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NYU Study Reveals How Brain's Immune System Fights Viral Encephalitis

...s fights viral infection of neurons. The findings, published as the cover study in the latest issue of Virology, show that proteins in neurons fight the virus at multiple stages--by preventing the formation of viral RNA and proteins, and blocking the virus' release, which could infect other cells in the brain....

Mitochondrial DNA mutations play significant role in prostate cancer

...University of California, Irvine. The findings are published onlinethis week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(PNAS). Mitochondrial DNA, which is separate from nuclear DNA, is foundin the hundreds of mitochondria located in the cytoplasm outside ofeach cell's nucleus. The mitochondria ofte...

Researchers reveal the infectious impact of salmon farms on wild salmon

A new study published in the March 30th edition of the prestigious scientific journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B (a publication of the UK's national academy of science) shows that the transfer of parasitic sea lice from salmon farms to wild salmon populations is m...

Molecular machine may lead to new drugs to combat human diseases

...genetic code. The results of the Purdue study are published in the January issue of the journal Nature Structural and Molecular Biology. "In terms of human health, Group I introns are interesting because they cause their own removal and also splice the ends of the surrounding RNA together, forming a functio...

Sea skate experiment sheds light on human cell transport

...esult: The gates wouldn't open. These findings are published in the current issue of the American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, along with an accompanying editorial. Goldstein said the results are important for a few reasons. Because skate red blood cells closely ...

Clam embryo study shows pollutant mixture adversely affects nerve cell development

...ntist at the Marine BiologicalLaboratory (MBL) has published the results of an EPA-funded clam embryostudy that supports her hypothesis that, when combined, the pollutantsbromoform, chloroform, and tetrachloroethylene--a chemical cocktailknown as BCE--can act synergistically to alter a key regulator in nervece...

Female sex hormones play a vital role in defense against sexually transmitted diseases

Two McMaster University studies, to be published in the Journal of Virology, show that sex hormones... Journal of Virology website this week and will be published in the Journal in the March issue. ...

Study identifies predictors of HIV drug resistance in patients beginning triple therapy

...ntist at the Marine BiologicalLaboratory (MBL) has published the results of an EPA-funded clam embryostudy that supports her hypothesis that, when combined, the pollutantsbromoform, chloroform, and tetrachloroethylene--a chemical cocktailknown as BCE--can act synergistically to alter a key regulator in nervece...

Mouse brain tumors mimic those in human genetic disorder

... of Neurology.The study appears online and will be published in the January 2005issue of the journal Annals of Neurology.NF1 is one of the most common neurological disorders caused by a singlegene mutation. The disorder can lead to a variety of complicationsincluding brain cancer.To supplement their clinical r...

New Clues Add 40,000 Years to Age of Human Species

...Research Expedition. Yet, there were flaws in the published map, and the team was unable to pinpoint the exact spots that had yielded the original fossils. The researchers then came across an unusual resource: unused film footage taken by National Geographic photographers for a never-aired documentary on t...

A bacterial genome reveals new targets to combat infectious disease

...eases caused by filarial nematodes. In a new study published in the freely-available online journal PLoS Biology, Barton Slatko and colleagues present the complete DNA sequence of the Wolbachia pipientis strain within Brugia malayi, a parasitic nematode responsible for lymphatic filariasis. This Wolbachia gen...

BRCA1 causes ovarian cancer through indirect, biochemical route

...rsity of Southern California. Their work is being published in the March 29 issue of the journal Current Biology. "Before, we thought this gene was a classical tumor suppressor," says Louis Dubeau, professor of pathology at the Keck School and principal investigator on the paper. If that were the case, it wo...

Poplar trees redirect resources in response to simulated attack

...y, the research is reported in two articles, to be published in Plant, Cell & Environment (June 2005) and in New Phytologist (August 2005), both now available online. "Just as we've learned to use radiotracers to image the inner workings of the living human brain, we can now track biochemical and physiolo...

U-M scientists find genes that control growth of common skin cancer

...nt of this widespread disease.Their report will be published in the Jan. 15 issue of Genes &Development, but is available now on the journal's Web site . Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) affects over 1,000,000 Americans each year and frequently develops onsun-exposed sites, such as the face. Surgical removal ...

Weill Cornell Research Reveals Secrets Of Trafficking Within Cells

...ted endocytosis goes wrong. The findings, already published online, will appear in the April print edition of Molecular Biology of the Cell, whose editors have chosen to highlight the Weill Cornell research due to its quality and broader significance to the field. "This is a kind of cellular fine-tuning, and...

First-ever Compounds To Target Only Metastatic Cells Are Highly Effective Against Breast, Prostate, And Colon Cancers

...ege in New York City. The findings have just been published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. For decades, doctors have fought cancer by using surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation to excise or shrink the primary tumor. "However, in too many cases it's simply impossible to completely remove ...

Discovery of key protein's shape could lead to improved bacterial pneumonia vaccine

...e germs invade the human bloodstream. Thisfinding, published Dec. 16 online by the EMBO Journal, could helpscientists develop a vaccine that is significantly more effective atprotecting children against the disease. The St. Jude researchersdetermined the shape of a large, paddle-like molecule thatStreptococcus...

New comparative toxicogenomics database

...e germs invade the human bloodstream. Thisfinding, published Dec. 16 online by the EMBO Journal, could helpscientists develop a vaccine that is significantly more effective atprotecting children against the disease. The St. Jude researchersdetermined the shape of a large, paddle-like molecule thatStreptococcus...

ASU researchers finds novel chemistry at work to provide parrot's vibrant red colors

...y Nogare, a parrot fancier from Snoqualmie, Wash., published in the Feb. 16, 2005 issue of the journal Biology Letters. Animals, like birds and fishes, commonly use biochromes like carotenoids to acquire red, orange or yellow coloration, but McGraw and Nogare found that these compounds are not responsible for...

Genetically modified natural killer immune cells attack, kill leukemia cells

... blood cancers. Results of the St. Jude study are published in the current online issue of Blood. The researchers demonstrated how to overcome significant technical hurdles that have until now slowed development of NK-based therapies for ALL, according to Dario Campana, M.D., Ph.D., a member of St. Jude Hema...

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