In a rare disorder, a familiar protein disrupts gene function
Posted on 27. May, 2009 by admin.
Press release from PLoS Biology
As reported this week in the open-access journal PLoS Biology, an international team of scientists studying a rare genetic disease has discovered that a bundle of proteins already known to be important for keeping chromosomes together also plays an important role in regulating gene expression in humans. In addition to shedding [...]
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Meet the complete mouse — whole mouse genome sequence published
Posted on 27. May, 2009 by admin.
Press release from PLoS Biology
Are you a man or a mouse? A new paper, published in this week’s issue of PLoS Biology, explores exactly what distinguishes our genome from that of the lab mouse. In the first comprehensive comparison between the genes of mice and humans, scientists from institutions across America, Sweden and the UK [...]
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Lessons from the vaccine-autism wars
Posted on 27. May, 2009 by admin.
Press release from PLoS Biology
Researchers long ago rejected the theory that vaccines cause autism, yet many parents don’t believe them. Can scientists bridge the gap between evidence and doubt?
This week, the open-access journal PLoS Biology investigates why the debunked vaccine-autism theory won’t go away. Senior science writer/editor Liza Gross talks to medical anthropologists, science historians, [...]
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Diabetes drug shows promise against multiple sclerosis
Posted on 27. May, 2009 by admin.
A drug currently FDA-approved for use in diabetes shows some protective effects in the brains of patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine report in a study currently available online in the Journal of Neuroimmunology.
In a small, double-blinded clinical trial, patients with relapsing remitting multiple [...]
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Healing wounds with lasers, vehicles that drive themselves, other cutting-edge optics
Posted on 27. May, 2009 by admin.
Research news from CLEO/IQEC Meeting in Baltimore, May 31 to June 5
WASHINGTON, May 26–Researchers from around the world will present the latest breakthroughs in electro-optics, lasers and the application of light waves at the 2009 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/International Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/IQEC) May 31 to June 5 at the Baltimore Convention Center in [...]
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Green tea extract shows promise in leukemia trials
Posted on 27. May, 2009 by admin.
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers are reporting positive results in early leukemia clinical trials using the chemical epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), an active ingredient in green tea. The trial determined that patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) can tolerate the chemical fairly well when high doses are administered in capsule form and that lymphocyte count [...]
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Activated stem cells in damaged lungs could be first step toward cancer
Posted on 27. May, 2009 by admin.
DURHAM, N.C. – Stem cells that respond after a severe injury in the lungs of mice may be a source of rapidly dividing cells that lead to lung cancer, according to a team of American and British researchers.
“There are chemically resistant, local-tissue stem cells in the lung that only activate after severe injury,” said Barry [...]
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Can we afford the cancer care of the future?
Posted on 27. May, 2009 by admin.
Increasing costs a growing factor in decision-making for patients, physicians, society
ORLANDO (May 30, 2009)—When a cancer patient and his or her doctor discuss the value of a treatment option, the conversation usually centers on a consideration of the treatment’s medical benefits versus its possible side effects for the patient. Increasingly, however, as the already high [...]
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Fast and cheap forecasting system for Mediterranean cyclones
Posted on 27. May, 2009 by admin.
The Mediterranean region is a very active cyclone area, and is often affected by these atmospheric phenomena, which bring strong winds and heavy rain. Despite the efforts of the scientific community to improve numerical cyclone prediction, the systems developed are costly.
“Sensitivity studies are a low-cost and efficient way of establishing the best kinds of observation [...]
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