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New technology allows researchers to temporarily shut down brain area to better understand function

Capitalizing on experimental genetic techniques, researchers at the California National Primate Research Center, or CNPRC, at the University of California, Davis, have demonstrated that temporarily turning off an area of the brain changes patterns of activity across much of the remaining brain.

22 Jul 2016

New study reports strains of chimpanzee-carried SIVs can infect human cells

No one knows exactly how it happened. It may have entered through a cut or bite wound, the blood of a chimpanzee seeping into an exposed fingertip or forearm or foot.

22 Jul 2016

Key gene controls ability of adult stem cells to regenerate muscle after injury, study finds

A key gene enables the repair of injured muscle throughout life. This is the finding of a study in mice led by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center and the University of Colorado at Boulder, and published online July 21 in Cell Reports.

21 Jul 2016

Study highlights role of BCL11A gene in intellectual disability syndrome

Scientists at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics have found a gene responsible for an intellectual disability disorder and proven how it works.

21 Jul 2016

Researchers identify genetic causes underlying higher rate of melanoma in men

A study led by researchers at Universitat Jaume I de Castellón has identified one of the genetic causes underlying the higher rate of melanoma in men. The results have been published in Biology of Sex Differences.

21 Jul 2016

Bowel Cancer UK conducts two free Colorectal Cancer Study Days for healthcare professionals

The UK’s leading bowel cancer research charity, Bowel Cancer UK, is holding two Colorectal Cancer Study Days, to provide healthcare professionals with an essential update in prevention, screening, early detection and treatment of colorectal cancer.

21 Jul 2016

Long-term antibiotic treatment slows progression of Alzheimer's disease through changes in gut bacteria

Long-term treatment with broad spectrum antibiotics decreased levels of amyloid plaques, a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease, and activated inflammatory microglial cells in the brains of mice in a new study by neuroscientists from the University of Chicago.

21 Jul 2016

Scientists find promising new method to detect and treat recurrence of ovarian cancer

Researchers at the Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine have found a promising new way to monitor and treat recurrence of ovarian cancer -- a hard-to-detect disease that claims many lives.

21 Jul 2016

Shared lifestyle and environment may contribute to risk of common diseases in families, study shows

Family history of disease may be as much the result of shared lifestyle and surroundings as inherited genes, research has shown.

21 Jul 2016

Researchers identify unique mechanism to suppress colorectal cancer tumors in mice

A new scientific study has identified why colorectal cancer cells depend on a specific nutrient, and a way to starve them of it. Over one million men and women are living with colorectal cancer in the United States.

21 Jul 2016

Study highlights effectiveness of atypical antipsychotic drug in treating children with TD

A meta-analysis of clinical trials evaluating the effectiveness of aripiprazole for the treatment of Tourette's disorder (TD) in children and adolescents showed a significantly greater overall improvement in total tics and tic severity from pretreatment to post-treatment for the aripiprazole compared to the placebo group.

21 Jul 2016

New study sheds light on pathogenesis of DNA lesions present in leukemia

Researchers have succeeded in shedding light on the pathogenesis of DNA breakpoints that are associated with leukemia.

20 Jul 2016

Study develops new methodology to analyse genetic bases of pathogenic bacteria

The study has developed a pioneering methodology to analyse the genetic bases of pathogenic bacteria and can be used to identify therapeutic targets in order to develop new antimicrobial agents.

20 Jul 2016

Enhancers can boost frequency of transcriptional bursting, study shows

A new study by researchers at Princeton University suggests that sporadic bursts of gene activity may be important features of genetic regulation rather than just occasional mishaps.

20 Jul 2016

Breakthrough research shows cellular stress could be key to variety of birth defects

For the first time, scientists believe they've discovered a cause of multiple types of birth defects triggered by environmental stresses.

20 Jul 2016

New virus-based method opens wide range of options to treat various diseases

The ability to switch disease-causing genes on and off remains a dream for many physicians, research scientists and patients.

20 Jul 2016

Researchers shed light on involvement of immune system in schizophrenia

Using data from the largest ever genetic study of schizophrenia, researchers have shed light on the role of the immune system.

20 Jul 2016

Researchers discover novel neuroprotection strategies to slow progression of Parkinson's disease

Using a robust model for Parkinson's disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers and colleagues have discovered an interaction in neurons that contributes to Parkinson's disease, and they have shown that drugs now under development may block the process.

20 Jul 2016

Eating more healthy fats may lower type 2 diabetes risk

Eating more unsaturated fats, especially polyunsaturated fats, in place of either dietary carbohydrate or saturated fats lowers blood sugar levels and improves insulin resistance and secretion, according to a new meta-analysis of data from 102 randomised controlled feeding trials in adults.

20 Jul 2016

Study offers new hope for preventing chronic lung disease in premature infants

By triggering a process called autophagy -- in which cells literally engulf their own insides --researchers from Drexel University and Yale University were able to decrease lung injury in mice that were exposed to high concentrations of oxygen.

20 Jul 2016

Genetic News and Research

New technology allows researchers to temporarily shut down brain area to better understand function

New study reports strains of chimpanzee-carried SIVs can infect human cells

Key gene controls ability of adult stem cells to regenerate muscle after injury, study finds

Study highlights role of BCL11A gene in intellectual disability syndrome

Researchers identify genetic causes underlying higher rate of melanoma in men

Bowel Cancer UK conducts two free Colorectal Cancer Study Days for healthcare professionals

Long-term antibiotic treatment slows progression of Alzheimer's disease through changes in gut bacteria

Scientists find promising new method to detect and treat recurrence of ovarian cancer

Shared lifestyle and environment may contribute to risk of common diseases in families, study shows

Researchers identify unique mechanism to suppress colorectal cancer tumors in mice

Study highlights effectiveness of atypical antipsychotic drug in treating children with TD

New study sheds light on pathogenesis of DNA lesions present in leukemia

Study develops new methodology to analyse genetic bases of pathogenic bacteria

Enhancers can boost frequency of transcriptional bursting, study shows

Breakthrough research shows cellular stress could be key to variety of birth defects

New virus-based method opens wide range of options to treat various diseases

Researchers shed light on involvement of immune system in schizophrenia

Researchers discover novel neuroprotection strategies to slow progression of Parkinson's disease

Eating more healthy fats may lower type 2 diabetes risk

Study offers new hope for preventing chronic lung disease in premature infants

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