Scientists

Rosetta Genomics and Weizmann Institute Scientists Identify Role of microRNA in Cancer Suppression

Findings Published in Molecular Cell Show Potential of microRNAs asNovel Cancer Drug Targets REHOVOT, Israel and NORTH BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, July 05, 2007/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rosetta Genomics Ltd , a leading microRNAcompany, announced today research published in the journalMolecular Cell by scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Scienceand Rosetta Genomics . The findings suggest...

Schepens Scientists Identify Key to Integrating Transplanted Nerve Cells Into Injured Tissue

Discovery promises to make retina, spinal cord and other centralnervous system transplants possible BOSTON, April 26, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientists at theSchepens Eye Research Institute, an affiliate of Harvard MedicalSchool, have identified a key mechanism for successfullytransplanting tissue into the adult central nervous system. Thestudy found that a molecule known as MMP-2 (which is...

Karmanos Physician-Scientists Examine Racial Disparities in Patients with Gynecologic Cancer

DETROIT, April 16, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Karmanos CancerInstitute physician-scientists today reported on two researchstudies investigating racial disparities in patients withgynecologic cancer at the American Association of Cancer Researchannual meeting in Los Angeles, CA. Caucasian patients with endometrial or ovarian cancer, onaverage, live longer than their African American count...

Scientists Implicate Gene in Vitiligo and Other Autoimmune Diseases

BETHESDA, Md., April 10, 2007--In a study appearing in the March22 New England Journal of Medicine, scientists supported by theNational Institutes of Healths National Institute of Arthritis andMusculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) have discovered aconnection between a specific gene and the inflammatory skincondition vitiligo, as well as a possible host of autoimmunediseases. V...

The Sturdier Sex?: Study by Pittsburgh Scientists Finds Female Stem Cells Work Better

Stem Cells Isolated from Females Regenerate Skeletal Muscle MoreEfficiently than Male Cells PITTSBURGH, April 09, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Female stem cellsderived from muscle have a greater ability to regenerate skeletalmuscle tissue than male cells, according to a study at Children'sHospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. The study, which is being published in the April 9 issue of theJournal...

Alnylam and Stanford University Scientists Discover New Role for microRNAs (miRNAs) in T Cell Biology and Immunity

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 22, 2007 - AlnylamPharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALNY), a leading RNAi therapeuticscompany, announced today publication of a study in the journal Cellby Alnylam and Stanford University scientists on the role of miRNAsin immunity. In the pre-clinical study, a specific miRNA, miR-181a,was shown to play an important role in controlling T cellresponsivenes...

Scottish Scientists Test ‘Secret Weapon’ Against Tumours

LONDON, March 8, 2007--Cancer Research UK scientists in Glasgowhave devised a new method of attacking cancer cells. They reportthe findings in the Journal of Clinical Investigation* today(Thursday). A team of scientists from the Beatson Institute for CancerResearch gave mice a chemical that caused cancer cells to commitsuicide, significantly slowing the growth of the tumours they w...