Cancer Research

SIRT1 Suppression In Cigarette Smokers Linked To Pulmonary Issues

A University of Rochester scientist discovered that the toxins in cigarette smoke wipe out a gene that plays a vital role in protecting the body from the effects of premature aging. Without this gene we not only lose a bit of youthfulness – but the lungs a ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 27 2008 - 9:31am

The 'Telepathy' Genes Use To Recognize Each Other

Genes have the ability to recognise similarities in each other from a distance, without any proteins or other biological molecules aiding the process, according to new research published this week in the Journal of Physical Chemistry B. This discovery coul ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 24 2008 - 11:25am

No More Endoscopes! Get Ready For A Camera In A Pill

An endoscope is a flexible camera that travels into the body's cavities to directly investigate the digestive tract, colon or throat. Most of today's endoscopes capture the image using a traditional approach where each part of the camera captures ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 24 2008 - 4:19pm

ZAP Gene Evolution Gives Clues To Enhanced Viral Defense

Rapid evolution of a protein produced by an immunity gene is associated with increased antiviral activity in humans, a finding that suggests evolutionary biology and virology together can accelerate the discovery of viral-defense mechanisms, according to r ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 24 2008 - 8:40pm

Adult Stem Cells May Help Repair Bone

The use of a drug to activate stem cells that differentiate into bone appears to cause regeneration of bone tissue and be may be a potential treatment strategy for osteoporosis, according to a report in the February 2008 Journal of Clinical Investigation. ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 25 2008 - 11:18am

90% Gone In Some Areas: How To Save Tasmanian Devils?

A unique transmissible and rapidly spreading cancer threatens the very existence of Tasmanian devils. To combat this particularly aggressive disease, a Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory research team, in collaboration with 454 Lifesciences, is committing resou ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 28 2008 - 5:33pm

How Ancient Viral Infections Insured Healthier Pregnancies Today

Sequences of DNA in the human genome that originated from ancient viral infections have some surprising effects on our bodies and are even essential for a healthy pregnancy, according to an article in the February issue of Microbiology Today. Retrovirus in ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 29 2008 - 10:22am

Genetic Lab-In-A-Shoebox Will Make Testing Portable And Cheap

University of Alberta researchers in Edmonton, Canada, have developed a portable unit for genetic testing about the size of a shoebox, which has the same capability as a lab full of expensive equipment. The device – along with other, even smaller units the ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 29 2008 - 11:09am

Forensics: Researchers Can Now Determine Birthdate... Through Proteins In The Eye

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen and Aarhus have shown they are able to use the radiocarbon dating method to study special proteins in the lens of the eye- they use a nuclear accelerator to determine the amount of Carbon-14 in as little as one m ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 31 2008 - 3:06am

BRCA1 Mutation Discovery Explains Why Women With It Have 85 Percent Risk Of Breast Cancer

A new study may explain why women with a mutation in the BRCA1 gene face up to an 85 percent lifetime risk of breast cancer; researchers from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center found that BRCA1 plays a role in regulating breast stem cel ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 31 2008 - 10:46am