http://www.generef.com/ GeneRef - Science News, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Nanotechnology, A Global Resource en-us Fri, 3 Jul 2009 16:35:00 PDT kcowing@reston.com mkboucher@spaceref.com Copyright 2007, SpaceRef Interactive Inc. http://www.generef.com/images/generef.sm.jpg http://www.generef.com/ 100 25 GeneRef - Science News, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Nanotechnology, A Global Resource Research has identified a new gene associated with diabetes, together with a mechanism that makes obese mice less susceptible to diabetes. A genomic fragment that occurs naturally in some mouse strains diminishes the activity of the risk gene Zfp69. The r http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66980 The lack of federal regulation in instances of DNA use will be addressed in the Policy Forum section in the July 3 issue of Science by Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Ph.D., of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, and colleagues from four other universities. Th http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66954 Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have discovered that gene mutations that once helped humans survive may increase the possibility for diseases, including cancer. The findings were recently the cover story in the journal Genome Research. http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66942 UCLA researchers have found that embryonic stem cells and skin cells reprogrammed into embryonic-like cells have inherent molecular differences, demonstrating for the first time that the two cell types are clearly distinguishable from one another. http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66943 A new study by researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center reveals the genetic underpinnings of what causes lung cancer to quickly metastasize, or spread, to the brain and the bone -- the two most prominent sites of lung cancer relapse. The stud http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66944 Researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center have found a way to use a natural compound to stop one of the leading causes of blindness in the United States. http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66939 The Archaea are very primitive single-celled organisms, sometimes living under extreme conditions. Some species produce methane with the help of deazaflavin cofactor. Researchers of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat in Munich have shown that this small molec http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66934 Scientists have performed the first DNA-based reconstruction of the giant extinct moa bird, using prehistoric feathers recovered from caves and rock shelters in New Zealand. http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66932 A team of Penn State scientists has shed light on the processes that lead to certain human DNA mutations that are implicated in hundreds of inherited diseases. The results one day could influence the way couples who seek to have children receive genetic c http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66922 This release contains summaries, links to PDFs and contact information for the following newsworthy papers to be published online, July 1, 2009, in the JCI, including: "Clocking salt levels in the blood: a link between the circadian rhythm and salt balanc http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66916 A human growth factor that stimulates blood stem cells to proliferate in bone marrow reverses memory impairment in mice genetically altered to develop Alzheimer's disease, a new study finds. http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66910 The finding suggests that schizophrenia is much more complex than previously thought, and can arise not only from both rare genetic variants but also from a significant number of common ones. http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66894 The salamander is a superhero of regeneration, able to replace lost limbs, damaged lungs, sliced spinal cord -- even bits of lopped-off brain. http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66895 A trio of genome-wide studies -- collectively the largest to date -- has pinpointed an array of genetic variation that cumulatively may account for at least one-third of the genetic risk for schizophrenia. One of the studies traced schizophrenia and bipol http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66896 An international research consortium has discovered that many common genetic variants contribute to a person's risk of schizophrenia, providing the first molecular evidence that this form of genetic variation is involved in schizophrenia. The researchers http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66897 Scientists have uncovered new evidence suggesting that damage to nerve cells in people with multiple sclerosis accumulates because the body's natural mechanism for repair of the nerve coating called "myelin" stalls out. http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66879 Charles Darwin postulated that animals eat as much as possible while food is plentiful, and produce as many offspring as this would allow. However, new research shows that, even when food is abundant, intake reaches a limit. Dr. Teresa Valencak will discu http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66862 According to new research published online in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B (Biological Sciences) on July 1, 2009, a new fossil primate from Myanmar (previously known as Burma) suggests that the common ancestor of humans, monkeys and apes evolved http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66853 A protein used by doctors to indicate a patient's risk of coronary heart disease may have drug developers barking up the wrong treatment tree, according to the authors of a study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Their r http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66848 Scientists from Texas are batty over a new discovery which could lead to the single most important medical breakthrough in human history -- significantly longer lifespans. The discovery, featured on the cover of the July 2009 print issue of the FASEB Jour http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66817