AMP joins the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
6/18/2013
| Bethesda, MD, June 18, 2013: The Association for Molecular Pathology is proud to announce it will join the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) on July 1, 2013. The FASEB Board approved AMP's application for membership on June 3, 2013. The 26 constituent societies of FASEB represent more than 100,000 individuals and share a common vision for the advancement of... [Comments] |
Herbal extract boosts fruit fly lifespan by nearly 25 percent, UCI study finds
6/18/2013
| Irvine, Calif., June 18, 2013 The herbal extract of a yellow-flowered mountain plant long used for stress relief was found to increase the lifespan of fruit fly populations by an average of 24 percent, according to UC Irvine researchers. But it's how Rhodiola rosea , also known as golden root, did this that grabbed the attention of study leaders Mahtab Jafari and Sam Schriner. They d... [Comments] |
An article in 'Cell' reveals a new resistance mechanism to chemotherapy in breast and ovarian cancer
6/18/2013
| It is estimated that between 5% and 10% of breast and ovarian cancers are familial in origin, which is to say that these tumours are attributable to inherited mutations from the parents in genes such as BRCA1 or BRCA2. In patients with these mutations, PARP inhibitors, which are currently in clinical trials, have shown encouraging results that make them a new option for personalised cancer tre... [Comments] |
The secret of DNA methylation
6/18/2013
| Methylation refers to a chemical modification of DNA and this modification can occur in millions of positions in the DNA sequence. Until now, scientists believed that this epigenetic phenomenon actively reduced the expression of certain genes. Today, a team of researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, led by Emmanouil Dermitzakis, Louis-Jeantet Professor at the Faculty of... [Comments] |
Feline behavior experts release guidelines to improve the welfare of cats
6/18/2013
| LA, London (18 June 2013). A team of internationally recognized feline experts including veterinarians and feline scientists co-chaired by Dr Sarah Ellis from the University of Lincoln, U.K. and Dr Ilona Rodan, Director of Cat Care Clinic, Wisconsin, U.S.A. were invited by the International Society of Feline Medicine (ISFM) and the American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP) to compile... [Comments] |
IQ link to baby's weight gain in first month
6/18/2013
| New research from the University of Adelaide shows that weight gain and increased head size in the first month of a baby's life is linked to a higher IQ at early school age. The study was led by University of Adelaide Public Health researchers, who analysed data from more than 13,800 children who were born full-term. The results, published in the journal Pediatrics , show that bab... [Comments] |
Exposure to high pollution levels during pregnancy may increase risk of having child with autism
6/17/2013
| Boston, MA Women in the U.S. exposed to high levels of air pollution while pregnant were up to twice as likely to have a child with autism as women who lived in areas with low pollution, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). It is the first large national study to examine links between autism and air pollution across the U.S. "Our findings raise concerns si... [Comments] |
New virus discovered in patients with central nervous system infections
6/17/2013
| Patients in Vietnam and other locations with central nervous system infections may well be suffering from the effects of a newly discovered virus, according to a study to be published in mBio , the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology. Researchers have detected the virus in spinal fluid from 4 percent of 642 patients with central nervous system infections of unk... [Comments] |
New virus isolated from patients with severe brain infections
6/17/2013
| Researchers have identified a new virus in patients with severe brain infections in Vietnam. Further research is needed to determine whether the virus is responsible for the symptoms of disease. The virus was found in a total of 28 out of 644 patients with severe brain infections in the study, corresponding to around 4%, but not in any of the 122 patients with non-infectious brain disorder... [Comments] |
New compound excels at killing persistent and drug-resistant tuberculosis
6/17/2013
| LA JOLLA, CA June 17, 2013 An international team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has identified a highly promising new anti-tuberculosis compound that attacks the tuberculosis (TB) bacterium in two different ways. "These findings represent an effort to help solve... [Comments] |