Snapin: A protein with therapy potential for autism
...e or two main trunks. Different branching patterns correlate with specific disorders and Firestein's quest is to discover how these dissimilar patterns come about and why. A new paper by Firestein and her colleagues at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, examines the role of the protein snapin in ner...Doctors closer to using gene analysis to help trauma patients
...atients and 23 healthy individuals in an effort to correlate molecular markers with white blood cell behavior, and ultimately, with patient outcome. Studies in healthy patients were conducted at UF, Washington University in St. Louis, the University of Rochester School of Medicine and the University of Medicin...One gene links newborn neurons with those that die in diseases such as Alzheimer's
...ice confirmed the finding that low levels of UCHL1 correlate to the ability of neurons to be replaced. The researchers used similar techniques to assess UCHL1 in hippocampus and olfactory bulb neurons in mouse brains, areas where neurons are known to undergo spontaneous replacement. They found markedly low lev...International HapMap consortium expands mapping effort
...he map will make it even easier for researchers to correlate genetic variation with gene function. Such information is crucial for the development of therapies and preventive strategies tailored to each person's unique genetic makeup," said Martin Godbout, Ph.D., president and CEO of Genome Canada, who also wa...Breakthrough Microarray-based Technology for the Study of Cancer
...ancement, along with the possibility itprovides to correlate genomic copy alterations with mRNA abundance andprotein abundance, is going to incite a huge body of experimentationand publication among the cancer research community."In the past, comparative genomic hybridization was performed throughthe optical i...Key molecule in plant photo-protection identified
...to obtain detailed images of nerve cellbranches.To correlate brain cell changes with plaque development, Brendzainjected another dye, developed by scientists at the University ofPittsburgh, that temporarily sticks to amyloid. He showed that as theplaques appeared, nearby branches of nerve cells developed bumps...Mouse brain cells rapidly recover after Alzheimer's plaques are cleared
...to obtain detailed images of nerve cellbranches.To correlate brain cell changes with plaque development, Brendzainjected another dye, developed by scientists at the University ofPittsburgh, that temporarily sticks to amyloid. He showed that as theplaques appeared, nearby branches of nerve cells developed bumps...