News tagged with regulatory systems


Obama's regulatory plan doesn't go far enough

Obama's regulatory plan doesn't go far enough, says UCSC economist

Other Sciences / Economics

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Tempting as it is to demonize greedy Wall Street bankers for the nation's economic ills, the real cause is far more insidious than a handful of selfish individuals--and may prove resistant to the Obama administration's ...





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Technique finds gene regulatory sites without knowledge of regulators

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new statistical technique developed by researchers at the University of Illinois allows scientists to scan a genome for specific gene-regulatory regions without requiring prior knowledge of the relevant transcription factors. ...


Baffling the body into accepting transplants

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

An unexpected discovery made by a Sydney scientist has potential to alter the body's response to anything it perceives as not 'self', such as a tissue or organ transplant.


Major breakthrough in transplantation immunity

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Australian scientists have made a discovery that may one day remove the need for a lifetime of toxic immunosuppressive drugs after organ transplants.


Researchers help unlock the secrets of gene regulatory networks

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created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A quartet of studies by researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) highlight a special feature on gene regulatory networks recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) ...


Researchers Unlock the Secrets of Gene Regulatory Networks

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created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A quartet of studies by researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) highlight a special feature on gene regulatory networks recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (P ...


Researchers discover novel way to develop tumor vaccines

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 02, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 1

Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) have uncovered a new way to develop more effective tumor vaccines by turning off the suppression function of regulatory T cells. The results of the study, titled ...


Seeing family for the holidays? Scientists discover how the stress might kill you

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

If you ever thought the stress of seeing your extended family over the holidays was slowly killing you -- bad news: a new research report in the December 2009 print issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology shows that you mi ...


Drug marketing techniques may be risking patient safety

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 03, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

With new drugs being reviewed by regulatory agencies and then released onto the market faster than ever before, patients' safety is being compromised, warns a study published on bmj.com today.


Fight against hay fever and other allergies helped by new immune system discovery

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created Dec 27, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

A mechanism which can lead to hay fever and other allergic reactions, by preventing the immune system from regulating itself properly, has been discovered by scientists. Researchers hope their finding, published today in ...


Culture change to encourage whistleblowing needed, says expert

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Greater statutory protection, support from regulatory bodies and, above all, a culture change to encourage whistleblowing are required to protect patients and clinicians, according to an editorial published on bmj.com today.



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