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Virginia Tech researchers contribute to turkey genome sequencing
An international consortium of researchers has completed the majority of the genome sequence of the domesticated turkey, thanks in part to the efforts of Virginia Tech faculty members. The research team will publish "Multi-Platform Next-Generation Sequencing of the Domestic Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo): Genome Assembly and Analysis" in the journal PLoS Biolo...
September 7, 2010, 7:16 pm


First Irish genome sequenced
The first entire genome of an Irish individual has been sequenced. The sequence is reported in BioMed Central's open access journal, Genome Biology and provides insight into the evolutionary history of this distinct lineage. Led by Professor Brendan Loftus, the research team from UCD Conway Institute used data from a previous genotyping study to select a sui...
September 7, 2010, 7:16 pm


Is hand washing enough to stop the spread of disease?
Not drying your hands thoroughly after washing them, could increase the spread of bacteria and rubbing your hands whilst using a conventional electric hand dryer could be a contributing factor. Frequently people give up drying their hands and wipe them on their clothes instead, but hand-hygiene is a key part of infection control and drying hands after washin...
September 7, 2010, 7:16 pm


Multivitamin use doesn't impact colon cancer outcomes
IMAGE: This is Kimmie Ng, M.D., M.P.H., of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. BOSTON--Patients with colon cancer who used multivitamins during and after being treated with post-surgical chemotherapy did not reduce the risk of the cancer returning or their dying from it, according to researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. In a study of patients with sta...
September 7, 2010, 7:16 pm


The rare aging disease, Progeria, linked to aging in the general population
BOSTON, MA (September 7, 2010) – Progeria, also known as Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS), is a rare, fatal genetic disease characterized by an appearance of accelerated aging in children. All children with Progeria die of the same heart disease that affects millions of normal aging adults (atherosclerosis), but instead of occurring at 60 or 70 y...
September 7, 2010, 7:16 pm


Researchers at UC Riverside find solution to cell death problem vexing stem cell
IMAGE: Noboru Sato is an assistant professor of biochemistry and a member of the Stem Cell Center at UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Human pluripotent stem (hPS) cells can generate any given cell type in the adult human body, which is why they are of interest to stem cell scientists working on finding therapies for spinal cord injuries, Parkinson's disea...
September 7, 2010, 7:16 pm


Casing the joint
St. Louis, MO – Current research provides a novel model for rheumatoid arthritis research. The related report by LaBranche et al, "Characterization of the KRN cell transfer model of rheumatoid arthritis (KRN-CTM), a chronic yet synchronized version of the K/BxN mouse," appears in the September 2010 issue of The American Journal of Pathology. Nearly 1% of t...
September 7, 2010, 7:15 pm


Researchers at Children's Hospital Los Angeles find diet-induced obesity acceler
LOS ANGELES (September 7, 2010) – The first study to demonstrate that obesity can directly accelerate the progression of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) has been conducted at The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and will be published in Cancer Prevention Research, on October 5, 2010. Obesity has been associated with an increase...
September 7, 2010, 7:15 pm


Developmental problems: Some exist in the genes
Philadelphia, PA, 17 August 2010 - Everyone is special in their own unique way. From a genetic point of view, no two humans are genetically identical. This means that DNA for each individual contains variants that are more or less comm. on in the overall population. Some gene variations are actually genetic deletions, where sections of DNA 'code' are missing...
August 17, 2010, 10:52 pm


Marriage and committed romance reduce stress-related hormone production
Being married has often been associated with improving people's health, but a new study suggests that having that long-term bond also alters hormones in a way that reduces stress. Unmarried people in a committed, romantic relationship show the same reduced responses to stress as do married people, said Dario Maestripieri, Professor in Comparative Human Devel...
August 17, 2010, 10:52 pm


Mother of all humans lived 200,000 years ago
HOUSTON -- (Aug. 17, 2010) -- The most robust statistical examination to date of our species' genetic links to "mitochondrial Eve" -- the maternal ancestor of all living humans -- confirms that she lived about 200,000 years ago. The Rice University study was based on a side-by-side comparison of 10 human genetic models that each aim to determine when Eve liv...
August 17, 2010, 10:52 pm


New mechanisms of tumor resistance to targeted therapy in lung cancer are discov
Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- One of the most tantalizing developments in anti-cancer therapy over recent years has been the advent of targeted treatments, which have proven highly effective in holding aggressive cancers at bay in certain patients, although typically only for a limited period of time. A team led by Raffaella Sordella, Ph.D., an Assistant Profess...
August 17, 2010, 10:52 pm


B vitamins and the aging brain examined
This release is available in Spanish. B vitamins–B-6, B-12 and folate–all nourish the brain. But much remains to be discovered about the relation between these essential nutrients and our brainpower. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) nutritionist Lindsay H. Allen has collaborated in ongoing research that has taken a closer look at the role these nutrie...
August 17, 2010, 10:52 pm


Boston Univ., Veterans Affairs find sports brain trauma may cause disease mimick
(BOSTON) – The Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced today that they have provided the first pathological evidence that repetitive head trauma experienced in collision sports is associated with motor neuron disease, a neurological condition tha...
August 17, 2010, 10:52 pm


Emotions help animals to make choices
IMAGE: Happy? Angry? Anxious? How can we measure animal emotions? To understand how animals experience the world and how they should be treated, people need to better understand their emotional lives. A new review of animal emotion suggests that, as in humans, emotions may tell animals about how dangerous or opportunity-laden their world is, and guide the ...
August 4, 2010, 6:52 am


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