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Gene found for rare disorder may reveal new pathway in mental retardation
...rsity College of Medicine, led the study team that announced the discovery of NIPBL, the first gene known to cause CdLS, in 2004. The current study appeared online Jan. 17 in the American Journal of Human Genetics, in advance of print publication in March 2007. In contrast to the NIPBL gene, in which mut...Researchers identify gene involved in dog size
...ws on the completion of the dog genome sequence, announced in December 2005, research that is a part of NHGRI's Large-Scale Sequencing Research Network. The availability of the dog genome sequence allows researchers to better compare the human and dog genomes and narrow their search for genetic contributors ...... the international Horse Genome Sequencing Project announced today. The $15 million effort to sequence the approximately 2.7 billion DNA base pairs in the genome of the horse (Equus caballus) was funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). A ...LIAI completes world's most comprehensive analysis on influenza virus data
...olla Institute for Allergy & Immunology (LIAI) announced today the results of a first of its kind study analyzing all published data worldwide on influenza A virus antibody and T cell epitopes. Antibody and T cell epitopes are small sites on a virus that are the targets of the immune response, and they ar...Breakthrough vaccine to treat chemo-resistant ovarian cancer
Cancer Treatment Centers of America announced today its plans to launch a new cancer vaccine therapy that expands treatment options for thousands of women with advanced stage ovarian cancer. This innovative treatment will be offered by Cancer Treatment Centers of America and developed by AVAX Te...Africa's first large-scale HIV vaccine study launches
...candidate HIV vaccine on the African continent was announced today by study collaborators in the United States and South Africa. The trial will involve up to 3,000 participants at five sites throughout South Africa and is expected to continue for four years. The sites are part of the HIV Vaccine Trials Networ...Scientists discover new, readily available source of stem cells
...ke Forest University School of Medicine. Atala announced the breakthrough with colleagues from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School. "It has been known for decades that both the placenta and amniotic fluid contain multiple progenitor cell types from the developing embryo,...New species of snapper discovered in Brazil
... Ocean. The international science journal Zootaxa announced the discovery of Lutjanus alexandrei, a new snapper species that belongs to the Lutjanidae family, by researchers Rodrigo Moura of Conservation International (CI) and Kenyon Lindeman of Environmental Defense. The study published in Zootaxa provides a...Why aren't humans furry? Stone-Age moms could be the answer
Medical Hypotheses, an Elsevier publication, has announced the winner of the 2006 David Horrobin Prize for medical theory. Written by Judith Rich-Harris, author of The Nurture Assumption and No Two Alike, the article, "Parental selection: a third selection process in the evolution of human hairlessness and s...Early-stage sperm cells created from human bone marrow
...rnia gained worldwide acclaim in July 2006 when he announced in the journal Developmental Cell that he and colleagues had created sperm cells from mouse embryonic stem cells and used these to fertilise mice eggs, resulting in seven live births....Childhood obesity among Quebec Cree raises concerns
...that it is timely. The federal government has just announced the release of a new version of the Canada Food Guide aimed at First Nations, Inuit and Métis people. Results of this research are published in the February 2007 issue of the American Journal of Public Health and the September 2006 issue of the In...Autism gene identified by researchers at Yale working with a global research consortium
... Phase Two of the Autism Genome Project was also announced to continue the effort to discover the genes that cause the disorder. This second phase represents a $14.5 million, three-year investment by Autism Speaks, the British Medical Research Council, the Health Research Board of Ireland, Genome Canada and...Canada's new government invests $200M in the fight against the mountain pine beetle
The Government of Canada today announced measures to fight the mountain pine beetle and address its impacts on communities and forests in British Columbia. The Federal Mountain Pine Beetle Program will provide $200 million to minimize the consequences of the beetle infestation and assist in...UF scientists discover new genus of frogmouth bird in Solomon Islands
...s are rare discoveries ?fewer than one per year is announced globally. David Steadman and Andrew Kratter, ornithologists at the Florida Museum of Natural History, turned up the surprising new discovery on a collecting expedition in the Solomon Islands. Theirs is the first frogmouth from these islands to be cau...Largest genomic search finds genes that may contribute to autism
...second phase of the Autism Genome Project also was announced today to continue the effort to discover the genes that cause the disorder. This $14.5 million phase is being funded by Autism Speaks, the British Medical Research Council, the Health Research Board of Ireland, Genome Canada and its partners, Canadi...Biodiesel won't drive down global warming
...r increased to a 10% share in 2010, the Commission announced in January this year. Transportation currently accounts for more than a fifth of all greenhouse gas emissions emitted in the EU. Rapeseed-derived biodiesel is the major renewables-derived biofuel used across Europe and, as well as helping to impr...Can engineered immune cells stop AIDS?
...t's good news for the World Aids Foundation, which announced on World AIDS Day (Dec. 1, 2006) that the disease is on the rise again. More than 39 million people around the world are now infected with HIV, the foundation reported. "I think we are finally on the right track," Wang says. "If scientists can find...2,000 influenza virus genomes now completed and publicly accessible
...), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announced today that it has achieved a major milestone. The entire genetic blueprints of more than 2,000 human and avian influenza viruses taken from samples around the world have been completed and the sequence data made available in a public database. "Thi...Army research mission focused on autism
...utism research. When the funding opportunities are announced next month, investigators currently engaged in autism research, and researchers and clinicians wishing to apply their knowledge to autism, are encouraged to submit proposals. In a few weeks, more details will be available through the CDMRP Web site a...Williams College biologist explores photosynthetic apparatus
The National Science Foundation has announced the award of $263,274 to Williams College biologist Claire Ting. It will support her work in exploring the structure, function and evolution of the photosynthetic apparatus in one of the most important marine primary producers of the world. Her pro...Other Tagsappreciated 2appreciated 3forest 2forest 3forming 2forming 3forming 4forming 5forming 6forming 7primitive 2primitive 3primitive 4era 2Other Contentsactinomycosisactinicactinicacupunctureacupunctureocclusionocclusionocclusionlymphocyticlymphocyticlymphocyticlymphocyticmountainmountainmountainmountainmountainlymphoblasticlymphoblasticlymphoblasticlymphoblasticmyelogenousmyelogenousmyelogenous
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(Date:5/15/2008)... , Stowers Institute researchers Karen Staehling-...logy, and Olivier Pourqui, Ph.D., Investigator, co...o show that genes known to cause spinal mutations ...rtant role in human patients with congenital verte...ed today on the Web site of the American Journal o...
(Date:5/15/2008)... , An acclaimed Nottingham scientist and his cele...e degrees at the same graduation ceremony. Last y...and both received the CBE. , The University of N...Poliakoff CBE FRS, and his brother, the acclaimed ... now to be recognised together for their remarkabl...
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