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Reprogramming Microbial Metabolic Pathways
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series:Subcellular BiochemistryMetabolic engineering has been developed over the past 20 years to become an important tool for rational engineering of microorganisms. This book has a particular interest in the methods and applications of metabolic engineering to improve the production and yield of a variety of metabolites in microorganisms. The overall goal is to achieve a better understanding of metabolism in different ...
Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - October 20, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Biomedicine (general) Source Type: news
Epigenetics, Brain and Behavior
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series:Research and Perspectives in NeurosciencesWhat lies at the heart of neuronal plasticity? Accumulating evidence points to epigenetics. This word originally indicated potentially heritable modifications in gene expression that do not involve changes in DNA sequence. Today this definition is much less strict, and epigenetic control is thought to include DNA methylation, histone modifications, histone variants, microRNA metabolic pathways ...
Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - October 20, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Neurosciences Source Type: news
RNA Interference from Biology to Therapeutics
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series:Advances in Delivery Science and TechnologyThe Nobel Prize winning discovery that small interfering RNA can be utilised to control cellular gene expression has propelled the field of RNA interference (RNAi) to the forefront of biomedical science as a potential molecular medicine set to revolutionalise disease treatment. Harnessing the molecular mechanisms of RNAi and development of delivery technologies is crucial for its ...
Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - October 20, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Biomedicine (general) Source Type: news
Arterial Chemoreception
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From Molecules to Systemsseries:Advances in Experimental Medicine and BiologyArterial chemoreceptors are unique structures which continuously monitor changes in arterial blood oxygen, carbon dioxide, glucose, and acid. Alterations in these gases are almost instantaneously sensed by arterial chemoreceptors and relayed into a physiological response which restores blood homeostasis. Arterial Chemoreception contains updated material regarding the physiology of the ...
Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - October 20, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Biomedicine (general) Source Type: news
RNA Interference from Biology to Therapeutics
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series:Advances in Delivery Science and TechnologyThe Nobel Prize winning discovery that small interfering RNA can be utilised to control cellular gene expression has propelled the field of RNA interference (RNAi) to the forefront of biomedical science as a potential molecular medicine set to revolutionalise disease treatment. Harnessing the molecular mechanisms of RNAi and development of delivery technologies is crucial for its ...
Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - October 20, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Biomedicine (general) Source Type: news
Isotope labeling in Biomolecular NMR
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series:Advances in Experimental Medicine and BiologyOne of the major advancements in NMR spectroscopy of biomolecules has been the development of methods for isotope labeling. At the same time there has been a rapid progress in the number of NMR experiments that utilize such isotope labeled samples. Thus a combination of isotopic labeling and multidimensional, multinuclear experiments has significantly expanded the range of problems in ...
Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - October 20, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Biomedicine (general) Source Type: news
Arterial Chemoreception
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From Molecules to Systemsseries:Advances in Experimental Medicine and BiologyArterial chemoreceptors are unique structures which continuously monitor changes in arterial blood oxygen, carbon dioxide, glucose, and acid. Alterations in these gases are almost instantaneously sensed by arterial chemoreceptors and relayed into a physiological response which restores blood homeostasis. Arterial Chemoreception contains updated material regarding the physiology of the ...
Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - October 19, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Biomedicine (general) Source Type: news
Cortical Connectivity
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Brain Stimulation for Assessing and Modulating Cortical Connectivity and FunctionThe study and modulation of cortical connections is a rapidly growing area in neuroscience. This unique book by prominent researchers in the field covers recent advances in this area. The first section of the book describes studies of cortical connections, modulation of cortical connectivity and changes in cortical connections with activities such as motor learning and grasping in primates. ...
Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - October 19, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Neurosciences Source Type: news
Metastasis of Colorectal Cancer
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series:Cancer Metastasis - Biology and TreatmentColorectal cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide, and in many parts of the western world, it is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths. This book covers colon cancer metastasis from the most fundamental aspects to clinical practice. Major topics include physiopathology, genetic and epigenetic controls, cancer initiating cells, epithelial-mesenchymal transition, growth ...
Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - October 18, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Cancer Research Source Type: news
Cell Host and Microbe 12: 585-597 (10-18-12)
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Cell Host and Microbe 12: 585-597 Inhibition of HIV-1 particle assembly by 2′,3′-cyclic-nucleotide 3′-phosphodiesterase Sam J. Wilson, John W. Schoggins, Trinity Zang, Sebla B. Kutluay, Nolwenn Jouvenet, Mudathir A. Alim, Julia Bitzegeio, Charles M. Rice and Paul D. Bieniasz
Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire - October 17, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: pubaff Tags: Research Update Source Type: news
Neuron 76: 338-352 (10-18-12)
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Neuron 76: 338-352 Slit/Robo signaling modulates the proliferation of central nervous system progenitors Víctor Borrell, Adrián Cárdenas, Gabriele Ciceri, Joan Galcerán, Nuria Flames, Ramón Pla, Sandrina Nóbrega-Pereira, Cristina García-Frigola, Sandra Peregrín, Zhen Zhao, Le Ma, Marc Tessier-Lavigne and Oscar Marín
Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire - October 17, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: pubaff Tags: Research Update Source Type: news
Recombinant and In Vitro RNA Synthesis
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Methods and Protocolsseries:Methods in Molecular BiologyThe discovery of catalytic RNAs in the mid-1980s marked the beginning of a new era in RNA biology and an ever increasing appreciation of the diverse and critical roles played by this fascinating molecule. In Recombinant and In Vitro RNA Synthesis: Methods and Protocols, expert researchers in the field detail approaches from the inception of a new RNA project to the final sample ready for ...
Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - October 17, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Human Genetics Source Type: news
Metal Ions in Neurological Systems
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Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - October 17, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Neurochemistry Source Type: news
Astrovirus Research
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Essential Ideas, Everyday Impacts, Future DirectionsSince their initial discovery in the 1970’s, astroviruses have been recognized as a leading cause of enteritis in infants, the elderly, and immunocompromised people, and were known to be widespread in animals and birds. In recent years, and with the advent of pyrosequencing, there has been a virtual explosion in the number of newly identified astrovirus genotypes. With this has come an ...
Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - October 17, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Medical Microbiology Source Type: news
Grim exhibition shows role of grave robbers in medical science
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Museum of London exhibition opens this week with findings uncovered from the London Hospital's burial groundIt was the skeletons that apparently had four legs or three arms that startled the archaeologists, not the mere fact of finding masses of human bones in the back yard of one of London's most famous teaching hospitals.In 2006 archaeologists from Museum of London Archaeology stumbled on evidence of a grim chapter in the history of the London Hospital and other hospital – the decades when the corpses of executed criminals were the only legal source of bodies to teach surgeons anatomy. In the early 19th century there w...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 17, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Maev Kennedy Tags: Museums Culture News guardian.co.uk Anatomy and physiology UK news Education Science Source Type: news
Nature online: October 17, 2012
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DAXX envelops an H3.3-H4 dimer for H3.3-specific recognition Simon J. Elsässer, Hongda Huang, Peter W. Lewis, Jason W. Chin, C. David Allis and Dinshaw J. Patel
Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire - October 16, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: pubaff Tags: Research Update Source Type: news
The EMBO Journal 31: 4045-4056 (10-17-12)
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The EMBO Journal 31: 4045-4056 The hSSB1 orthologue Obfc2b is essential for skeletogenesis but dispensable for the DNA damage response in vivo Niklas Feldhahn, Elisabetta Ferretti, Davide F Robbiani, Elsa Callen, Stephanie Deroubaix, Licia Selleri, Andre Nussenzweig and Michel C … More »
Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire - October 16, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: pubaff Tags: Research Update Source Type: news
mTOR Pathway and mTOR Inhibitors in Cancer Therapy
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series:Cancer Drug Discovery and DevelopmentmTOR Pathway and mTOR Inhibitors in Cancer Therapy provides an up-to-date survey of the rapidly advancing field of cancer therapy. Our understanding of the mechanisms involved in cancer genesis and progression underwent unprecedented expansion during the last decade, opening a new era of cancer treatment – targeted therapy. The surge in this area results in no small part from studies conducted ...
Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - October 16, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Cancer Research Source Type: news
Varicella-zoster Virus
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series:Current Topics in Microbiology and ImmunologyVaricella-zoster virus is a common human pathogen that causes varicella (chickenpox), establishes latency in sensory nerve ganglia and can reactivate many years later as herpes zoster. Although the VZV genome is the smallest of the human herpesviruses, VZV genes encode at least 70 proteins. Molecular epidemiologic approaches based on genomic sequencing have documented the global distribution ...
Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - October 15, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Virology Source Type: news
The Chemokine System in Experimental and Clinical Hematology
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series:Current Topics in Microbiology and ImmunologyThe aim of the issue is to describe and explain the importance of the chemokine system in hematology. As described in the introduction the chemokine system is probably important for many aspects of normal as well as malignant hematopoiesis. A major focus is the development and treatment of hematologic malignancies, including the immunobiology of stem cell transplantation.”The present reviews ...
Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - October 15, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Cancer Research Source Type: news
Molecular Basis of Multiple Sclerosis
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The Immune Systemseries:Results and Problems in Cell DifferentiationDespite major efforts by the scientific community over the years, our understanding of the pathogenesis or the mechanisms of injury of multiple sclerosis is still limited. Consequently, the current strategies for treatment and management of patients are limited in their efficacy. The mechanisms of tissue protection and repair are probably even less understood. One reason for these limitations ...
Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - October 15, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Human Genetics Source Type: news
Galanin
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series:Experientia SupplementumGalanin is a neuropeptide found both in the central and peripheral nervous system. The 29-amino acid peptide (named after its N-terminal glycine and C-terminal alanine) was identified in 1983 by its C-terminal amidation. This 'reverse' approach, that is to discover a substance through a distinct chemical feature, and only subsequently to characterize its biological activity, was novel and has ...
Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - October 15, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Neurobiology Source Type: news
Gene-Based Therapies for Cancer
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series:Current Cancer ResearchCancer gene therapy is a novel therapy that targets the underlying genetic defects in the cancer cell. Progress in this field has been rapid and gene therapy promises to further extend personalized cancer treatment. In this volume leading experts have contributed their experience in developing gene therapies for a variety of cancers. Translational gene therapy approaches are emphasized. ...
Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - October 15, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Cancer Research Source Type: news
Analysis of Parallel Spike Trains
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series:Springer Series in Computational NeuroscienceAction potentials, or spikes, are the most salient expression of neuronal processing in the active brain, and they are likely an important key to understanding the neuronal mechanisms of behavior. However, it is the group dynamics of large networks of neurons that is likely to underlie brain function, and this can only be appreciated if the action potentials from multiple individual nerve ...
Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - October 15, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Neurosciences Source Type: news
Behavioral Neurobiology of Schizophrenia and Its Treatment
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series:Current Topics in Behavioral NeurosciencesSchizophrenia research is in a dynamic state; this text gives a foothold for where we stand today, and a map for where our field may move tomorrow. Chapters on treatment describe major changes in clinical and neural targets, and new technologies for drug delivery, even as we struggle to address adverse effects of old treatments. The text next reviews advances in the experimental analysis of ...
Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - October 15, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Neurosciences Source Type: news
Elaine Fuchs awarded distinguished medal from New York Academy of Medicine
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Fuchs, head of the Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development at Rockefeller University, will be awarded the 2012 Academy Medal for Distinguished Contributions in Biomedical Science for her innovative and imaginative approaches to research in skin biology, its stem cells and its associated human genetic disorders. More »
Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire - October 15, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: pubaff Tags: Awards and Honors Elaine Fuchs new york academy of medicine Source Type: news
In the News
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Good Viruses Will Fight Acne as 1915 Discovery Is Revived “The research re-energizes a century-old treatment method that was abandoned with the rise of antibiotics during World War II. As germs have built up a resistance to those drugs … More »
Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire - October 15, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: pubaff Tags: In the News Source Type: news
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA online: October 15, 2012
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Effects of long DNA folding and small RNA stem-loop in thermophoresis Yusuke T. Maeda, Tsvi Tlusty and Albert Libchaber
Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire - October 14, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: pubaff Tags: Research Update Source Type: news
Astrovirus Research
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Essential Ideas, Everyday Impacts, Future DirectionsSince their initial discovery in the 1970’s, astroviruses have been recognized as a leading cause of enteritis in infants, the elderly, and immunocompromised people, and were known to be widespread in animals and birds. In recent years, and with the advent of pyrosequencing, there has been a virtual explosion in the number of newly identified astrovirus genotypes. With this has come an ...
Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - October 13, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Medical Microbiology Source Type: news
Long Acting Animal Health Drug Products
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Fundamentals and Applicationsseries:Advances in Delivery Science and TechnologyThis authoritative book is a comprehensive guide on the theories, applications, and challenges associated with the design and development of long acting veterinary formulations. The volume acts as a reference to the animal health formulation scientist and contains chapters written by some of the leading experts in the field. In addition it offers additional details through a mixture of ...
Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - October 13, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Pharmaceutical Sciences / Technology Source Type: news
Recombinant and In Vitro RNA Synthesis
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Methods and Protocolsseries:Methods in Molecular BiologyThe discovery of catalytic RNAs in the mid-1980s marked the beginning of a new era in RNA biology and an ever increasing appreciation of the diverse and critical roles played by this fascinating molecule. In Recombinant and In Vitro RNA Synthesis: Methods and Protocols, expert researchers in the field detail approaches from the inception of a new RNA project to the final sample ready for ...
Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - October 13, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Human Genetics Source Type: news
Long Acting Animal Health Drug Products
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Fundamentals and Applicationsseries:Advances in Delivery Science and TechnologyThis authoritative book is a comprehensive guide on the theories, applications, and challenges associated with the design and development of long acting veterinary formulations. The volume acts as a reference to the animal health formulation scientist and contains chapters written by some of the leading experts in the field. In addition it offers additional details through a mixture of ...
Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - October 13, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Pharmaceutical Sciences / Technology Source Type: news
Vitamin C prevents bone mass loss to protect against osteoporosis
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Medical science has known for more than a century that vitamin C is essential to prevent scurvy, and more recently has been demonstrated to help prevent deterioration of the delicate inner endothelial lining of the arteries supplying the heart. In this way, vitamin C...
Source: NaturalNews.com - October 13, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Biology and Regulation of Blood‑Tissue Barriers
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series:Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology.
Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - October 12, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Molecular Medicine Source Type: news
DailyChek QC Kit
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Source: What's New at CBER - October 12, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news
Don't Confuse Hard Science With Bad Pharma
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A key lesson of science is the importance of a control group; I worry that a lot of coverage and discussion of the biopharma industry (in which I work) neglects this lesson, and instead contrasts (implicitly or explicitly) industry behavior to that of an imagined, idealized standard of perfection, and fails to place the actions in the context of medical science as a whole.
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - October 12, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: David Shaywitz Source Type: news
Exercise, Energy Balance, and Cancer
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series:Energy Balance and CancerAlthough it is well established that the worldwide pandemic of overweight and obesity has profound effects on promoting cancer, it is now recognized that alternative aspects of energy balance, namely physical activity and exercise have significant beneficial effects on all aspects of cancer across the spectrum from prevention through treatment and extending through survivorship. While the ...
Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - October 11, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Cancer Research Source Type: news
New National Centers for Systems Biology to Study Microbial Communities and RNA
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Source: NIGMS - Results - October 11, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: ComplexBiologicalSystemsInitiatives Source Type: news
NIGMS Grantee Honored with Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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Source: NIGMS - What's New - October 11, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: N/A Source Type: news
Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells, Volume 8
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Therapeutic Applications in Disease and Injuryseries:Stem Cells and Cancer Stem CellsThis eighth volume in the essential Springer series of cutting-edge contributions in stem cell and cancer stem cell research features the work of 85 authors based in more than a dozen nations. It provides scientists in this vital field with the latest data and techniques, enhancing our knowledge base of the causes, diagnosis, and cell-based treatment of major human diseases including cancer, ...
Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - October 10, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Molecular Medicine Source Type: news
Cave Microbiomes: A Novel Resource for Drug Discovery
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series:SpringerBriefs in MicrobiologyThis book details recent findings in the field of cave microbiology and builds on fast-paced efforts to exploit an unconventional and underexplored environment for new microorganisms which may provide an untapped source of drugs: microorganisms from caves.
Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - October 10, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Medical Microbiology Source Type: news
Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells, Volume 8
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Therapeutic Applications in Disease and Injuryseries:Stem Cells and Cancer Stem CellsThis eighth volume in the essential Springer series of cutting-edge contributions in stem cell and cancer stem cell research features the work of 85 authors based in more than a dozen nations. It provides scientists in this vital field with the latest data and techniques, enhancing our knowledge base of the causes, diagnosis, and cell-based treatment of major human diseases including cancer, ...
Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - October 10, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Molecular Medicine Source Type: news
AMICUS Separator System; ALYX Component System
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Source: What's New at CBER - October 10, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 109:16498-16503 (10-9-12)
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 109:16498-16503 Structural evolution of the membrane-coating module of the nuclear pore complex Xiaoping Liu, Jana M. Mitchell, Richard W. Wozniak, Günter Blobel and Jie Fan
Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire - October 8, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: pubaff Tags: Research Update Source Type: news
Inflammation Control In MS Moves A Step Closer
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A University of Adelaide researcher has published results that suggest a possible new mechanism to control multiple sclerosis (MS). Dr Iain Comerford from the University's School of Molecular and Biomedical Science earned a three-year fellowship from MS Research Australia to work on this project. It is directed towards understanding how specific enzymes in cells of the immune system regulate immune cell activation and migration...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 8, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Multiple Sclerosis Source Type: news
Nobel Prizes 2012: predicted winners | Dean Burnett
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The Nobel Prize shortlists are never publicly revealed, but that doesn't mean we can't make some well informed predictionsThe Nobel Prizes are announced this week. It would be difficult to imagine a more prestigious award a human can receive, given that they are presented to people who have achieved genuine cultural advances beyond those of their peers in the fields of science, literature, economics and the pursuit of peace, as judged by a panel of highly qualified experts.Let's be clear, a sob story won't help you win a Nobel, and there's no premium rate phone number to register your vote.The selection process is kept tig...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 8, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Dean Burnett Tags: Blogposts guardian.co.uk Neuroscience Source Type: news
Cave Microbiomes: A Novel Resource for Drug Discovery
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series:SpringerBriefs in MicrobiologyThis book details recent findings in the field of cave microbiology and builds on fast-paced efforts to exploit an unconventional and underexplored environment for new microorganisms which may provide an untapped source of drugs: microorganisms from caves.
Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - October 7, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Medical Microbiology Source Type: news

