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RNA project to create language for scientists worldwide

... vast. RNA science already is playing an important role in understanding normal and abnormal metabolism and physiology and in designing new strategies for intervention in the form of gene therapy, Leontis said. ...

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

...ted them to investigate whether TEL2 also played a role in leukemia. In the MCB study, the investigators d... promotes cell multiplication, playing an indirect role in the development of B lymphoma. "TEL2 doesn't directly cause cancer," Grosveld said. "Instead, th...

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

..."Maybe the target protein has a good and necessary role in 10 interactions, but the 11th is the only one we would need to eliminate," said Ideker. "What we really want are drugs that interfere with just that one disease-causing interaction." Systems biologists such as Ideker say their ultimate goal is a ...

UCSD team discovers specialized, rare heart stem cells in newborns

... think that these cells normally play an important role in the remodeling of the heart after birth, when t...r transplantation in living animals to study their role in endogenous repair after cardiac injury. ...

Measuring the impact of post-genomics on Mediterranean populations

...ported by the European Commission, highlighted the role of the life sciences in improving health in countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. Delegates at the event also discussed the importance of Euro-Mediterranean partnerships in order to capitalise on post-genomic research. The life sciences ?in par...

Scientists find fossil proof of Egypt's ancient climate

...rs ago. They also could shed light on the possible role weather and climate played in the dispersal of humans "out of Africa" and into Europe and Asia. Periods of substantially increased rainfall compared to the present are known to have occurred in the Sahara throughout the last million years, but their ...

Implanted Devices Detect High-Risk Heart Failure Patients

...year later. "This approach may play a significant role in targeting a subset of heart failure patients fo...ed waters" when it comes to the new devices, their role in the treatment of heart failure, and how to make best use of the new data which they can provide. ...

VCU Researchers Identify Networks Of Genes Responding To Alcohol In The Brain

... regions of the brain that are all known to play a role in responses to alcohol and other drugs of abuse. ...several genes regulated by alcohol that may play a role in determining genetic differences in behavioral responses to alcohol. "These findings help us to b...

How an AIDS-Related Cancer Unleashes Inflammation

... to a protein called MK2, which is known to play a role in boosting cytokine production. In further exper..." he said. While the new knowledge of kaposin B's role will contribute to understanding how the responsible virus produces cytokines, there are likely othe...

Chemists identify key gene in development of type 1 diabetes

... have identified a gene that appears to play a key role in the development of type 1 diabetes, also known as insulin-dependent or juvenile diabetes, a disease that affects about one million people in the U.S. and is on the rise worldwide. They described their findings, which they say could lead to new dru...

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

... have identified a gene that appears to play a key role in the development of type 1 diabetes, also known as insulin-dependent or juvenile diabetes, a disease that affects about one million people in the U.S. and is on the rise worldwide. They described their findings, which they say could lead to new dru...

Nonlinear Dynamics announces more details of its global partnership with PerkinElmer

...ve assertion by PerkinElmer of Nonlinear's central role within its proteomics strategy. Together we have a number of new initiatives which we are already working on. We are confident that the extensive fruits of this relationship will continue to benefit the proteomics community for many years to come." ...

Effective Cancer Treatments Follow The Clock

...per gives us specific mechanistic insight into the role of circadian rhythms in sensitivity to such drugs,?said Takahashi. “This is not some vague metabolic difference between day and night. This is a tangible difference in the immune system that influences sensitivity.?/p> The findings may well exten...

LUCA technologies confirms real-time methane generation

...nce. Thermatoga microorganisms are known to play a role in the anaerobic oxidation of hydrocarbons to alcohols, organic acids and carbon dioxide. Thermatoga also thrive in high temperature environments, such as those found in sub-surface oil wells. "Oil within the Monument Butte field has a waxy composit...

A new study examines how shared pathogens affect host populations

... only important consequences for understanding the role of pathogens in species interactions but also provide a potential mechanism linking host biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Sponsored by the American Society of Naturalists, The American Naturalist is a leading journal in the fields of ecology ...

Potential treatments for neurofibromatosis

...n asthma and allergic reactions. Mast cells play a role in neurofibromatosis because they also are involve...cers, because inflammatory cells play an important role in tumor formation in these malignancies." Neurofibromatosis results from mutations in a gene calle...

How the environment could be damaging men's reproductive health

...a. Additionally, the atmosphere plays an important role in their transport over long distances. POPs have ...st 20 years. "We need to look more closely at the role of environmental factors, including those that can disrupt the hormone system, and the role of genet...

Cricket's finicky mating behavior boosts biodiversity

...he scientists say their findings shed light on the role of individual choices in the evolution of species ...songs, a secondary sexual trait that plays a large role in mate attraction. Among all species of Laupala, pulse rates of male courtship songs range from .5...

Surprising findings reported about iron overload

...on. He, Barton, and others have begun studying the role of iron overload and HFE mutations in the development of type 2 diabetes in persons of various racial/ethnic groups. ...

Norovirus, AIDS vaccine and Hepatitis Virus

... spent at travel destinations playing an important role in determining infection frequency. "This study i...uggests that further investigations concerning the role of these viruses in TD are warranted." (A.R. Chapin, C.M. Carpenter, W.C. Dudley, L.C. Gibson, R. P...

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