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Cancer Epigenetics: Breakthrough in Identifying Target Genes
March 13, 2012 — Cancer is usually attributed to faulty genes, but growing evidence from the field of cancer epigenetics indicates a key role for the gene "silencing" proteins that stably turn genes off inside the ... > full story -
Promising New Drug Target for Kidney Disease
March 12, 2012 — Researchers have identified a regulator protein that plays a crucial role in kidney fibrosis, a condition that leads to kidney failure. Finding this regulator provides a new therapeutic target for ... > full story -
Deeper View of HIV Reveals Impact of Early Mutations
March 8, 2012 — Mutations in HIV that develop during the first few weeks of infection may play a critical role in undermining a successful early immune response, a finding that reveals the importance of vaccines ... > full story -
Will a Genetic Mutation Cause Trouble? Ask Spliceman
March 5, 2012 — New, free Web-based software analyzes DNA sequences to determine if mutations are likely to cause errors in splicing of messenger RNA. When gene splicing goes awry, a wide variety of diseases can ... > full story -
Carbon Dioxide Catchers: New Tools for Identifying Effective Carbon Capture Technologies
March 1, 2012 — Using techniques from drug discovery, and state-of-the-art advances in mathematics, computational algorithms and supercomputing, researchers have developed a tool for identifying the most efficient ... > full story -
European Neanderthals Were on the Verge of Extinction Even Before the Arrival of Modern Humans
February 25, 2012 — Most Neanderthals in Europe died off around 50,000 years ago, new research suggests. The previously held view of a Europe populated by a stable Neanderthal population for hundreds of thousands of ... > full storyMore: -
Advancing Personalized Medicine: Tailoring Drugs to Fit a Patient's Genetic Predisposition
February 24, 2012 — Researchers are examining how drugs can be matched to a patient’s genetic information through the study of single nucleotide ... > full story -
Mobile DNA Elements Can Disrupt Gene Expression and Cause Biological Variation, Study Shows
February 23, 2012 — The many short pieces of mobile DNA that exist in the genome can contribute to important biological differences between strains of mice, according to a new study. The mobile DNA, sometimes called ... > full story -
New Way to Tap Largest Remaining Treasure Trove of Potential New Antibiotics
February 22, 2012 — Scientists are reporting use of a new technology for sifting through the world's largest remaining pool of potential antibiotics to discover two new antibiotics that work against deadly resistant ... > full story -
Telomere Failure, Telomerase Activation Drive Prostate Cancer Progression
February 20, 2012 — Genomic instability caused by an erosion of the protective caps on chromosomes, followed by activation of an enzyme that reinforces those caps, allows malignant cells to evade destruction and acquire ... > full story
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