http://www.generef.com/ GeneRef - Science News, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Nanotechnology, A Global Resource en-us Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:35:01 PDT 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 GeneRef - Science News, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Nanotechnology, A Global Resource http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82597 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82597 Over millions of years, retroviruses, which insert their genetic material into the host genome as part of their replication, have left behind bits of their genetic material in vertebrate genomes. In a recent study, published July 29 in the open-access jou Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:18:19 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82596 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82596 Researchers seeking to learn more about stroke by studying how the body responds to toxins in snake venom are this week releasing new findings that they hope will aid in the development of therapies for heart disease and, surprisingly, cancer. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:17:19 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82590 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82590 The following are story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory for August 2010. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:17:20 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82580 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82580 UCLA scientists have identified for the first time a cell-of-origin for human prostate cancer, a discovery that could result in better predictive and diagnostics tools and the development of new and more effective targeted treatments for the disease. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:17:21 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82577 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82577 Sanford-Burnham researchers uncover new clues about the cause of brain cell death in neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and Huntington's diseases. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:17:20 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82574 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82574 A pediatric research team at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia continues to discover recurrent translocations -- places in which two chromosomes exchange pieces of themselves, and can lead to genetic disease and disability. Originating in locations Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:18:15 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82575 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82575 Scientists have successfully used "next generation sequencing" to identify mutations that may cause a rare and mysterious genetic disorder. The research, published by Cell Press on July 29 in the American Journal of Human Genetics, demonstrates that seque Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:18:15 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82540 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82540 Using fruit flies, researchers have found that genes interacting with diet, rather than diet alone, are the main cause of variation in metabolic traits, such as body weight. This helps explain why some diets work better for some people than others, and su Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:18:16 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82534 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82534 Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a molecular pathway responsible for the death of key nerve cells whose loss causes Parkinson's disease. This discovery not only may explain how a genetic mutation linked to Parkinso Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:18:14 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82502 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82502 With a single stimulatory molecule, human insulin-producing beta cell replication can be sustained for at least four weeks in a mouse model of diabetes, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Diabetes. They also fou Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:17:22 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82500 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82500 Analysis of blood protein data from the Women's Health Initiative cohorts has revealed new biomarkers for stroke and coronary heart disease. Research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Genome Medicine found that beta-2 microglobulin level Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:18:16 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82489 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82489 Debates have raged for decades about how to arrange the Australian and South American branches of the marsupial family tree. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:18:15 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82457 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82457 Investigators have described a previously unknown biological mechanism in cells that prevents them from cannibalizing themselves for fuel. The mechanism involves the fuel used by cells under normal conditions and relies on an ongoing transfer of calcium b Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:17:18 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82449 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82449 Too little of a protein called neogenin results in a smaller skeleton during development and sets the stage for a more fragile bone framework lifelong, Medical College of Georgia researchers report. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:17:21 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82434 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82434 In a startling new study that involved research on both sides of the Atlantic, scientists from The Scripps Research Institute in Florida and the University College London Institute of Neurology in England have shown for the first time that abnormal prions Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:17:19 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82428 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82428 The mechanism by which a herpes virus invades cells has remained a mystery to scientists, but now researchers reveals the unusual structure of a key member of the protein complex that allows a herpes virus to invade cells. The new map details an essential Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:20:23 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82416 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82416 Every day, millions of microorganisms reach Spain from the Sahara Desert and the Sahel region -- by flying. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:19:16 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82392 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82392 For the first time, MIT researchers have shown that they can deliver those same reprogramming genes using RNA, the genetic material that normally ferries instructions from DNA to the cell's protein-making machinery. This method could prove much safer tha Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:17:19 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82386 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82386 A shared decision-making process would assist doctors and parents who are facing the extraordinarily complex, challenging and controversial choices presented when infants are born with genetic or anatomical anomalies in sexual development and are being co Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:18:16 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82357 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82357 Scientists at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech have constructed a mathematical and computational model of inflammatory bowel disease that allows researchers to simulate the cellular and molecular changes underlying chronic infl Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:17:19 PDT