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Studies Of A Gene For A Rare Form Of Rickets Shed Light On Vitamin D Deficiencies
May 4, 1999 — Two years after they cloned the gene for a vital kidney enzyme, vitamin D-1-alpha hydroxylase, researchers at the University of California San Francisco are beginning to understand how the enzyme ... > full story -
UF Scientist Seeks Super Sea Oats
February 8, 1999 — Gulf Coast sea oats are genetically different from sea oats on the Atlantic Coast, a University of Florida researcher has found. The differences, says Michael Kane, may be the key to preserving ... > full story -
Newly Discovered Viral Gateway Into Cells Could Play Role In Diagnosis And Treatment Of Leukemia, HIV And Other Viral Diseases
February 4, 1999 — Viruses employ all the techniques of seasoned spies to infiltrate cells. They change identities frequently and find secret gateways, known as receptors, through cell walls. Now, Chetankumar Tailor, ... > full story -
Programmable Cells Open Window Of Opportunity For Gene Therapy
January 29, 1999 — "Any cell can be reprogrammed, and this process is reversible. You do not need to start with the stem cell." These remarks and the research behind them, which could have a profound impact on ... > full story -
Human Neural Stem Cells Advance Distant Prospect Of Reseeding Damaged Brain
January 26, 1999 — A study by Evan Snyder, an assistant professor of neurology at Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and his colleagues validates a decade's worth of research into the cell biology ... > full story -
Gene Therapy Trial Approved For Rare Anemia
January 25, 1999 — A gene therapy clinical trial for Fanconi anemia, a fatal inherited blood disease, is set to begin at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Currently, the best survival hope for Fanconi ... > full story -
Adult Cells Undergo Identity Switch Reported In Science
January 22, 1999 — Research by a group of Italian and Canadian scientists indicates that certain adult cells-previously assumed to be permanently wedded to their specialized roles in the body-can shed their identities ... > full story -
Gene Identified For Heart Defect That Causes Sudden Death In Young People
December 22, 1998 — A gene for an inherited heart disorder that accounts for a significant number of sudden deaths and heart failure in young people has been located -- or mapped -- by U.S. and Canadian researchers, who ... > full story -
Gene Discovery Paves Way For Preventing Deadly Bacterial Shock
December 14, 1998 — Identification of a gene that normally prevents endotoxic shock - which causes at least 20,000 deaths a year in the United States and possibly one million worldwide - was reported by UT Southwestern ... > full story -
Researchers Announce Breakthrough In Transgenic Animal Technology
December 1, 1998 — Research reported in the November 24 edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences may herald a new era in biopharmaceutical production. Work performed in the laboratory of former ... > full story
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