First new multiple sclerosis gene found in 30 years
...n the disease. The current finding, reported early online July 29 in the journal Nature Genetics, demonstrated that a functional gene variant on chromosome 5 was associated with an increased susceptibility to the disease. The study was supported by the National Institutes of Health Our finding is very imp...Risk genes for multiple sclerosis uncovered
...enetic basis of MS. Findings appear in the July 29 online edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. MS, a disease of the central nervous system whose symptoms range from mild muscle weakness to partial or complete paralysis, is widely considered an autoimmune disease, one that arises from a combina...St. Jude study solves mystery of mammalian ears
...ess. A report on this work appears in the advanced online issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. Our discovery helps explain the mechanics of hearing and what might be going wrong in some forms of deafness, said Jian Zuo, Ph.D., the papers senior author and associate member of the St. J...New research identifies anti-viral protein that may predict who might be at risk to develop lupus
...here was a genetic link. The study, which is now online in advance of print, will be in the September issue of Genes and Immunity. There were a number of first degree relatives of patients with SLE that had high interferon-alpha levels, says Timothy Niewold, M.D., first author of the study and a former ...Nanowaste needs attention of EPA, industry and investors
...The Pew Charitable Trusts. The report is available online at: www.nanotechproject.org/132 . The report provides the most comprehensive analysis to date of two key EPA-administered laws that regulate the end-of-life management strategies for nanotechnology materials and products. These are the Resource Co...A friendly foe -- Bacteria residing in the gut boost immune response to tumors
...ls to cause tumor regression. In a study appearing online on July 26 in advance of publication in the August print issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Nicholas Restifo and colleagues from the National Cancer Institute show that, in mice, lymphodepletion does not fully account for the tumor regre...JCI table of contents -- July 26, 2007
...ls to cause tumor regression. In a study appearing online on July 26 in advance of publication in the August... such as mobility or feeling. In a study appearing online on July 26 in advance of publication in the August print issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigat...U-M team identifies gene that regulates blood-forming fetal stem cells
...for cancer." The Sox17 results will be published online July 26 in the journal Cell. U-M's Injune Kim is lead author of the paper; Morrison and U-M's Thomas Saunders are co-authors. "Identification of Sox17 could also facilitate efforts to form blood-forming stem cells from human embryonic stem cells, a...MicroRNA works with Ago2 protein to regulate blood cell development
...tion. These provocative new findings were reported online July 12 in the journal Genes & Development. While microRNAs are made in large amounts in every cell from plants to humans, Dnal OCarroll, a research associate in Alexander Tarakhovskys lab at The Rockefeller University, has focused on understanding...FDA sees nanotech challenges in every product category it regulates
...umer products being sold. These can be found in an online inventory maintained by the Wilson Centers Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (see: www.nanotechproject.org/consumerproducts ), said Rejeski. The number of listed products has more than doubled in a year. It does not include nanotech consumer prod...Learning a second language -- Is it all in your head?
... Northwestern and lead author of a study appearing online today (July 25) at , in Cerebral Cortex. Based on the size of Heschls Gyrus (HG), a brain structure that typically accounts for no more than 0.2 percent of entire brain volume, the researchers found they could predict -- even before exposing study p...UCLA study links air pollution to clogged arteries
...nd stroke. Published in the July 26 edition of the online journal Genome Biology, the findings are the first to explain how fine particles in air pollution conspire with artery-clogging fats to switch on the genes that cause blood vessel inflammation and lead to cardiovascular disease. When you add one pl...Females more prone to brain damage from alcohol abuse
...s, but they're subtle." The study appears in the online edition of the journal Neuropsychopharmacology. Wiren and Joel Hashimoto, research associate of behavioral neuroscience at OHSU and the PVAMC Research Service, examined four groups of selectively bred mice: two female groups, including one prone to...Study identifies new gene therapy tools for inherited blindness
...St. Louis suggest this week. In a paper published online by Public Library of Science ONE, researchers take initial steps toward filling a gap in the toolkit for treating blindness by identifying DNA elements that control when and where genes linked to blindness are turned on. "In its most basic form, gen...Scratch no more: Gene for itch sensation discovered
...s are reported this week in Nature through advance online publication. Chronic itching is a widespread problem. It can be caused by skin disorders like eczema, or it can stem from a deeper problem such as kidney failure or liver disease. It can be a serious side effect of cancer therapies or powerful painki...Success rates for prostate cancer depend on experience of surgeon
...eep learning curve, according to a study published online July 24 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute . As the surgeons gain more experience performing the operation, called a radical prostatectomy, the chance that patients prostate cancer will reoccur goes down. The idea that more experienc...Scientists discover new way to study nanostructures
...including materials of biological interest, appear online in the journal Nature Nanotechnology. The AC Josephson effect refers to work that Brian Josephson published in 1962 regarding the flow of an electrical current between superconductors. In this work, for which he shared a 1973 Nobel Prize, Josephson...Faster-acting antidepressants closer to becoming a reality
...id antidepressant actions. The study was reported online in Biological Psychiatry on July 23, by NIMH researchers Husseini K. Manji, MD, Guang Chen, MD, PhD, Carlos Zarate, MD, and colleagues. Our research is showing us how to develop medications that get at the biological roots of depression. This new ...Bumblebees make bee line for gardens, National Bumblebee Nest Survey finds
...ational Bumblebee Nest Survey, which are published online in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology, and the findings will help conservationists understand and hopefully address the factors responsible for declining bumblebee populations. During the National Bumblebee Nest Survey, m......or of a paper published in the July 6 issue of the online journal PLoS Genetics (Public Library of Science Genetics). "People used to think that new genes were always formed from tinkering with other genes, but with this gene we can find no homologues [genes with a similar structure]. You cannot find any re...