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Firefly Protein Lights Up Degenerating Muscles, Aiding Muscular-Dystrophy Research
April 24, 2013 — Scientists have created a mouse model of muscular dystrophy in which degenerating muscle tissue gives off visible ... > full story -
Transgenic Mice Ready to Fight Obesity, and More
April 24, 2013 — Scientists have investigated mice with a very precisely modified genome. Because it is possible to turn off the Dicer gene in adult mice, they can be used to investigate the processes related to such ... > full story -
'Toggle Switch' to Burn Fat Identified
April 23, 2013 — For a long time, scientists have dreamt of converting undesirable white fat cells into brown fat cells and thus simply have excess pounds melt away. Researchers have now gotten a step closer to this ... > full story -
Bacteria May Contribute to Premature Births, STDs
April 23, 2013 — New research points to a common species of bacteria as an important contributor to bacterial vaginosis, a condition linked to preterm birth and increased risk of sexually transmitted ... > full story -
Uncleaned Cells Mean Weak Muscles
April 23, 2013 — The protein complex mTORC1 promotes muscle growth. However, should this complex remain constantly active, it impairs the ability of the cells to self-clean, causing myopathy. Scientists have now ... > full story -
Radioactive Bacteria Targets Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
April 22, 2013 — Researchers have developed a therapy for pancreatic cancer that uses Listeria bacteria to selectively infect tumor cells and deliver radioisotopes into them. The experimental treatment dramatically ... > full story -
Muscle Repair After Injury Helped by Fat-Forming Cells
April 19, 2013 — Scientists have discovered that muscle repair requires the action of two types of cells better known for causing inflammation and forming ... > full story -
Quest for Edible Malarial Vaccine Leads to Other Potential Medical Uses for Algae
April 19, 2013 — Can scientists rid malaria from the Third World by simply feeding algae genetically engineered with a vaccine? That's the question biologists sought to answer after they demonstrated last May that ... > full story -
From Blank Round to a Potently Active Substance?
April 19, 2013 — A long-forgotten candidate for antiviral therapy is undergoing a renaissance: Since the 1970s, the small molecule CMA has been considered a potent agent against viral infections, yet it was never ... > full story -
Brain Development Is Guided by Junk DNA That Isn't Really Junk
April 15, 2013 — Specific DNA once dismissed as junk plays an important role in brain development and might be involved in several devastating neurological diseases, scientists have ... > full story
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