http://www.generef.com/ Genetic Engineering News en-us Tue, 9 Feb 2010 13:35:00 PST kcowing@spaceref.com (Keith Cowing) mkboucher@spaceref.com (Marc Boucher) Copyright 2009, SpaceRef Interactive Inc. http://www.generef.com/images/generef.sm.jpg http://www.generef.com/ 100 25 Genetic Engineering News - GeneRef http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75883 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75883 Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered a potential new use for the drug closantel, currently the standard treatment for sheep and cattle infected with liver fluke. The new research suggests that the drug may be useful in combating ri Tue, 9 Feb 2010 09:17:18 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75853 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75853 Advanced maternal age is linked to a significantly elevated risk of having a child with autism, regardless of the father's age, according to an exhaustive study of all births in California during the 1990s by UC Davis Health System researchers. Mon, 8 Feb 2010 07:18:01 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75847 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75847 Mice with a genetic change that causes progressive hearing loss in children, also have hearing loss because sound waves are not processed properly. The ear's attempts to compensate for hearing loss may, ironically, cause further damage leading to complet Sun, 7 Feb 2010 21:19:15 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75837 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75837 An investigational drug that inhibits serotonin in the gut, administered orally once daily, effectively cured osteoporosis in mice and rats, reports a new paper in Nature Medicine. Serotonin in the gut has been shown in recent research to stall bone forma Sun, 7 Feb 2010 10:18:02 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75836 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75836 In Nature, Singapore scientists report that Tbx3 significantly improves quality of induced pluripotent stem cells. Sun, 7 Feb 2010 10:17:17 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75822 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75822 Using an elaborate sleuthing system they developed to probe how cells manage their own division, Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered that common but hard-to-see sugar switches are partly in control. Fri, 5 Feb 2010 08:17:19 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75819 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75819 In a landmark study in children and teenagers with type 1 diabetes, JDRF-funded researchers at the University of Cambridge showed that using a first-generation artificial pancreas system overnight can lower the risk of low blood sugar emergencies while sl Fri, 5 Feb 2010 07:17:21 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75794 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75794 The discovery reveals that the protein MRG15, which previously had been known to affect cell growth and aging, also directs the gene-splicing machinery. As people or animals age, this machinery can go awry, producing nonsense proteins. The finding thus ha Thu, 4 Feb 2010 11:17:17 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75783 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75783 UCSF researchers have identified an elusive molecular regulator that controls the ability of human sperm to reach and fertilize the egg, a finding that has implications on both treating male infertility and preventing pregnancy. Thu, 4 Feb 2010 09:17:19 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75784 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75784 Nuclear pore complexes are best known as the communication channels that regulate the passage of all molecules to and from a cell's nucleus. Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, however, have shown that some of the pores' constituen Thu, 4 Feb 2010 09:17:19 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75768 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75768 The drug pazopanib (Votrient) slowed the progression of advanced renal cell carcinoma, a form of kidney cancer, in patients by 54 percent, according to a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Thu, 4 Feb 2010 06:17:18 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75763 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75763 Research presented today at the 30th Annual Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine meeting -- the Pregnancy Meeting -- showed that genes of both the mother and the fetus can make them susceptible to an inflammatory response that increases the risk of preterm Wed, 3 Feb 2010 21:18:02 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75755 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75755 Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute and the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) led an international effort to build a map that shows in detail how the human genome is modified during embryonic development. This detailed mapping is a significant Wed, 3 Feb 2010 14:17:20 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75747 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75747 Medical College of Georgia researchers are seeking to refine cancer treatment with an anti-inflammatory plant derivative long used in Chinese medicine. Wed, 3 Feb 2010 12:17:12 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75745 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75745 Singapore and US scientists have mapped major components of the epigenome and DNA methylation for the entire human DNA sequence, and compared three cell types representing three stages of human development. Wed, 3 Feb 2010 11:17:20 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75737 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75737 A research team led by Mei Hong of Iowa State University and the Ames Laboratory has determined where an antiviral drug binds to and blocks a channel necessary for the flu virus to spread. The researchers also discovered that the drug spins in the channel Wed, 3 Feb 2010 10:17:19 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75738 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75738 A hormone responsible for the body's stress response is also linked to the growth of insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, according to JDRF- funded researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in California. The findings are the latest ad Wed, 3 Feb 2010 10:17:19 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75732 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75732 Scientists studying RNA activity, the so-called dark matter of the biological world, may have found the first event in reprogramming a differentiated oocyte into pluripotent blastomeres of the embryo. Wed, 3 Feb 2010 09:17:03 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75733 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75733 A simple blood test could predict which patients with the lung-scarring disease known as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are soon to get far worse, an indicator that could one day influence their treatment, according to researchers at the University o Wed, 3 Feb 2010 09:17:03 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75721 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75721 Stem cell researchers exploring a new approach for the care of respiratory diseases report that an experimental treatment involving transplantable lung cells was associated with improved outcomes in tests on mice with acute lung injury. The lung cells wer Wed, 3 Feb 2010 06:17:18 PDT