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TEL2 gene cooperates with MYC gene to provoke B-cell lymphomas

...ll multiplication, playing an indirect role in the development of B lymphoma. "TEL2 doesn't directly cause cance...," Grosveld said. "Instead, this gene promotes the development of lymphoma by enlarging the B lymphocyte population. This increases the likelihood that at least a ...

Examination of internal 'wiring' of yeast, worm, and fly reveals conserved circuits

...ls. The process, considered an initial step in the development of the central nervous system, would not be needed by lower organisms, such as yeast, which don't have nerves. Ideker predicted that protein-interaction studies will soon become indispensable tools for biologists seeking a better understanding of al...

South America's vast pantanal wetland may become next everglades, UNU experts warn

...sive peripheral agricultural, industrial and urban development ?problems expected to be compounded by climate cha...age projects starting in the 1940s to make way for development and agriculture. In a message to mark World Water Day, March 22, UNU says the Pantanal provides eno...

Unexpressed But Indispensable -- The DNA Sequences That Control Development

... human diseases. Studying how such mutations drive development astray may lead to better understanding not only of these diseases, which are likely to be rare, but also of normal human development. ...

UCSD team discovers specialized, rare heart stem cells in newborns

...he isl1+ progenitor cells are left over from fetal development so that they can insure the closure of any existing small heart defects and the formation of a completely mature heart in newborns." The UCSD team noted in the Nature paper that the next research steps with the isl1+ cells will be cellular transplan...

Scientists solve structure of key protein in innate immune response

...ecognize pathogens, they also may also lead to the development of drugs to help treat septic shock, an often fatal systemic bacterial infection that is triggered by LPS. "Pharmaceutical companies have tried to develop anti-septic shock agents for a long time without clear success," explains Dr. Lee. "Since LPS ...

Affymetrix and the Karolinska Institutet Announce Translational Medicine Strategic Alliance

...se of the genomic information obtained will enable development of new and better clinical methods and drugs hereby reducing mortality and improving quality of life for patients suffering from these diseases. The Karolinska Institutet/Affymetrix Translational medicine research projects will use sufficiently larg...

Family trees of ancient bacteria reveal evolutionary moves

... is the primary driving force in the early Earth's development rather than physical processes, such as plate tectonics. Carrine Blank, Ph.D., Washington University assistant professor of geomicrobiology in the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences in Arts & Sciences, studying Cyanobacteria ?bacteria ...

Scientists discover how fish evolved to float at different sea depths

... million years. The special blood proteins induced development of the swimbladder system. Dr Berenbrink continued: "Many researchers believe that the swimbladder evolved from a primitive lung, which can be traced back 400 million years. These findings will help us to understand the diversity and success of mode...

Wiley announces publication of Databasing the Brain

Understanding the structure, function, and development of the brain in health and disease represents one of the great scientific challenges of our time. The emerging field of neuroinformatics integrates neuroscience with informatics to create unique databases and analytical tools for the large variety of...

Kinovate Life Sciences Launches Nittophase?High Performance Solid Support For Oligonucleatide Synthesis

...meeting commencing in Boston on May 1st. The joint development of this solid phase support product was announced ...sis?outstanding oligonucleotide synthesis and drug development expertise and the worldwide marketing and customer support operations of Kinovate Life Sciences, thi...

Chemists identify key gene in development of type 1 diabetes

...fied a gene that appears to play a key role in the development of type 1 diabetes, also known as insulin-dependen... "We've shown that the MIF gene is crucial for the development of type 1 diabetes," says study leader Yousef Al-Abed, Ph.D., a chemist at the Institute for Medical...

International HapMap consortium expands mapping effort

...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 was speaking on behalf of Genome Quebec. ...

Towards precise classification of cancers based on robust gene functional expression profiles

...fied a gene that appears to play a key role in the development of type 1 diabetes, also known as insulin-dependen... "We've shown that the MIF gene is crucial for the development of type 1 diabetes," says study leader Yousef Al-Abed, Ph.D., a chemist at the Institute for Medical...

Children's taste sensitivity and food choices influenced by taste gene

...ends Monell's long-term research program exploring development of taste and flavor preferences during childhood, a critical time for learning about food. Mennella comments, "Our previous studies focused on how early experience influences preferences for foods and flavors. Now, we have a tool to look at how exper...

Expression Project for Oncology (expO) completes first phase of standardized gene expression analyses

...ysis, and vocabularies will help accelerate future development of new, targeted cancer treatments. Standardization, which will take place at every phase from consent to collection to gene expression, will result in better patient care. Collaboration with the participating medical centers in the mechanics of tum...

Artifical cornea lets woman blind 20 years see

...see out again, and their doctors can see in." The development of opacity in the cornea is typically the result o...nning of the tissue surrounding the implant or the development of glaucoma due to preexisting imperfections in the draining mechanics of the eye, according to Afsh...

Pathogen-Mimicking Vaccine As Strategy For Cancer Therapy

... part of the CVC's systematic, coordinated vaccine development approach that compares single vaccine variables in parallel. "We've identified many cancer antigens, and the challenge is to determine which cancer vaccine compositions induce a strong and sustained immune response against particular antigens. The re...

Yale researchers identify molecule for detecting parasitic infection in humans

...ction of parasitic infections, leading the way for development of future vaccines to combat these infections. Pu...Insight obtained from these studies should lead to development of novel strategies to combat these infections," he said. "In particular, an understanding of the pa...

Multiple Campylobacter Genomes Sequenced

...s. And in doing so, it lays the foundation for the development of new ways to monitor and control Campylobacter in the food chain and in human infection. ...

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