Damon Runyon names new class of rising stars in cancer research
...ity School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, is studying how microbial pathogens like Campylobacter jejuni contribute to lymphomas and other cancers. Sarah E. Siegrist, PhD, with her sponsor Iswar K. Hariharan, MBBS, PhD, at the University of California, Berkeley, California, is uncovering novel genes that...Gene variant increases risk for alcoholism following childhood abuse
... this population make it particularly suitable for studying the interaction of genes and stressful environmental exposures, explains senior author David Goldman, M.D., chief of the NIAAA Laboratory of Neurogenetics. Analyses of MAOA-LPR genotypes in this study revealed that women who had been sexually abuse...$125 million bioenergy initiative powered by Midwest ag industry, MSU research
...ues our universities already have a head start in studying these from many angles. There is tremendous compatibility between UW-Madison and MSU, and we have assembled with others a strong and dynamic partnership. Wisconsin, Michigan and the Great Lakes region will be a hub for research efforts aimed at cle...Story ideas from Molecular & Cellular Proteomics
...ommonly available resources, could help scientists studying cellular complexes made up of different proteins. Inside a cell, proteins constantly interact and work together: proteins modify other proteins, transport one or more proteins, and associate to form new protein complexes with differing cellular fun...UC Davis is partner in new $125 million federal bioenergy research center
...ald isan expert on the genome of rice. "We will be studying rice as a modelgrass crop, as well another plant model, Arabidopsis, to understandexactly how the cell wall is constructed," Ronald said. Other UCDavis scientists will be looking for microbes that are particularlyadept at degrading those cell walls, ...A new system for collaboration in cell communication
... incorrectly. Researchers made the discovery by studying the behaviour of a gene called torso-like during the early stages of embryonic development of the Drosophila fly. Two groups of cells activated the same torso-like gene separately and by different mechanisms when they were still in separate compartme...Scientists identify first gene linked to scoliosis
...ok for genetic variations involved in scoliosis by studying additional families with the condition. Severe scoliosis is typically treated by surgery or by wearing an orthopedic brace, which straightens the curvature over time. Most minor spinal curves can be monitored by a doctor and do not progress to the ...Lancet study shows gene therapy for Parkinson's disease is safe and some patients benefit
...that have been rendered non-infectious. They began studying the experimental treatment in Parkinsons patients in 2003. Some patients continue to show improvement. Parkinson's patients have been willing to step up to the operating table for relief from the tremors, stiffness and rigidity that characterize the...Marker predicts pancreatic cancer outcome after surgery, Jefferson surgeon finds
...arly. In addition, he notes, other researchers are studying whether the rate of change in CA 19-9 can predict survival. Future trials may involve examining the predictive value of lower CA 19-9 scores....Ancient retrovirus sheds light on modern pandemic
...ch seeks to better understand modern infections by studying ancient viruses, is known as "paleovirology.""Ultimately," said co-author Malik, "if we want to understand why our defenses are the way they are, the answers inevitably lie in these ancient viruses more so than the ones that have affected us only rec...Invertebrate immune systems are anything but simple, conference finds
...have evolved elaborate ways to fight disease. By studying starfish, Metschnikow was the first to see cells d...ry ecologist at the ETH Zurich in Switzerland. By studying the immune systems of fruit flies, mosquitoes and other invertebrates (including bed bugs, moths, cr...Scientists ponder plant life on extrasolar Earthlike planets
...ts seeking clues to life on extrasolar planets are studying various biosignatures found in the light spectrum ...rtual Plant Laboratory. He and his colleagues are studying light that comes from stars and extrasolar planets to infer the composition of the atmosphere of the...Turn-ons and turn-offs for neurons
...expression on and off is of utmost importance when studying gene function in the adult nervous system. In the early 1990s, scientists described a tetracycline-controlled gene expression systems (Tet systems), which allow the regulation of gene expression by externally applied substances. The Tet-regulated gen...Researchers track snakes to study populations, behavior
...ions invade the snakes turf. The researchers are studying timber rattlesnakes and also copperheads in their Pitviper Research Project. They hope their efforts will educate the public and convince people that they can live with the species without destroying them. Wayne Drda is the Washington University re...Gannet population under threat from global warming
...nds of St Kilda. Dr Hamers research group has been studying birds nesting at Bass Rock off the Northumbrian coast, using satellite transmitters attached to the birds, to gather information about their movements. Gannets have been forced to travel as far as the Norwegian coast to find food a round trip of o...UCF nanoparticle offers promise for treating glaucoma
...ity undergraduate Serge Reshetnikov spent a summer studying nanoscience on UCFs Orlando campus as part of a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) project funded by the National Science Foundation. Reshetnikov started looking into the possibilities of using nanoparticles as drug delivery tools. Subseq...Inflammation is at the origin and progression of diseases such as diabetes or cancer
...an Medical School (USA), whose laboratory has been studying the autoinflammatory syndrome. Jorge Moscat, from Genome Research Institute (USA), is a leading expert in signal transduction processes during the inflammatory response. Antonio Celada, an immunologist at IRB Barcelona, will present the latest result...Remicade data in ankylosing spondylitis show improvement in spinal mobility and spinal inflammation
...Rheumatology at the Free University of Berlin. In studying the same group of patients, REMICADE therapy also had a positive effect on spinal inflammation, a common and debilitating manifestation of ankylosing spondylitis. In ASSERT spinal inflammation as detected by MRI was examined. Patients receiving REM...Marine phytoplankton changes form to protect itself from different predators
...se of Phaeocystis could be important to scientists studying climate change because the predator that ultimately consumes the phytoplankton determines the fate of the carbon it contains. If eaten by copepods, for example, the carbon becomes part of fecal packages that sink into the deep ocean where a portion ......rupting gene function. "Drosophila is ideal for studying genomics for many reasons, and especially for studying heterochromatin," says Susan Celniker, a scientist in Berkeley Lab's Life Sciences Division and a lo...