Federal/private partners launch resource for diabetic kidney disease gene studies
...for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today the availability of the largest single collection of biosamples and data for research on the genetic causes of kidney disease in type 1 diabetes. The Genetics of Kidneys in Diabetes (GoKinD) collection has nearly 10,000 DNA, serum, plasma and urine s...Higher blood pressures among African Americans - genes not likely to be an explanation
...n populations, according to new research published today in BMC Medicine. The international study gives a different interpretation to the previous US data and suggests that high rates of hypertension might have more to do with lifestyle and socio-economic background than with racial origin. Previous studi......ther cancers. Data shows that those on the market today are safe when appropriate drugs are prescribed and taken at recommended doses. With this information, Dr. Mller-Lissner suggests that "patients may no longer be bothered by ineffective advice regarding fiber and fluid ingestion nor threatened by the ...Agilent Technologies announces breakthrough for cancer researchers studying chromosomal changes
...an. 5, 2005 -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced a breakthrough development that enables the rapid advance of microarray-based comparative genomic studies in cancer. As published in the Dec. 21, 2004, issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS) in collaboration with...Protein transformation gives new twist to medical research
...o be disproved, he added. And that's what happens today when Science magazine reports on the protein Lyz found to be capable of turning itself into a completely different structure a discovery made by Young's graduate student Min Xu and a team of researchers. Understanding Lyz could enable medical rese...MSI releases 'moleculizer' - a new approach to simulation of intracellular biochemical networks
...he Molecular Sciences Institute ("MSI"), announced today the release of a new approach to simulation of intracellular biochemical networks in the January 2005 edition of Nature Biotechnology. The research article, entitled "Automatic generation of cellular reaction networks with Moleculizer 1.0," describes...US Oncology, Inc. plays role in newly approved ABRAXANE for metastatic breast cancer
...he clinical research of ABRAXANE that was approved today by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). ABRAXANETM (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension), a next generation taxane, and the first in a new class of albumin-bound nanotechnology, was approved for the treatment of meta...FDA approves ABRAXANE(TM) for metastatic breast cancer
...PPX) and American Bioscience, Inc. (ABI) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ABRAXANETM for Injectable Suspension (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension) (albumin-bound) in metastatic breast cancer. ABRAXANE TM is indicated for the treatmen...Searle grant funds proteomics initiative
...thy proteins cause trouble in the cell. Scientists today can investigate the nature and properties of a single protein in isolation, but the key to understanding human function, both normal and abnormal, lies in the complex interactions that occur among proteins in response to each other and to their envir...Dietary Guidelines Alliance offers tools to help consumers understand new nutrition guidance
...th and Human Services (HHS) and Agriculture (USDA) today released the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The Dietary Guidelines Alliance a partnership of public and private organizations dedicated to providing positive and simple messages to help consumers achieve healthy diets and active lifestyles ...Enjoy naturally nutrient-rich foods for better health
...culture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS) today released the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans science-based dietary guidance that is updated every five years by the government. The 2005 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee indicated most Americans consume too many foods that are high in c...Found: Missing sequence of the human Y chromosome
...Germany, Fri., January 14, 2005 Scientists report today in the journal Genome Research that they have succ... manuscript describing this work, published online today and in the February print issue of Genome Research (www.genome.org), presents the sequencing and ana...EB and IUPS - Where cures of tomorrow can be seen in the science of today
...cepts and discoveries shaping medical advances for today and the future. The 2005 meeting will have the most scientists and presentations - and will be the most international in scope - since the sponsoring societies first began holding their meetings at the same time in recognition of the interdisciplinar...Ecologists see the primeval wood for the trees
...of ancient folklore according to a paper published today in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Ecology. The paper by Dr Fraser Mitchell of Trinity College Dublin provides important new evidence about the nature of ancient woodlands in temperate Europe, which has been the source of much controvers...Genetic testing for Parkinson's disease on the horizon
...n. Three studies published online by THE LANCET today identify a single gene mutation as the cause of around one in 25 cases of Parkinson's disease worldwide. The studies suggest that the mutation, in a recently discovered gene called LRRK2, causes around 5% of inherited Parkinson's cases and around 2% ...American Academy of Microbiology report proposes initiative to interpret genome data
...genes (annotation), according to a report released today by the American Academy of Microbiology. An Exper...nome annotation. "The genome sequences that exist today are a great available resource, and the potential impact they represent to us, if annotated accurate...Priming embryonic stem cells to fulfill their promise
...research universities, but the innovation reported today in Nature Methods involved using such a machine to spot solutions of proteins rather than DNA. The UCSD researchers also refined other parameters so that the technique would be reproducible in other research laboratories. "When we talked to our coll...Lack of enzyme turns fat cells into fat burners
...dicine researchers. The report that appears online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . "We studied the fat cells in these mice bred to lack ACC2," said Dr. Salih Wakil, chair of the BCM department of biochemistry and molecular biology. "We found that the adipose in the mutant ...UCI researchers create new technique for speeding development of vaccines
...f the National Academy of Sciences. "Technologies today are not able to quickly process large amounts of data that arrive in the form of genome sequences from many human pathogens," said D. Huw Davies, lead author of the paper and associate project scientist in UCI's Center for Virus Research. "Our techni...Researchers at Nanosphere, Inc. today reported unprecedented benefits in the company's technology for the medical analysis of human DNA. Nanosphere's nanoparticle-based technology allows for rapid, highly-sensitive and specific Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) genotyping, which is ...