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Sequences capture the code of the common cold
14.2.2009 | Press monitoring
A multi-institutional team of researchers has deciphered the complete genetic sequences of all of the world’s 99 known strains of human rhinovirus, the viruses responsible for the common cold. The sequences provide a detailed blueprint for the virus, showing how new strains develop and revealing pressure points that may lead to new antiviral...
Restoring Function Of A Mutant Gene Without Altering DNA Might Be Possible
13.2.2009 | Press monitoring
Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have demonstrated that it might be possible to treat genetic diseases, including some forms of cancer, by "rescuing" the misshapen, useless proteins produced by some mutant genes.
Scientists Deconstruct Cell Division
12.2.2009 | Press monitoring
The last step of the cell cycle is the brief but spectacularly dynamic and complicated mitosis phase, which leads to the duplication of one mother cell into two daughter cells. In mitosis, the chromosomes condense and the nucleus breaks down. Fibrous structures called spindles form, which then move the chromosomal material toward opposite ends of...
New Hope For Immunocompromised Individuals With Drug-resistant Fungal Infections
11.2.2009 | Press monitoring
Even the most drug-resistant fungi can be eradicated in multiple in vitro and in vivo models using a lethal combination of an antifungal agent and inhibition of the heat shock protein Hsp90, according to a new study by Whitehead Institute and University of Toronto researchers. The findings could enable development of novel antifungal therapies for...
Gut Bacteria Can Manufacture Defenses Against Cancer And Inflammatory Bowel Disease
10.2.2009 | Press monitoring
Bacteria naturally present in the human gut could produce substances that help to protect against colon cancer and provide therapy for inflammatory bowel disease. In a paper published in the journal Microbiology, researchers from the University of Aberdeen Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health and from the MTT Agrifood Research Institute in...
Super-resolution Microscopy Takes On Third Dimension
9.2.2009 | Press monitoring
The shapes of some of the tiniest cellular structures are coming into sharper focus at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Farm Research Campus, where scientists have developed a new imaging technology that produces the best three-dimensional resolution ever seen with an optical microscope.
Pathway And Enzyme Unique To Deadly Tularemia Organism Discovered
8.2.2009 | Press monitoring
Researchers are closer to developing therapies to combat the deadly tularemia infection, according to a study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences' online Early Edition. Karl Klose, director of the South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases (STCEID) at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA),...
Beaming New Light On Life: From Beetles To Aircraft, Nanoparticles Aid Microscope Views
7.2.2009 | Press monitoring
University of Utah physicists and chemists developed a new method that uses a mirror of tiny silver "nanoparticles" so microscopes can reveal the internal structure of nearly opaque biological materials like bone, tumor cells and the iridescent green scales of the so-called "photonic beetle."
Discovery Could Lead To A New Animal Model For Hepatitis C
6.2.2009 | Press monitoring
During its career, the potentially fatal hepatitis C virus has banked its success on a rather unusual strategy: its limitations. Its inability to infect animals other than humans and chimpanzees has severely hampered scientists in developing a useful small animal model for the disease. But now, in a breakthrough to be published in the January 29...
Longevity Gene Common Among People Living To 100 Years Old And Beyond
5.2.2009 | Press monitoring
A variation in the gene FOXO3A has a positive effect on the life expectancy of humans, and is found much more often in people living to 100 and beyond – moreover, this appears to be true worldwide.
