Genetics & Molecular Biology

Neu5Gc- Study Suggests It's Why Red Meat Linked To Inflammation And Cancer In Mice

Humans who eat a lot of red meat are known to be at higher risk for certain cancers but other carnivores are not, which is a bit of an epidemiological puzzle, mostly because cancer rates in animals are not well-known. In a recent study,  University of Cal ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 4 2015 - 1:12pm

Multiple Sclerosis Patients Doing Well Years After Stem Cell Transplants

Multiple sclerosis is a degenerative disease and most patients with RRMS who received disease-modifying therapies experience breakthrough disease. Autologous (using a patient's own cells) hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) has been studied in multip ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 2 2015 - 11:23am

Blocking Notch Pathway To Help Restore Hearing

Sensory 'hair cell' loss is the major cause of hearing loss and balance disorders. The postnatal mammalian inner ear harbors progenitor cells which have the potential for hair cell regeneration- and hearing recovery- but the mechanisms that cont ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 12 2015 - 9:30am

White Fat Can Turn Brown: So If You Want To Lose Weight, Live A Little Colder

White fat and brown fat have been well documented regarding metabolism but new research has introduced data that may be important this winter and this new year: each type of fat may change into the other, depending on the temperature. In particular, cold ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 7 2015 - 11:12am

The Biological Clock Regulating Skin Stem Cell Metabolism

A study of circadian rhythms in skin stem cells finds that this biological clock plays a key role in coordinating daily metabolic cycles and cell division. The paper shows how the body's intrinsic day-night cycles protect and nurture stem cell differ ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 8 2015 - 9:00am

Personalized Therapy- Dalcetrapib Improves Cardiovascular Outcomes 39 Percent For This Genetic Profile

In a new study, an analysis of 5,749 patients who received dalcetrapib or placebo and provided DNA in a clinical study found a strong association between the effects of dalcetrapib and a specific gene called ADCY9 (adenylate cyclase 9) on chromosome 16, pa ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 12 2015 - 4:38pm

Lab Grown Human Muscle Can Contract And Respond

In a laboratory first, researchers have grown human skeletal muscle that contracts and responds just like native tissue to external stimuli such as electrical pulses, biochemical signals and pharmaceuticals. The lab-grown tissue should soon allow researche ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 13 2015 - 5:19pm

Coenzyme A Role In Nitric Oxide Function And Cell Metabolism

A molecule known as coenzyme A plays a key role in cell metabolism by regulating the actions of nitric oxide. according to a new study. Cell metabolism is the ongoing process of chemical transformations within the body's cells that sustains life, and ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 15 2015 - 10:15am

Vitamin D Boosts Immune System, Protects Against Colorectal Cancer- Study

A new study finds that vitamin D can protect some people with colorectal cancer by boosting the immune system's vigilance against tumor cells. The research in Gut represents the first time that a link between vitamin D and the immune response to canc ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 20 2015 - 9:00am

Temporal Isolation And Glucocorticoid Tablets Reset Biological Clocks In Study

Most people know that our biological functions use a circadian system comprised of a central clock located deep within the center of our brains and multiple clocks located in different parts of the body.    When people fly to the other part of the world or ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 16 2015 - 10:38am