Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Researchers discover 'vitiligo gene', paving the way for new treatments

Supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health and funding from the Vitiligo Society (UK) and the National Vitiligo Foundation (USA), the study…

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New Technique for Noninvasive Cell Tracking Developments

Now, researchers at Johns Hopkins have developed a promising new technique for noninvasively tracking where living cells go after they are put into the body….

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Scientists Discover Gene Mutation That Reduces Colon Polyps

In experiments with mice genetically prone to develop polyps, researchers discovered that animals carrying one copy of the damaged gene, Atp5a1, had about 90…

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Plague Pathogen’s Antibiotic Resistance: A Growing Concern?

The ability to resist many of the antibiotics used against plague has been found so far in only a single case of the disease in Madagascar. But because the…

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Triplex Assay Enhances SNP and Pathogen Detection in DNA

In the article they present a wealth of data relating to the assay of pathogens in samples also containing human genomic duplex DNA and to the assay of SNPs…

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Understanding Right- And Left-Eyed Individuals in Innovation

Thirdly, the brain is functionally asymmetric: the left hemisphere (with the right-handers) is mainly connected with abstract-logical thinking and to a larger…

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Fullerenes: Enhancing Hydrogen Storage for Future Innovations

Their design is being constantly improved, but so far devices have not been created that would contain hydrogen sufficient for wide commercial application. In…

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New Insights on p53: The Genomic Guardian Against Cancer

The p53 transcription factor is found in every cell of the body, where it helps to prevent cancer by activating and deactivating the right genes. When the cell…

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Notorious Cancer Gene Disrupts Messenger RNA Production

The insight emerged from a long-running study of a protein called PMR1, the key player in an unusual mechanism that cells use to quickly stop production of…

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Scientists Uncover Key Molecule in Stem Cell Signaling Pathway

A newly discovered small molecule called IQ-1 plays a key role in preventing embryonic stem cells from differentiating into one or more specific cell types,…

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Protein Discovery May Enhance Pregnancy Success, Researchers Find

Peter Sutovsky, assistant professor of animal sciences in the University of Missouri-Columbia's College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources and…

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CSHL Study Identifies Genetic Differences in Autism Cases

New research, led by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) scientists Jonathan Sebat, Lakshmi Muthuswamy and Michael Wigler, has found a distinction between…

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Termites Discover Tasty Choices in Innovative Feeding Study

By offering them a choice between normal wooden blocks and specially designed blocks made of wood and other materials, the researchers found that the termites…

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Protein TG2 Shields Pancreatic Cancer Cells from Destruction

The protein tissue transglutaminase, known by the abbreviation TG2, previously has been found by researchers at M. D. Anderson and elsewhere to be…

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New Gene Mutation Linked to X-Linked Mental Retardation

Researchers have identified a novel gene mutation that causes X-linked mental retardation for which there was no previously known molecular diagnosis,…

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Genetic Links to Schizophrenia Discovered by Feinstein Researchers

Working in conjunction with researchers at the Harvard Medical School Partners Center for Genetics and Genomics in Boston, MA, the Zucker Hillside team…

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