- Identification of a key molecular pathway required for brain neural circuit formation
The research group of Dr. Frédéric Charron, Director of the Molecular Biology of Neural Development Research Unit at the IRCM, has made a discovery which could help treat spinal cord injuries and neurodegenerative diseases....
(Issue date: 18 May 2009)
- Biological Timekeeper Studies Reveal New Temperature Regulator and Track Clock Protein across a Day
Research on the relationship between clocks and temperature offers insight into a longstanding puzzle of temperature compensation: why the 24-hour circadian rhythm does not change with temperature when metabolism is so affected....
(Issue date: 18 May 2009)
- Chronic Infection Now Clearly Tied to Immune-System Protein
The reason deadly infections like human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C never go away is because these viruses disarm the body's defence system. Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have...
(Issue date: 18 May 2009)
- Lice can be nice to us
Parasite infestations might have a good side. Wild mice from a Nottinghamshire forest have given experts at The University of Nottingham clues as to the importance of some parasites, such as lice, for the conditioning of a...
(Issue date: 18 May 2009)
- 3D research model tackles prostate cancer spread
One of the few research projects to study the spread of prostate cancer to the bones using three-dimensional models of tissue-engineered bone is underway at QUT's Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI). Shirly Sieh,...
(Issue date: 18 May 2009)
- Phosphate chains store energy and have many more different functions in a cell
It can be found in all life forms, and serves a multitude of purposes, from energy storage to stress response to bone calcification. This molecular jack-of-all trades is polyphosphate, a long chain of phosphate molecules....
(Issue date: 18 May 2009)
- A Major Breakthrough in Generating Safer, Therapeutic Stem Cells from Adult Cells
A group of researchers at The Scripps Research Institute and other institutions have achieved a breakthrough in converting adult cells all the way back to the most primitive embryonic-like cells without using the dangerous...
(Issue date: 18 May 2009)
- Bovine genome provides clue to evolution, better beef, milk
Sequencing of the bovine genome provides new information about mammalian evolution as well as cattle-specific biology and points the way to research that could result in more sustainable food production in a world challenged by...
(Issue date: 26 April 2009)
- Research sheds new light on inflammatory disease
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that understanding the precise timing of communication between cells that co-ordinate the body’s response to disease could be key to new drug developments. Researchers, in...
(Issue date: 22 April 2009)
- Genetic study offers vital clues on immune responses
Fresh insights into the way that genes communicate with each other could lead to new treatments for diseases of the immune system. New research has found that the network by which genes interact with each other is much more...
(Issue date: 22 April 2009)
- International team cracks mammalian gene control code
Dr Geoff Faulkner (left) and PhD student Ryan Taft An international consortium of scientists, including researchers from The University of Queensland (UQ), have probed further into the human genome than ever before. They have...
(Issue date: 22 April 2009)
- In Large Study, GUMC Researchers Document How p53 Gene Mutations Link to High-Grade Breast Cancer and Poor Outcomes
In what is believed to be the largest study of its kind in the US, researchers have found that almost 26 percent of women studied who have breast cancer have mutations in a gene important in controlling cell growth and death, and...
(Issue date: 22 April 2009)
- Secret to night vision found
The night vision abilities of nocturnal animals such as mice is down to the unconventional way that DNA is packaged within the nuclei of specialised cells responsible for low light vision, say Cambridge University...
(Issue date: 22 April 2009)
- Study Identifies ‘Good’ Energy Burning Fat in Lean Adults
Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Centre have demonstrated that adult humans still have a type of "good" fat previously believed to be present only in babies and children. Unlike white fat, which stores energy and comprises most...
(Issue date: 13 April 2009)
- CSHL-led team identifies key decision-point at which cells with broken DNA repair themselves or die
When cells undergo potentially catastrophic damage, for example as a result of exposure to ionising radiation, they must make a decision: either to fix the damage or program themselves for death, a process called apoptosis....
(Issue date: 13 April 2009)
- Scientists Develop Method for Comprehensive Proteome Analysis
Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have deciphered a large percentage of the total protein complement (proteome) in Schizosaccharomyces pombe (S. pombe) fission yeast. Laurence Brill, Khatereh...
(Issue date: 13 April 2009)
- Penn Biologists Discover How "Silent" Mutations Influence Protein Production
Biologists at the University of Pennsylvania have revealed a hidden code that determines the expression level of a gene, providing a way to distinguish efficient genes from inefficient ones. The new research, which involved...
(Issue date: 13 April 2009)
- New therapy with stem Cells to Treat Crohn’s Disease
Cellular therapy with stem cells is revolutionising the focus of treatment of many serious diseases. Replacing the cells of damaged tissue with other new cells from the same patient is already a reality. This is the basis of...
(Issue date: 13 April 2009)
- Pioneering research brings cure for hearing loss one step closer
Research funded by RNID and Deafness Research UK has made a major breakthrough towards using stem cells as a treatment for hearing loss in the future. The study, led by researchers at the University of Sheffield, has successfully...
(Issue date: 05 April 2009)
- Penn Researchers Demonstrate a New Model for Drug Discovery With a Fluorescent Anaesthetic
A collaboration of University of Pennsylvania and University of Wisconsin chemists and anaesthesiologists have identified a fluorescent anaesthetic compound that will assist researchers in obtaining more precise information about...
(Issue date: 05 April 2009)
