New grants bolster efforts to generate faster and cheaper tools for DNA sequencing
... routine part of medical research and health care, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today awarded more than $15 million in grants to support develo...Penn researchers discover pathway that eliminates genetic defects in red blood cells
PHILADELPHIA Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have...this case, thalassemia, a form of anemia, which is the most common genetic disorder worldwide. The results appear in the most recent issue of Nature Str...Identifying the mechanism behind a genetic susceptibility to type 2 diabetes
Identifying the mechanism behind a genetic susceptibility to type ...ype 2 diabetes is reaching epidemic proportions in the developed world. Determining if and how certain genes predispose individuals to type 2 diabetes is l...Developing a more effective vaccine for tuberculosis
... M. Tuberculosis, infects more than a one third of the world's population. Although the currently used vaccine (M. bovis BCG) provides young children with protection from tuberculosis, it ...Progesterone therapy and preterm birth: More evidence helps identify women who can benefit
...ivery who can benefit from progesterone treatment, the March of Dimes Foundation said today. In one lar...) between 16 and 35 weeks gestation did not reduce the rate of preterm birth among women carrying twins. Premature birth is a growing problem in the Unit...JCI table of contents: August 1, 2007
... M. Tuberculosis, infects more than a one third of the world's population. Although the currently used vaccine (M. bovis BCG) provides young children with protection from tuberculosis, it ...U-M researchers find family of 'on switches' that cause prostate cancer
ANN ARBOR, Mich. Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered how genes turn on the switch that leads to prostate cancer. The team discovered that pieces of two chromosomes can trade...New study demonstrates important role of glia in circadian timing
Boston Glial cells of the nervous system, once thought to function strictly ...evidence in support of this theory, researchers at the Department of Neuroscience and the Center for Neuroscience Research (CNR) at Tufts University School...Forsyth scientists gain new understanding of adult stem cell regulation
... discovered an important mechanism for controlling the behavior of adult stem cells. Research with the flatworm, planaria, found a novel role for the proteins involved in cell-to-cell communication. Thi...Aggressive therapy best for certain AML patients
...tic change that usually predicts a swift return of the disease following remission may remain disease-fre.... Of AML patients with normal chromosomes who lack the mutation, on the other hand, four in 10 are cured. The new study suggests that treating patients ...Molecule blocks gene, sheds light on liver cancer
...earch shows how a particular small molecule blocks the activity of a cancer-suppressing gene, allowing li...ss of tiny molecules used by cells to help control the kinds and amounts of proteins they make. More than 250 different microRNAs have been discovered, and...Cost-effective method for gene silencing is featured in Cold Spring Harbor Protocols
...powerful method, termed RNA interference, to study the functions of specific genes in mammalian systems. ...zymatically generate RNA molecules in vitro, using the cloned gene of interest as a template. The RNA molecules are then randomly cleaved into short fragm...First case of successful ovarian tissue transplantation between two, nonidentical sisters
...e between two non-identical sisters is reported in the journal Human Reproduction today (Thursday 2 August) [1]. Professor Jacques Donnez, head of the department of gynaecology and professor and chairman at the Catholic University of Louvain in Brusse...2007 EURYI: 20 young researchers to receive Nobel Prize-sized awards for breakthrough ideas
Entering its fourth and final year the European Young Investigator Awards (EURYI) scheme ...ocus on cutting-edge science research. This year, the recipients include more female and younger researchers than any other year. EURYI is designed to...Measuring nectar from eucalypts
...opy nectar production in tall forest trees has for the first time been investigated by NSW DPI researchers, with funding from the Honeybee Program of the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation and Forests NSW. Sta......ists in other breeds but White Dorper breeders are the first to opt for a mass flock screening program in...ssue disorder attributable to abnormal collagen in the skin which causes extreme skin fragility. Normal collagen provides elasticity and strength. Dermat...Testing the force of a shark's bite
...uilding a three dimensional computer model to test the bite force of the Great White shark using data from a shark caught in beach nets off Australia's NSW Central Coast. ...Particle emissions from laser printers might pose health concern
...release tiny particles of toner-like material into the air that people can inhale deep into lungs where t...ntists are reporting. Their study is scheduled for the August 1 online issue of the American Chemical Societys Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T), a...Gold nanoparticles may pan out as tool for cancer diagnosis
...ing marker proteins on breast cancer cells, making the tiny particles a potential tool to better diagnose...technology would be about three times cheaper than the most common current method and has the potential to provide many times the quantity and quality of d...TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- To those in the conservation movement, Archie Carr was one of the great heroes of the 20th century. A pioneering biologist, ecologist and nature writer, he launched a...