The incidence of diabetes is rising worldwide. Using genetic engineering techniques in pigs, scientists at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich have created a new model of this metabolic disorder, which recapitulates many features of the disease, and promises to contribute significantly to improvements in diagnosis and therapy…
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Scientists at the University of Essex have a greater understanding of how our genes are controlled following a major research project. The findings of the study, which looked at how proteins work as teams to control genes in the cells, could also help to unravel the mechanisms of disease such as cancer…
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Two outstanding female scientists at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have been awarded research fellowships worth AU$1.75 million (US$1.5 million) to continue their cancer research…
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The team observed viruses as they evolved over hundreds of generations to infect bacteria. They found that when the bacteria could evolve defences, the viruses evolved at a quicker rate and generated greater diversity, compared to situations where the bacteria were unable to adapt to the viral infection…
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Programs to create a new center for the study of stem cells and to increase capacity to deal with global health issues were among seven scientific initiatives announced by NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D…
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Just weeks into his post as John S. Dunn Distinguished Professor and founding chair of the University of Houston’s new department of biomedical engineering, Metin Akay is already being recognized…
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Acclaimed by students and instructors, Molecular Biotechnology: Principles and Applications of Recombinant DNA is now in its fourth edition, bringing it thoroughly up to date with the latest findings and the latest industrial, agricultural, pharmaceutical, and biomedical applications…
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Librede Inc. has joined the UCLA on-campus technology incubator space at the California NanoSystems Institute, where the startup company will work on developing technologies to improve ion channel drug discovery and screening. Ion channels are proteins in cell membranes that play a central role in generating and transmitting cardiac and neural signals…
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Working with mice, Johns Hopkins scientists who tested drugs intended to halt growth of brain cancer stem cells - a small population of cells within tumors that perpetuate cancer growth - conclude that blocking these cells may be somewhat effective, but more than one targeted drug attack may be needed to get the job done…
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VION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (OTC Bulletin Board: VIONQ) announced that it had received a response from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on a Special Protocol Assessment (”SPA”) for its oncology therapeutic Onrigin™ (laromustine) Injection…
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