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Dec 23, 2008

SUNY Downstate researchers find that memory storage molecule preserves complex memories

Finding suggests that unwanted memories might be erasable without harming other brain functions The brain acts as a computer to both store information and process that information. In a computer, separate devices perform these roles; while a hard disk stores information, the central processin Read More...

Source: EurekAlert - Biology

Dec 23, 2008

UCSB scientists show how certain vegetables combat cancer

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– Women should go for the broccoli when the relish tray comes around during holiday celebrations this season. While it has been known for some time that eating cruciferous vegetables, such as broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage, can help prevent breast canc Read More...

Source: EurekAlert - Biology

Dec 23, 2008

UCSB scientists show how certain vegetables combat cancer

Source: EurekAlert - Biology

Dec 22, 2008

How to tell if a hepatitis-C-virus-infected patient will respond to therapy

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) causes hepatitis and increased risk of developing liver cancer. Current treatments are expensive, have severe side effects, and fail in about half the patients treated. However, the Virahep-C Study Group, at Saint Louis University, has now developed an approach that predi Read More...

Source: EurekAlert - Biology

Dec 22, 2008

Leptin's long-distance call to the pancreas

Study boosts researchers' hopes of using osteocalcin to treat diabetes Rube Goldberg—the cartoonist who devised complex machines for simple tasks—would have smiled at one of leptin's mechanisms for curbing insulin release. As Hinoi et al. show, the fat-derived hormo Read More...

Source: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-12/rup-llc121708.php

Dec 22, 2008

Gene expression and splicing vary widely from 1 tissue to the next

DURHAM, N.C.— Genes talk to themselves and to each other to control how a given cell manufactures proteins. But variation in the control of the same gene in two different tissues may contribute to certain human traits, including the likelihood of getting a disease, said a team of geneticis Read More...

Source: EurekAlert - Biology

Dec 22, 2008

Another reason to drink a nice cup of shade-grown joe

A new study published in the December 23rd issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, reveals another "eco-friendly" reason to select shade-grown coffee over beans that were grown in the sun: Shade coffee farms not only harbor a diverse array of birds and bats, but they also help to mai Read More...

Source: EurekAlert - Biology

Dec 21, 2008

Modified Gene Targets Cancer Cells One Thousand Times More Often Than Healthy Cells

ScienceDaily (Dec. 21, 2008) — Researchers at the University of Rochester have designed a gene that produces a thousand times more protein in cancer cells than in healthy cells. The findings may help address the prime challenge in anti-cancer therapy: improving treatme Read More...

Source: Science Daily

Dec 19, 2008

Single Virus Used To Convert Adult Cells To Embryonic Stem Cell-like Cells

ScienceDaily (Dec. 19, 2008) — Whitehead Institute researchers have greatly simplified the creation of so-called induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, cutting the number of viruses used in the reprogramming process from four to one. Scientists hope that these embryonic stem-cell-like ce Read More...

Source: Science Daily

Dec 18, 2008

Breakthrough In Generating Novel Types Of Stem Cells

ScienceDaily (Dec. 19, 2008) — A team led by Scripps Research Institute scientists has for the first time developed a technique for generating novel types of rat and human stem cells with characteristics similar to mouse embryonic stem cells, currently the predominant type of stem cells Read More...

Source: Science Daily

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