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Scientists Identify Gene Responsible For Depression

...n. The researchers used a blind screen called a yeast two-hybrid screen to identify proteins that associate with the serotonin 1B receptor. They found an association with a protein called p11, a protein previously identified as a regulator of the localization of several proteins on the cell's surface. ...

Little Known DNA Repair Enzyme May Be A Tumor Suppressor Gene

...suicide mechanisms. First discovered in budding yeast cells, and later in plants and animals, pol zeta h... inactivation of this lesion-replicating enzyme in yeast leads to a dramatic decrease in the frequency of mutations induced by a wide range of DNA damaging a...

Moderation Is The Only Cure For Hangover

...gover. As many as eight agents like propranolol, a yeast based product, tropisetron, fructose, tolfenamic acid, artichoke, prickly pear, and the dietary supplements borage were looked into by the trials. Nausea medications and nutritional supplements do not help either. The Internet media is being utili...

Mode Of Action Of The Anti-Convulsant Valproate

...e performed to detect agonist activity by exposing yeast to CBZ or valproate or to detect antagonist activity by exposing yeast stimulated with testosterone, progesterone or estradiol together with either valproate or CBZ for 4 ...

Sick Swedish seagull was drunk, not affected by bird flu

... the bird to sleep and theorized that it had eaten yeast at a nearby garbage dump and had hence gotten intoxicated. The bird flu scare is well and truly here to stay. Experts fear that any resulting pandemic could kill millions, as there is no cure for the deadly disease if the H5N1 virus mutates and sta...

Sex Played A Vital Role For Evolution Of Infectious Diseases

Same-sex mating between two less harmful yeast strains might have spawned an outbreak of disease among otherwise healthy people and animals on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Howard Hughes Medical Institute geneticists at Duke University Medical Center have reported//. The fungus, Cryptococcu...

Chronic Pain Syndrome May Be In The Genes

.... Cells from a variety of life forms, ranging from yeast to fruit flies to humans, contain septins. Septins form protein filaments that provide the internal scaffolding of cells, and play key roles in the process by which cells divide. Out-of-control septins are implicated in certain abnormal cell division...

Innovative yeast genome may handle Cancer Clues

...g of have mapped all the genes in a second type of yeast that they hope will provide new insights into basi... genome of fission yeast, a cousin of the brewer's yeast whose genome// was mapped. Fifty of the 4,000 genes in the fission yeast genome, which is reported ...

DNA and clones

... remaining non-coding DNA, are not junk at all. In yeast and fruit flies, scientists have observed genes being shut down by being shuffled from the centre of the nucleus to the periphery. "You might 'turn off' a gene by taking from the centre to the edge," she said....

Genes to Extend Longevity Discovered

...nia, Davis, screened for genes that could increase yeast lifespan via Sir2 gene. According to the study pub...r2 in the ability of caloric restriction to extend yeast lifespan and some recent work suggests that caloric-restriction-induced lifespan extension may not i...

New Study to look at the Beneficial Effects of Coenzyme Q10 on Parkinson’s disease

...ch has produced natural CoQ10 since 1977 through a yeast fermentation process and currently supplies between 60 and 70 percent of the CoQ10 sold in the US. The US has been estimated to account for up to two thirds of global demand. Kaneka doubled its capacity to 150 tons last year and is adding a further 3...

Cancer patients can now take once daily medication for infections

...s is a fungal infection in the mouth caused by the yeast Candida. This condition is also called thrush. The symptoms of the disease are the formation of white plaques coating the mouth, which when removed leaves a bleeding surface. This is a common infection that plagues cancer patients during the continua...

Mutating viruses helps produce antibodies

...e genetic signatures of this mechanism, as well as yeast and fruit flies. The details of how this mutation process works still are unclear, but unexpectedly it seems to involve an enzyme tied to deadly retroviruses, such as HIV, known as reverse transcriptase. The enzyme apparently analyzes a master copy ...

Elevating Manganese Levels hold back HIV

...searchers at the Hopkins University, working with yeast have made the unexpected discovery the metal manga...at do just that. The higher levels of manganese in yeast were caused by a defective gene called PRM1, which produces a protein that shuttles manganese out of...

Dentist's note for vegetarians

...d green leafy vegetables, or taking cod liver oil, yeast tablets or multi-vitamins daily to prevent problems. "The potential for deficiencies is greatest among children and teenagers who put themselves on vegetarian diets without knowing enough about their nutritional needs," he said. He warned that an...

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