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Pathogen's Scissor-Like Enzyme Provides New Clues to Treatment of Infectious Disease
April 4, 2013 — Researchers report that a pathogen annually blamed for an estimated 90 million cases of food-borne illness defeats a host's immune response by using a fat-snipping enzyme to cut off cellular ... > full story -
Wild Mice Have Natural Protection Against Lyme Borreliosis
April 4, 2013 — Like humans, mice can become infected with Borrelia. However, not all mice that come into contact with these bacteria contract the dreaded Lyme disease: Animals with a particular gene variant are ... > full story -
Can Repurposed Cancer Drugs Counter Bioterror Threats?
April 3, 2013 — Scientists are investigating whether two cancer medications have the potential of protecting U.S. troops from biological agents that could be unleashed during an ... > full story -
Brain Cell Signal Network Genes Linked to Schizophrenia Risk in Families
April 3, 2013 — New genetic factors predisposing to schizophrenia have been uncovered in five families with several affected relatives. These gene variants weaken NMDA receptors. Found throughout the brain, NMDA ... > full story -
Advances in Molecular Testing Offer New Hope for Lung Cancer Patients
April 3, 2013 — The emergence of molecular diagnostic testing in lung cancer offers new hope for patients battling the number one cancer killer in the United States and abroad. Now, for the first time after a decade ... > full story -
Potential Therapy for Human Prion Disease
April 3, 2013 — Scientists have for the first time identified a pair of drugs already approved for human use that show anti-prion activity and, for one of them, great promise in treating rare and universally fatal ... > full story -
One Specific microRNA Promotes Tumor Growth and Cancer Spread
April 3, 2013 — Researchers have determined that the overexpression of microRNA-155 (miR-155), a short, single strand of ribonucleic acid encoded by the miR-155 host gene, promotes the growth of blood vessels in ... > full story -
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Phase 1 ALS Trial Is First to Test Antisense Treatment of Neurodegenerative Disease: No Serious Adverse Effects Reported
April 3, 2013 — The initial clinical trial of a novel approach to treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- blocking production of a mutant protein that causes an inherited form of the progressive neurodegererative ... > full story -
Will Cell Therapy Become a 'Third Pillar' of Medicine?
April 3, 2013 — Treating patients with cells may one day become as common as it is now to treat the sick with drugs made from engineered proteins, antibodies or smaller chemicals, according to UC San Francisco ... > full story -
Laser Light Zaps Away Cocaine Addiction
April 3, 2013 — By stimulating one part of the brain with laser light, researchers have shown that they can wipe away addictive behavior in rats -- or conversely turn non-addicted rats into compulsive cocaine ... > full story
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