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Public Release: 7-Feb-2010
Thorax
Estrogen-only HRT may increase risk of asthma after menopause
Estrogen-only hormone replacement therapy may increase the risk of developing asthma after the menopause, suggests a large scale study published ahead of print in the journal Thorax.

Contact: Emma Dickinson
edickinson@bmjgroup.com
44-207-383-6529
BMJ-British Medical Journal

Public Release: 7-Feb-2010
Nature Genetics
Scientists identify first genetic variant linked to biological aging in humans
A new discovery has important implications for the understanding of cancer and age-associated diseases.
Wellcome Trust, British Heart Foundation

Contact: Professor Nilesh Samani
njs@le.ac.uk
44-116-256-3021
University of Leicester

Public Release: 7-Feb-2010
Nature Methods
Virus-free technique enables Stanford scientists to easily make stem cells pluripotent
Tiny circles of DNA are the key to a new and easier way to transform stem cells from human fat into induced pluripotent stem cells for use in regenerative medicine, say scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Unlike other commonly used techniques, the method, which is based on standard molecular biology practices, does not use viruses to introduce genes into the cells or permanently alter a cell's genome.
Mallinckrodt Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Burroughs Wellcome Foundation, American Heart Association, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Oak Foundation,e Hagey Laboratory for Pediatric Regenerative Medic

Contact: Krista Conger
kristac@stanford.edu
650-725-5371
Stanford University Medical Center

Public Release: 7-Feb-2010
Nature
Gene that improves quality of reprogrammed stem cells identified by Singapore scientists
In Nature, Singapore scientists report that Tbx3 significantly improves quality of induced pluripotent stem cells.

Contact: Winnie Serah Lim
limcp2@gis.a-star.edu.sg
656-808-8013
Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore

Public Release: 7-Feb-2010
62nd AAN Annual Meeting
Industrial cleaner linked to increased risk of Parkinson's disease
Workers exposed to tricholorethylene, a chemical once widely used to clean metal such as auto parts, may be at a significantly higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease, according to a study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 62nd Annual Meeting in Toronto April 10-17, 2010.

Contact: Rachel Seroka
rseroka@aan.com
651-695-2738
American Academy of Neurology

Public Release: 7-Feb-2010
Nature Medicine
Inhibiting serotonin in gut could cure osteoporosis
An investigational drug that inhibits serotonin in the gut, administered orally once daily, effectively cured osteoporosis in mice and rats, reports a new paper in Nature Medicine. Serotonin in the gut has been shown in recent research to stall bone formation. The finding could lead to new therapies that build new bone; most osteoporosis drugs only prevent the breakdown of old bone.

Contact: Elizabeth Streich
eas2125@columbia.edu
212-305-6535
Columbia University Medical Center

Public Release: 6-Feb-2010
Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Annual Meeting
Study finds higher risk of stillbirth in women with fibroids
In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in Chicago, researchers will unveil findings that show that there is an increased risk of intrauterine fetal death, commonly known as stillbirth, in women who have fibroids.

Contact: Vicki Bendure
vicki@bendurepr.com
202-374-9259
Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Public Release: 5-Feb-2010
Geology
February Geology and GSA Today Highlights
GEOLOGY presents studies of mineralized microfossils in the Yukon; what the Great Barrier Reef tells us about sea level; a new find in Japan of fossilized iridescent leaf-beetle wings; the puzzle of Ediacara biota; mammalian fossils in Mongolia; a dust bowl long before the Dust Bowl in the North American Great Plains; fish-eating semi-aquatic spinosaurs; evidence against the Lilliput Effect; and geochemical mapping of Mars. GSA TODAY explains how rock is converted to soil.

Contact: Christa Stratton
cstratton@geosociety.org
303-357-1093
Geological Society of America

Public Release: 5-Feb-2010
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition
Infection-fighting antibodies made in plants as effective as costlier conventional version
The first head-to-head comparison of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies produced from plants versus the same antibodies produced from mammalian cells has shown that plant-produced antibodies can fight infection equally well. Scientists conducted the comparison as a test of the potential for treating disease in developing nations with the significantly less expensive plant-based production technique.
The National Institutes of Health and the Midwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research

Contact: Michael C. Purdy
purdym@wustl.edu
314-286-0122
Washington University School of Medicine

Public Release: 5-Feb-2010
Journal of Biological Chemistry
New approach to treating breast and prostate cancers
In a new approach to developing treatments for breast cancer, prostate cancer and enlarged hearts, Loyola researchers are zeroing in on a workhorse protein called RSK. When activated, RSK is involved in cell survival, cell proliferation, cell enlargement and a rare disease called Carney complex.
National Institutes of Health

Contact: Jim Ritter
jritter@lumc.edu
708-216-2445
Loyola University Health System

Public Release: 5-Feb-2010
Urology
Using nitroglycerin to treat prostate cancer shows potential to halt disease, Queen's research
Treatment of prostate cancer using a very low dose of nitroglycerin may slow and even halt the progression of the disease without the severe side effects of current treatments, Queen's University researchers have discovered.

Contact: Jeff Drake
jeff.drake@queensu.ca
613-533-2877
Queen's University

Public Release: 5-Feb-2010
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition
Built-in amps: How subtle head motions, quiet sounds are reported to the brain
Subtle head motions are amplified by inner-ear hair cells before the signal is reported to the brain, report Marine Biological Laboratory scientists and colleagues. In both the auditory and the vestibular systems, hair cell response is nonlinear: the lower the strength of the stimulus, the more the hair cell amplifies the signal.
NIH/National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

Contact: Diana Kenney
dkenney@gmail.com
508-289-7139
Marine Biological Laboratory

Public Release: 5-Feb-2010
BioTechniques
Mescal worm test shows DNA leaks into preservative liquids
Research team uses mescal (and the famous worm) to prove their theory that DNA from a preserved specimen leaks into the preservative medium, allowing the medium itself to be directly PCR amplified.

Contact: John Chenery
jchenery@uoguelph.ca
519-780-5483
International Barcode of Life

Public Release: 5-Feb-2010
Science
Electrons on the brink: Fractal patterns may be key to semiconductor magnetism
A Princeton-led team of scientists has observed electrons in a semiconductor on the brink of the metal-insulator transition for the first time. Caught in the act, the electrons formed complex patterns resembling those seen in turbulent fluids, confirming some long-held predictions and providing new insights into how semiconductors can be turned into magnets. The work also could lead to the production of smaller and more energy-efficient computers.
National Science Foundation, US Office of Naval Research, US Army Research Office

Contact: Kitta MacPherson
kittamac@princeton.edu
609-258-5729
Princeton University

Public Release: 5-Feb-2010
Science
Princeton scientist makes a leap in quantum computing
Princeton University's Jason Petta has demonstrated a method that alters the properties of a lone electron without disturbing the trillions of electrons in its immediate surroundings. The feat is essential to the development of future varieties of superfast computers with near-limitless capacities for data.
Sloan Foundation, Packard Foundation, National Science Foundation, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Contact: Kitta MacPherson
kittamac@princeton.edu
609-258-5729
Princeton University

Public Release: 5-Feb-2010
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Youth who self-identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual at higher suicide risk, say Montreal researchers
Mental health professionals have long-known that gay, lesbian and bisexual teens face significantly elevated risks of mental health problems, including suicidal thoughts and suicidal attempts. However, a group of McGill University researchers in Montreal has now come to the conclusion that self-identity is the crucial risk-factor, rather than actual sexual behaviors. Their results were published in February in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.
McGill University One in Three Foundation

Contact: Mark Shainblum
mshainblum@jgh.mcgill.ca
514-340-8222 x6592
Jewish General Hospital

Public Release: 5-Feb-2010
Neurology
Blacks with MS have more severe symptoms, decline faster than whites, new study shows
Fewer African Americans than Caucasians develop multiple sclerosis, statistics show, but their disease progresses more rapidly, and they don't respond as well to therapies, a new study by neurology researchers at the University at Buffalo has found.
National Multiple Sclerosis Society, UB Pediatric MS Center of Excellence

Contact: Lois Baker
ljbaker@buffalo.edu
716-645-4606
University at Buffalo

Public Release: 5-Feb-2010
International Journal of Green Economics
Renewable oil companies
The entry of oil companies into the realm of renewable energy could present major obstacles for the development of a sustainable economy that is not based on carbon resources, according to a report in the International Journal of Green Economics.

Contact: Jack Reardon
Jreardon02@hamline.edu
Inderscience Publishers

Public Release: 5-Feb-2010
Chest
Bioethics memory aid can help assess patient decision-making capacity in medical emergencies
Physicians in training and bioethicists at Johns Hopkins have created an easy-to-remember checklist to help medical students and clinicians quickly assess a patient's decision-making capacity in an emergency.
Morton K. and Jane Blaustein Foundation

Contact: Michael Pena
mpena@jhsph.edu
410-625-7872
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions

Public Release: 5-Feb-2010
Science Signaling
Sweet! -- sugar plays key role in cell division
Using an elaborate sleuthing system they developed to probe how cells manage their own division, Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered that common but hard-to-see sugar switches are partly in control.
National Institutes of Health

Contact: Maryalice Yakutchik
myakutc1@jhmi.edu
443-287-2251
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions

Public Release: 5-Feb-2010
Nearly half of Americans believe H1N1 outbreak is over, poll finds
Poll shows almost half of Americans believe H1N1 flu outbreak is over and levels of concern about getting sick continue to decline. After initial period of vaccine shortage, 70 percent of adults said there is now enough vaccine in their community for everyone who wants it. More than half of parents either got the vaccine for their children or intend to. Many adults said they have not gotten the vaccine and do not intend to.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Public Health Information Coalition

Contact: Robin Herman
rherman@hsph.harvard.edu
617-432-4752
Harvard School of Public Health

Public Release: 5-Feb-2010
Journal of Molecular Biology
Carnegie Mellon first to measure energy released from a virus during infection
For the first time, Carnegie Mellon University physicist Alex Evilevitch has directly measured the energy associated with the expulsion of viral DNA, a pivotal discovery toward fully understanding the physical mechanisms that control viral infection and designing drugs to interfere with the process.
Swedish Research Council, Royal Physiographic Society, Lilly and Sven Lawski's Foundation

Contact: Jocelyn Duffy
jhduffy@andrew.cmu.edu
412-268-9982
Carnegie Mellon University

Public Release: 5-Feb-2010
Nature Biotechnology
NTU researchers complete the world's first in-depth study of the malaria parasite genome
Groundbreaking research done at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University's School of Biological Sciences could lead to the development of more potent drugs or a vaccine for malaria. Assistant Professor Zbynek Bozdech and his team of researchers, including graduate students and post-doctorals from SBS' Division of Genomics & Genetics, have scored a world first in successfully using transcriptional profiling to uncover hitherto unknown gene expression (activity) patterns in malaria.

Contact: Hisham Hambari
mhisham@ntu.edu.sg
656-790-6447
Nanyang Technological University

Public Release: 5-Feb-2010
Lancet
Early artificial pancreas trials show benefits for kids, teenagers with diabetes overnight
In a landmark study in children and teenagers with type 1 diabetes, JDRF-funded researchers at the University of Cambridge showed that using a first-generation artificial pancreas system overnight can lower the risk of low blood sugar emergencies while sleeping, and at the same time improve diabetes control.
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

Contact: Joana Casas
mcasas@jdrf.org
212-479-7650
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International

Public Release: 5-Feb-2010
Communication Research
Health stories by experts more credible than blogs
Health information written by a doctor is rated as more credible when it appears on a Web site than in a blog or a homepage, according to a study of college students.
Korea Science and Engineering Foundation

Contact: Amitabh Avasthi
axa47@psu.edu
814-865-9481
Penn State

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