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Scientists discover gene module underlying atherosclerosis development

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

By measuring the total gene activity in organs relevant for coronary artery disease (CAD), scientists at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have identified a module of genes that is important for the recruitment ...


Research backs theory on autism, schizophrenia

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (11) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research by Simon Fraser University evolutionary biologist Bernard Crespi reinforces his theory that autism and schizophrenia are diametric or opposite conditions based on genes.


New neuroimaging analysis technique identifies impact of Alzheimer's disease gene in healthy brains

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Brain imaging can offer a window into risk for diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). A study conducted at the University of Kansas School of Medicine demonstrated that genetic risk is expressed in the brains of even ...


New microRNA Data Could Classify Bladder Cancer by Type

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Data published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, offers new insights into the biology of urothelial carcinoma of the bladder. Specifically, microRNA profiles differ ...


Accelerated bone growth may be an indicator of hypertension in children

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Children whose bones are "older" than their chronological age may be at an increased risk of hypertension, according to a study reported today in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association. As a result, the in ...


Fish vision discovery makes waves in natural selection

Fish vision discovery makes waves in natural selection

Biology / Evolution

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Emory University researchers have identified the first fish known to have switched from ultraviolet vision to violet vision, or the ability to see blue light. The discovery is also the first example of an ...


Blood counts are clues to human disease

Blood counts are clues to human disease

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new genome-wide association study published today in Nature Genetics begins to uncover the basis of genetic variations in eight blood measurements and the impact those variants can have o ...


Genetic variation of enzyme linked with outcomes for women receiving tamoxifen

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Among women with early stage breast cancer, genetic variation of a certain enzyme appears to be associated with clinical outcomes for women treated with tamoxifen, according to a study in the October 7 issue of JAMA.


Researchers identify gene that regulates breast cancer metastasis

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at The Wistar Institute have identified a key gene (KLF17) involved in the spread of breast cancer throughout the body. They also demonstrated that expression of KLF17 together with another gene (Id1) known to ...


Scientists Use Inkjet Printer to Manipulate Genes in New Ways

Scientists Use Inkjet Printer to Manipulate Genes in New Ways

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- With recent advances in biochemistry, researchers can control the circuitry in a developing cell, thereby influencing cells to develop into specific phenotypes. Taking a step forward in this ...


When proteins change partners

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dieter Wolf, M.D., and colleagues at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have illuminated how competition between proteins enhances combinatorial diversity during ubiquitination (the process that marks proteins ...


Better immune defense against anthrax

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists discover a gene in anthrax-causing bacteria may help defend against this form of bio-warfare.


Electronic medicine, without borders?

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Disease knows no borders and now researchers in Europe and the Mediterranean shoreline are using electronic infrastructures (e-Infrastructures) to coordinate and cooperate internationally.


Eyes in the soil will help food security

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new tool developed by scientists at The University of Manchester will allow farmers to see under the soil to check how efficiently crop roots are using water and nutrients.


Researchers use yeast to identify cancer-causing genes that may also occur in humans

A yeast cancer model for mapping cancer genes

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers have devised a scheme for identifying genes in yeast that could lead to the identification of new cancer genes in humans. The study is published online this week in the open-access journal PLoS Bi ...