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Found: Missing sequence of the human Y chromosome

... genome sequence," Rappold pointed out.The current study was designed as part of a long-term effort tochara...n.Because the "missing" sequence described in this study contained eightputatively active genes, further functional testing of these genes mayreveal insights...

U of M researcher examines newly emerging deadly disease

...of Minnesota Medical School. "We are continuing to study and monitor cases of purpura fulminans to better understand the causes and best treatment options." On the basis of experience, the University of Minnesota experts have identified three recommended treatments for purpura fulminans. Patients who pres...

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

...n of neurons. The findings, published as the cover study in the latest issue of Virology, show that protein...se fails to fight infection, others step in." The study was also conducted at NYU, by a post-doctoral fellow, Mark Trottier, Jr., PhD, now at Michigan State...

Study finds more than one-third of human genome regulated by RNA

...d chicken,which lived 310 million years ago. "This study is an excellent exampleof the power of comparative genomics to illuminate how human genes areregulated," says Burge."As more genome data becomes available and the technology becomes moresophisticated, I think we'll find that even more genes are targe...

Live Recombinant Adenovirus Vaccine Technique Explored

...,?explained Gary Ketner, PhD, senior author of the study and professor with the W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. “The military developed oral vaccines for adenovirus years ago that safely provide immunity in one dose. We wanted...

The secret lives of whales

...ld water washing detergents. But more importantly, study of whale worms and other whale-fall species help scientists understand how life has diversified in specialized habitats in the deep-sea. Deep-sea vent tube worms may have originated from shallow-water species, using whale falls as a food source along...

NYU researchers simulate molecular biological clock

...d chicken,which lived 310 million years ago. "This study is an excellent exampleof the power of comparative genomics to illuminate how human genes areregulated," says Burge."As more genome data becomes available and the technology becomes moresophisticated, I think we'll find that even more genes are targe...

Leukemia Drug Breakthrough Study In New England Journal Of Medicine

...lates the immune system to fight cancer cells. The study is reported in the Feb.10 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Nearly 90 percent of MDS patients are anemic and require regular transfusions of red cells. In this study, 91 percent of the MDS patients with a chromosome abnormality named 5q ...

Mitochondrial DNA mutations play significant role in prostate cancer

...cement of prostate cancertumor growth. Because the study found that COI mutations were common inthe general...isk for developingprostate cancer."We believe this study provides convincing evidence that mitochondrialmutations play an important role in prostate cancer,"...

Researchers reveal the infectious impact of salmon farms on wild salmon

A new study published in the March 30th edition of the prestig...ish farm on sea lice outbreaks in wild salmon. The study combined new field techniques that allowed comprehensive, individual observations of over 5,500 youn...

Molecular machine may lead to new drugs to combat human diseases

...nging the genetic code. The results of the Purdue study are published in the January issue of the journal ...t various stages, the scientists can determine and study its three-dimensional structure and learn how it is able to carry out its biochemical work. The Gro...

Clam embryo study shows pollutant mixture adversely affects nerve cell development

...ew Jersey--a town that was the center of an ATSDR* study inthe year 2000 that documented a higher than usua...ecies is famousamong scientists as a model for the study of cellular processes thatare common among all animals, including humans.Reinisch and her colleagues...

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

...searchers are currently discussing the design of a study with infectious disease clinicians in Hamilton, which may begin in as early as the next few months. Additionally they will be looking at issues of co-infection with both HIV-1 and HSV-2 which is a big problem clinically. The two studies were posted ...

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

...ew Jersey--a town that was the center of an ATSDR* study inthe year 2000 that documented a higher than usua...ecies is famousamong scientists as a model for the study of cellular processes thatare common among all animals, including humans.Reinisch and her colleagues...

An HIV Protein Plays a Surprising Role in Gene Activation

... to ask whether Tat could play a similar role. To study this question in living human cells, Green and colleagues turned to chromatin immunoprecipitation, a technique that detects proteins bound (directly or indirectly) to DNA. Working with three well-known effectors of transcription—an activator (Gal4-VP...

Mouse brain tumors mimic those in human genetic disorder

...onald O. Schnuck Family Professor of Neurology.The study appears online and will be published in the Januar...iomas associated with NF1.Results from this latest study suggest that the two are not necessarilycorrelated. Gutmann's team found that optic pathway gliomas ...

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

...modern radiometric dating techniques and a careful study of sediments and fossils, the researchers linked t...sits, are part of the geological record scientists study for indications of climate change. The team believes the Africa-Mediterranean correlation ties both ...

Enzyme allows B cells to resist death, leading to leukemia

...re represents an attractive target for therapy.The study will appear online on January 13 in advance of publication inthe February 1 print edition of the Journal of Clinical Investigation....

A bacterial genome reveals new targets to combat infectious disease

...ng diseases 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 Wol...

New imaging method gives early indication if brain cancer therapy is effective, U-M study shows

...er regimen if a patient's tumor will shrink, a new study shows. Researchers at the University of Michigan ... those cells die, water diffusion changes. In the study of 20 people with malignant brain tumors, the researchers found that any change in the functional di...

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