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Common Childhood Asthma Not Rooted in Allergens, Inflammation
May 23, 2013 — Allergens? No. Inflammation? No. An over-active gene that interrupts lipid synthesis appears to be the cause of 20-30% childhood asthma ... > full story -
New Discovery in Fight Against Deadly Meningococcal Disease: Understanding the Pathway of How the Bacterium Colonizes People
May 23, 2013 — Neisseria meningitidis is an important human pathogen that can cause rapidly progressing, life threatening meningitis and meningococcal sepsis in humans, according to authors of a new study. People ... > full story -
Biochemistry: Unspooling DNA from Nucleosomal Disks
May 23, 2013 — The tight wrapping of genomic DNA around nucleosomes in the cell nucleus makes it unavailable for gene expression. This study describes a mechanism that allows chromosomal DNA to be locally displaced ... > full story -
Boosting Body's Natural Flu Killers as Way to Offset Virus Mutation Problem
May 23, 2013 — The known difficulty in fighting influenza (flu) is the ability of the flu viruses to mutate and thus evade various medications that were previously found to be effective. Researchers at the Hebrew ... > full story -
Key Find for Early Bladder Cancer Treatment
May 23, 2013 — Aggressive forms of bladder cancer involve the protein PODXL – a discovery that could hold the key to improved treatment, according to new ... > full story -
Depression Linked to Telomere Enzyme, Aging, Chronic Disease
May 23, 2013 — The first symptoms of major depression may be behavioral, but the common mental illness is based in biology — and not limited to the brain, new research ... > full story -
Enzyme-Activating Antibodies Revealed as Marker for Most Severe Form of Rheumatoid Arthritis
May 22, 2013 — In a series of lab experiments designed to unravel the workings of a key enzyme widely considered a possible trigger of rheumatoid arthritis, researchers have found that in the most severe cases of ... > full story -
Fast New, One-Step Genetic Engineering Technology
May 22, 2013 — A new, streamlined approach to genetic engineering drastically reduces the time and effort needed to insert new genes into bacteria, the workhorses of biotechnology, scientists are reporting. The ... > full story -
Detecting Mirror Molecules: New Technique Reliably Tells Left-Handed from Right-Handed Variant of a Compound
May 22, 2013 — Physicists have developed a novel technique that can detect molecular variants in chemical mixtures -- greatly simplifying a process that is one of the most important, though time-consuming, ... > full story -
Slowing the Aging Process -- Only With Antibiotics
May 22, 2013 — Scientists reveal the mechanism responsible for aging hidden deep within mitochondria -- and dramatically slow it down in worms by administering antibiotics to the ... > full story
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