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Public Release: 11-Mar-2012
 Nature MedicineMount Sinai researchers identify promising new drug target for kidney disease Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified a regulator protein that plays a crucial role in kidney fibrosis, a condition that leads to kidney failure. Finding this regulator provides a new therapeutic target for the millions of Americans affected by kidney failure. The research is published in the March 11 issue of Nature Medicine. 
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Contact: Mount Sinai Press Office
Public Release: 6-Mar-2012
CU Cancer Center investigator earns prestigious SPECS grant to target squamous cell lung cancer NCI SPECS grant, coordinated by Fred R. Hirsch at the University of Colorado Cancer Center, will bring nine institutions together to search for biomarkers and targeted treatments for squamous cell lung cancer.
NIH/National Cancer Institute
Contact: Garth Sundem
Public Release: 6-Mar-2012
Scientific ReportsUH, Methodist team up to prepare surgeons for the operating room To prepare surgeons for the operating room, University of Houston computer scientists are working with doctors at the Methodist Institute for Technology, Innovation and Education to improve training processes. At the core of their effort is understanding the role of stress on a surgeon's path to competency. The researchers describe their findings in the paper "Fast by Nature -- How Stress Patterns Define Human Experience and Performance in Dexterous Tasks," appearing in Nature's Scientific Reports.
National Science Foundation, John F. and Carolyn Bookout Fund
Contact: Lisa Merkl
Public Release: 5-Mar-2012
International Journal of Data Mining and BioinformaticsUnraveling biological networks A new approach to disentangling the complexities of biological networks, such as the way in which proteins interact in our body's cells has been developed by researchers in China. The team's algorithm could allow biologists and biomedical researchers to unravel new clues about how cells work and what goes awry with such networks in various diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease and cancer. Contact: Lin Gao
Public Release: 1-Mar-2012
SciencePioneering research reveals bacterium's secrets Groundbreaking research by an international team of scientists will help to make one of the most versatile of bacteria even more useful to society and the environment. The bacterium Bacillus subtilis is widely used as a model laboratory organism and as a "cell factory" to produce vitamins and enzymes. A consortium of researchers from eight European countries and Australia has discovered an unrivaled level of understanding of ways the organism can adapt to diverse conditions.
European Union
Contact: David Garner
Public Release: 28-Feb-2012
Chemistry & BiologySFU researchers help discover new HIV vaccine-related tool A new discovery involving two Simon Fraser University scientists could lead to a little known and benign bacterium becoming a vital new tool in the development of a vaccine against human immunodeficiency virus. Ralph Pantophlet, a Faculty of Health Sciences assistant professor, and Kate Auyeung, his senior research assistant and lab manager at SFU, and scientists in Italy have made a breakthrough discovery about Rhizobium radiobacter. Contact: Carol Thorbes
Public Release: 28-Feb-2012
Molecular Systems BiologyMaking the most of what you have The bacterium that causes atypical pneumonia is helping scientists uncover how cells make the most of limited resources. By measuring all the proteins this bacterium produces, scientists at EMBL Heidelberg and collaborators have found that the secret is fine-tuning. Contact: Sonia Furtado Neves
Public Release: 27-Feb-2012
New resource opens the door for enzyme research The EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute has launched the Enzyme Portal, a new resource for people who are interested in the biology of enzymes and proteins with enzymatic activity. Contact: Mary Todd Bergman
Public Release: 23-Feb-2012
American Journal of Human GeneticsGenome sequencing finds unknown cause of epilepsy In one of the first successful attempts to use whole-genome sequencing to track down the cause of a neurological disease in a patient, UA researchers have identified a previously unknown mutation in a sodium channel protein as the likely cause of a severe form of epilepsy.
National Institutes of Health, Veterans Administration Medical Research Service and Rehabilitation Research Service, Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative, Autism Speaks, Arizona Center for Biology of Complex Diseases
Contact: Daniel Stolte
Public Release: 23-Feb-2012
European Integrated Structural Biology Infrastructure launching The Integrated Structural Biology Infrastructure (Instruct) in support of European biomedical research is about to be launched. Instruct aims to provide pan-European user access to state-of-the-art equipment, technologies and manpower in cellular structural biology. This will allow Europe to maintain a competitive edge and play a leading role in this vital research area. The Weizmann Institute of Science, together with Tel Aviv University, has been chosen as one of the seven core centers. Contact: Yivsam Azgad
Public Release: 23-Feb-2012
ScienceHow cells brace themselves for starvation Cells that repress their "bad time" pumps when a nutrient is abundant were much more efficient at preparing for starvation and at recovering afterward than the cells that had been genetically engineered to avoid this repression. Contact: Yivsam Azgad
Public Release: 23-Feb-2012
PLOS GeneticsLineage trees reveal cells' histories A method for judging kinship ties between different cells yields answers to some open questions in biology. Contact: Yivsam Azgad
Public Release: 20-Feb-2012
Rutgers scientists selected for international research initiative on evolution of insects Two researchers from Rutgers University -- one from the Newark campus, the other from New Brunswick -- are among an international team of more than 50 scientists embarking on a massive project to unravel the secrets of the evolutionary history of insects. The project will unravel the secrets of the evolutionary history of insects using a molecular data set of unparalleled dimensions and quality. Contact: Paula Quintin
Public Release: 19-Feb-2012
2012 AAAS Annual MeetingCutting-edge science creating solutions for African agriculture A reinvigorated effort to boost African science know-how to solve Africa's challenges has begun. With international funding and science support from Australia, the Biosciences eastern and central Africa Hub based in Nairobi, Kenya, is enabling African and international scientists to partner on a wide range of new and exciting research programs. These research programs are addressing Africa's underlying food security issues of food production, nutrition and animal health. Contact: Larelle McMillan
Public Release: 16-Feb-2012
Genetics and G3: Genes|Genomes|GeneticsNew mouse collaborative cross resource promises new cures and treatments for diseases In 15 articles published this month in the journals of the Genetics Society of America, GENETICS and G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, researchers present findings on a new resource, called the "Mouse Collaborative Cross," which is a population of laboratory mouse lines that together mirror the genetic diversity of humans. This new resource offers the potential of studying traits and diseases of complex origins in a model system that better reflects human genetic diversity.
National Institutes of Health, Ellison Medical Foundation, National Science Foundation, Australian Research Council, Wellcome Trust
Contact: Phyllis Edelman
Public Release: 16-Feb-2012
GeneticsNorth Carolina-based genetic resources fuel big scientific progress A series of 15 scientific papers published this week in the journals of the Genetics Society of America (Genetics and G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics) put North Carolina at the epicenter of a scientific resource called the Collaborative Cross -- a "library" of genetic diversity that scientists believe can help fast-track important discoveries about genetics and disease into new discoveries, tests, and treatments that impact human health.
National Institutes of Health, Ellison Medical Foundation, National Science Foundation, Australian Research Council, Wellcome Trust
Contact: Ellen de Graffenreid
Public Release: 15-Feb-2012
Susan M. Gasser to receive the 2012 FEBS/EMBO Women in Science Award The European Molecular Biology Organization and the Federation of European Biochemical Societies announce Susan Gasser, director of the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research in Basel, Switzerland, as the winner of the 2012 FEBS/EMBO Women in Science Award. Professor Gasser has been recognized for her outstanding scientific research on genome stability and epigenetics and her commitment to mentoring women pursuing a career in science.
European Molecular Biology Organization, Federation of European Biochemical Societies
Contact: Barry Whyte
Public Release: 14-Feb-2012
Journal of ParasitologyDNA barcoding of parasitic worms: Is it kosher? When rabbis from the Orthodox Union started finding worms in cans of sardines and capelin eggs, they turned to scientists at the American Museum of Natural History to answer a culturally significant dietary question: could these foods still be considered kosher?
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Richard Lounsbery Foundation
Contact: Kendra Snyder
Public Release: 14-Feb-2012
PLOS ONENew subtype of ovarian cancer may be vulnerable to anti-angiogenic drugs Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have identified a subtype of ovarian cancer able to build its own blood vessels, suggesting that such tumors might be especially susceptible to anti-angiogenic drugs that block blood vessel formation. The investigators estimate that the subtype may account for a third of all serous ovarian cancers, a common cancer of the surface of the ovaries.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Strategic Plan Fund, Madeline Franchi Ovarian Cancer Research Fund
Contact: Bill Schaller
Public Release: 13-Feb-2012
Georgia Tech develops software for the rapid analysis of foodborne pathogens 2011 brought two of the deadliest bacterial outbreaks the world has seen during the last 25 years. The two epidemics accounted for more than 4,200 cases of infectious disease and 80 deaths. Software developed at Georgia Tech was used to help characterize the bacteria that caused each outbreak. Contact: Jason Maderer
Public Release: 13-Feb-2012
Nucleic Acids ResearchGeorgia Tech develops computational algorithm to assist in cancer treatments Georgia Tech has created a new data analysis algorithm that quickly transforms complex RNA sequence data into usable content for biologists and clinicians. Scientists will be able to more readily use this data to compare the RNA profiles or "transcriptomes" of normal cells with those of individual cancers and thereby be in a better position to develop optimized personal therapies. Contact: Jason Maderer
Public Release: 8-Feb-2012
Brooks Life Science Systems and the Scripps Research Institute initiate partnership Brooks Life Science Systems, a division of Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq:BRKS), a leading worldwide provider of automation, vacuum, and instrumentation solutions for multiple markets, today announced the initiation of a technology development and commercialization partnership with the Scripps Research Institute Contact: Mika Ono
Public Release: 8-Feb-2012
NatureGenetic Rosetta Stone unveiled in Nature Scientists have developed a new community resource that may act as a Rosetta stone for revealing the genetic basis of traits and disease.
National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Human Genome Research Institute, NVIDIA Foundation
Contact: Tiffany Trent
Public Release: 7-Feb-2012
Angewandte ChemieScripps research and technion scientists develop biological computer to encrypt and decipher images Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute in California and the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology have developed a "biological computer" made entirely from biomolecules that is capable of deciphering images encrypted on DNA chips.
National Science Foundation, Israel-US Binational Science Foundation, Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, Irwin and Joan Jacobs Foundation, Fine Foundation, Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Israel Ministry of Science and Technology
Contact: Mika Ono
Public Release: 7-Feb-2012
Brain ConnectivityCutting-edge MRI techniques for studying communication within the brain Innovative magnetic resonance imaging techniques that can measure changes in the microstructure of the white matter likely to affect brain function and the ability of different regions of the brain to communicate are presented in an article in the groundbreaking new neuroscience journal Brain Connectivity, a bimonthly peer-reviewed publication from Mary Ann Liebert Inc. Contact: Cathia Falvey
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