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Herbal Medicine May Counter Pain Killer's Liver Toxicityemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A well-known Eastern herbal supplement may help avoid the most common cause of liver transplantation, according to an NIGMS-supported study. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - November 19, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

How Viruses Destroy Bacteriaemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A team of NIGMS-supported researchers is exploring how viruses, armed with transformer-like weapons, attack bacteria. The findings may aid in the treatment of bacterial infections. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - November 18, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Cytoskeleton Directs Chromosome Dance in Meiosisemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
New findings by NIGMS-supported scientists show that the cell's cytoskeleton, which moves things around in the cell, plays a critical role in helping chromosomes find mates and pair up during meiosis. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - November 17, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Stimulus Funds Go to Stem Cell Research in Nebraskaemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A Nebraska researcher was recently selected to receive federal stimulus funds to extend his work on induced pluripotent stem cells. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - November 17, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Antioxidant Has Implications for Treating Cystic Fibrosisemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
An antioxidant found in vegetables may help treat inflammation-based disorders like cystic fibrosis, according to a new NIGMS-supported study. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - November 17, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Scientists Guide Immune Cells with Light and Microparticlesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A team of scientists partly supported by NIGMS has developed a new approach to studying how immune cells chase down bacteria in our bodies. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - November 16, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Why Some Drug Combinations Backfireemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Just as some drugs work better together, some drug pairings are counter-productive, according to a new NIGMS-supported study. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - November 16, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Seams in HIV Coat Could Lead to New Drugsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
NIGMS-supported structural biologists have identified functionally important ‘seams’ within the coat that surrounds the HIV genome. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - November 13, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Lipids Trigger Death of Brain Cells in Rare Disorderemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
NIGMS-supported scientists reveal new details linking lipid build-up with catastrophic calcium imbalance in brain cells of patients with rare, inherited disorder. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - November 13, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

New Four-Step Approach to Genome Annotationemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A team of NIGMS-supported bioengineers has taken some of the guesswork out of genome annotation with a new four-step method. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - November 11, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Scientists Visualize Bacteria Talking to One Anotheremail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
NIGMS-supported researchers have developed tools that enable them to visualize how different populations of cells communicate. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - November 9, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

“GO” Grant to Advance Drug Development from Plantsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
An NIGMS Grand Opportunities stimulus grant will support research on how several plants make medicinal compounds. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - November 9, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

How Plants Defend Themselves From Bacteriaemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
An NIGMS-funded plant pathologist has shown how a receptor molecule in plants pairs with a specific molecule on invading bacteria, triggering an immune reaction. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - November 6, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Federal Funds Support Malaria Researchemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
NIGMS has issued a supplement grant to a researcher who is studying how the malaria parasite evolved resistance to the medication chloroquine. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - November 6, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Clearer View on Eye Lens Proteinsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
An NIGMS-funded study reveals how proteins critical for the transparency of the eye lens are properly sorted and located. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - November 4, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Gene Networks Involved in Alcohol Dependencyemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
NIGMS-funded researchers have used drunken fruit flies to identify networks of genes--also present in humans--that play a role in drinking behavior. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - November 4, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Evolution of Human Complexityemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
An NIGMS-funded analysis of thousands of genes and proteins shows that humans are complex, in part, because of the way we evolved to cope with redundancies among duplicate genes. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - November 4, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Finding May Expedite Cholesterol Drug Productionemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Researchers funded by NIGMS have successfully reconstituted the enzyme responsible for producing the blockbuster cholesterol-lowering drug lovastatin. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - November 4, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Wider Vaccination Could Slow Flu Evolutionemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
An NIGMS-funded study suggests that vaccinating more people would slow the evolution of seasonal flu viruses, making vaccines more effective. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - November 3, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Proteins Moonlight to Control Genesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
An NIGMS-funded study has uncovered more than 300 proteins that appear to control gene expression as well as perform other roles in cells. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - October 30, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

University of Wisconsin, Madison to Share in Stem Cell Fundingemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Part of NIGMS's stimulus funds to study induced pluripotent stem cells will go to researchers in Wisconsin. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - October 30, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Stimulus Grant Funds Stem Cell Researchemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
NIGMS has issued a $600,000 grant to accelerate research into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS), which can be reprogrammed into virtually any cell type. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - October 29, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Motions of Enzyme Allow Correct Copying of DNAemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
NIGMS-funded researchers have identified how the motions of an enzyme relate to correct copying of genetic instructions. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - October 29, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Heterochromatin is Key to Reproductive Isolationemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
An NIGMS-funded study suggests that the tightly packed, gene-poor portion of DNA prevents breeding among closely related species. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - October 28, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Chloride Channel May Contribute to Diabetesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
NIGMS-supported researchers found that mice lacking a particular chloride ion channel do not secrete insulin properly. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - October 28, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Role of Single-Stranded DNA-Binding Proteinemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
An NIGMS-funded study finds that single-stranded DNA-binding protein plays a dynamic role and is critical to DNA repair. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - October 23, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Protein Suggests Link Between Histones and Apoptosisemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
NIGMS-funded researchers have found that a protein involved in programmed cell death is also required for the proper synthesis of histones, a chief component of chromosomes. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - October 23, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Molecular Structure Helps Explain Drought Toleranceemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A team of biologists supported by NIGMS has solved the structure of a molecule that helps plants survive droughts. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - October 23, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Carbenes Created in Lab Have Wide Applicationsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
NIGMS-funded chemists have successfully synthesized carbenes, a class of unusually unstable molecules used to make catalysts. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - October 23, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Stimulus Grants Support Computational Biologyemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
NIGMS is funding a relatively large number of bioinformatics-related projects with stimulus grants. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - October 23, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Stimulus Grants to Emory Fund 'Omics Researchemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
NIH stiumulus grants to Emory include an NIGMS-funded study of the genome of voles, which are a good model for studying social attachment. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - October 21, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

History of Dividing Cells Explains Cycle DIfferencesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
NIGMS-funded researchers found that both mother and daughter cells control and sense their size before committing to divide but that the levers and gears that they use to make that commitment are different. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - October 21, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Mechanical Forces Could Differentiate ES Cellsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
An NIGMS-funded study suggests that small mechanical forces on embryonic stem cells can coax them to develop in specific ways. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - October 19, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

"GO" Grant to Study Personalized Medicineemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
An NIGMS Grand Opportunities stimulus grant will support a study on whether genetic information in existing electronic medical records can be used to make drug administration safer. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - October 16, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Insights on the Regulation of Histone Levelsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
NIGMS-funded biologists have shed light on the regulation of histones, the proteins that package DNA into chromosomes. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - October 8, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Engineering Heart Repair Patches From Stem Cellsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
NIGMS-funded bioengineers have succeeded in building human tissue patches with supply lines for the oxygen and nutrients that living cells require. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - October 8, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Genome Sequence for Biofuels Yeastemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
NIGMS-funded researchers have sequenced the genome of a yeast that can convert tough grasses into ethanol, a biofuel. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - October 8, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Prof. Ada Yonath of the Weizmann Institute of Science Awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistryemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
NIGMS grantee Ada E. Yonath of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, is named a recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - October 7, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Three NIGMS Grantees Receive Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Ribosome Researchemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Three NIGMS grantees will share the 2009 Nobel Prize for their “studies of the structure and function of the ribosome.” (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - October 7, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Wins 2009 Nobel Prize for Chemistryemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
NIGMS grantee Venkatraman Ramakrishnan of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, United Kingdom, is named a recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - October 7, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Yale’s Thomas Steitz Shares 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistryemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
NIGMS grantee Thomas A. Steitz of Yale University is named a recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - October 7, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

NIGMS Grantees Win Nobel Prize for Studies of the Structure and Function of the Ribosomeemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry is awarded to three NIGMS grantees for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome. The winners are Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - October 7, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Learning to Bust Drug-Resistant Bugsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
NIGMS grantee Scott Singleton is studying the basic biology of bacterial drug resistance, work that could lead to new strategies to combat this health issue. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - October 2, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Stimulus Grant Funds Image Library of the Cellemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
NIGMS has awarded a "Grand Opportunities" grant to create an on-line image gallery of the cell that will be accessible to researchers, schools, and the public. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - October 2, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Enzyme Could be Key to Treating Tuberculosisemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
NIGMS-funded researchers have identified an enzyme that helps tuberculosis bacteria resist humans' natural defense system. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - October 2, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Developing Cells Consider Their History of Signalsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
NIGMS-funded researchers have proposed a new model for how animals develop; history of exposure to signals helps cells determine their location. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - September 30, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Nanotech Researchers Develop Artificial Membrane Poreemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Using an RNA-powered nanomoter, NIGMS-funded reseachers have engineered an artificial pore that can transmit material through a membrane. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - September 30, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

The Composition of Centromeric Chromatinemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
NIGMS-funded researchers have provided new evidence about structures involved in the faithful separation of chromosomes during cell duplication. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - September 30, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Bacterial Chemoreceptor Describedemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A team of NIGMS-supported researchers has visualized the precise arrangement of chemoreceptors—the receptors that sense and respond to chemical stimuli—in bacteria. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - September 28, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Study May Shed Light on Mitochondrial Diseasesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Using genetic engineering, NIGMS-supported researchers have examined the roles of individual genes in the production of energy within mitochondria. (Source: NIGMS - Results)
Source: NIGMS - Results - September 28, 2009 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news