymerase alpha complex, because disrupting this interaction in a cancer cell might prevent it from multiplying. ...ENCODE consortium publishes scientific strategy
...roduce a comprehensive catalog of all parts of the human genome crucial to biological function. Also today,..." of all sequence-based functional elements in the human DNA sequence. The list will include: protein-coding genes; non-protein-coding genes; regulatory elem...New genomic method can identify disease-causing genes
...ry of mouse correlates of genetic risk factors for human disease. The new approach enables researchers to i...lp researchers more fully leverage mouse models of human disease to identify genes contributing to disease risk and drug response," said Gary Peltz, M.D., Ph...Mouse study: 'Critical' Down syndrome region isn't
...DSCR section on mouse chromosome 16, the analog of human chromosome 21. She also made a mouse chromosome 16...as three copies of many more of the genes found on human chromosome 21. Breeding the single-DSCR with the well-studied Down syndrome mouse produced a mouse w...UF scientist: 'Brain' in a dish acts as autopilot, living computer
...mation, they can't approach the flexibility of the human brain, DeMarse said. In particular, brains can easily make certain kinds of computations such as recognizing an unfamiliar piece of furniture as a table or a lamp that are very difficult to program into today's computers. "If we can extract the r...