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Scientists find p27Kip1 protein expression in adult and aged human inner ear

In collaboration with scientists and clinicians from the University of California Los Angeles, scientists from Sound Pharmaceuticals have found p27Kip1 to be expressed in the adult and aged human inner ear including the auditory and vestibular sensory organs.

25 Feb 2011

Maternal fructose intake during pregnancy leads to sex-specific changes in fetal, neonatal endocrinology

A recent study accepted for publication in Endocrinology, a publication of The Endocrine Society, reports for the first time that maternal fructose intake during pregnancy results in sex-specific changes in fetal and neonatal endocrinology.

25 Feb 2011

Study: Heparin plays a key role in mast cell-driven allergic and inflammatory reactions

Heparin plays a key role in allergic and inflammatory reactions driven by mast cells, scientists from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows in an international collaboration involving colleagues from Germany and Switzerland. The study is published in the recent issue of Immunity, and sheds some new light on the biological function of heparin.

25 Feb 2011

Study: AEG-1 expression predicts erlotinib treatment response in patients with EGFR-mutant lung cancer

Spanish researchers have identified a gene whose expression level strongly predicts how well certain lung cancer patients will respond to treatment with the drug erlotinib.

25 Feb 2011

Role of serotonin in autism spectrum disorders

Mouse models are yielding important clues about the nature of autism spectrum disorders, which impact an estimated one in 110 children in the U.S. In labs at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio, researchers are studying strains of mice that inherently mimic the repetitive and socially impaired behaviors present in these disorders.

25 Feb 2011

Swedish brain scientists create illusion of owning three arms

How we experience our own bodies is a classical question in psychology and neuroscience. It has long been believed that our body image is limited by our innate body plan - in other words that we cannot experience having more than one head, two arms and two legs. However, brain scientists at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have now shown that it is possible to make healthy volunteers experience having three arms at the same time.

25 Feb 2011

Collision of fast and slow protein-trains cause major DNA derailment

Scientists have published results that will forever change the way researchers view the interplay between gene expression, DNA replication and the prevention of DNA damage.

25 Feb 2011

New rapid and inexpensive test can effectively identify never-smoking group with lung adenocarcinoma

An inexpensive and rapid testing method can effectively identify a sub-group of never-smoking lung cancer patients whose tumors express a molecule associated with increased risk of disease progression or recurrence, US researchers have found.

25 Feb 2011

Stemline licenses clinically active oncology vaccine for dual targeting of tumor bulk and cancer stem cells

Stemline Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel oncology compounds that target cancer stem cells (CSCs), today announced that it holds the license, from the University of Pittsburgh ("Pitt"), for the exclusive worldwide rights to a clinically active oncology vaccine directed to multiple defined targets on tumor bulk and CSCs.

25 Feb 2011

Next-generation sequencing provides important clues to traceback foodborne illness outbreak

FDA scientists successfully used a new genome sequencing test to retrospectively examine a 2009-10 foodborne illness outbreak to help trace the source of the infection.

25 Feb 2011

Omega-3 fish oils: Natural health solution for the heart

Did you know that over the average life span, a heart beats 2 to 3 billion times? As one of the hardest working muscles pumping oxygen and essential nutrients throughout your body an average of 100,000 times a day, the heart needs a lot of help to stay working fit.

25 Feb 2011

Harvard Medical School selects Agilent's NMR spectrometer for biomolecular research applications

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced that Harvard Medical School has selected Agilent's 700-MHz Ultra-High Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectrometer for biomolecular research applications.

25 Feb 2011

Study: Rare genetic mutations may provide clues to improve treatment for schizophrenia

Scientists are eyeing a rare genetic glitch for clues to improved treatments for some people with schizophrenia - even though they found the mutation in only one third of 1 percent of patients.

25 Feb 2011

Variation in PSA levels does not predict prostate cancer, may lead to unnecessary biopsies

Researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center have found that change in PSA levels over time — known as PSA velocity — is a poor predictor of prostate cancer and may lead to many unnecessary biopsies.

25 Feb 2011

FN-EDA protein can reduce damage after heart attack

Scientists have identified a protein that plays a key role in debilitating changes that occur in the heart after a heart attack, according to research reported in Circulation Research: Journal of the American Heart Association.

25 Feb 2011

Researchers identify probiotic bacterial strain that may treat ulcers caused by H. pylori

Researchers from Spain have identified a strain of probiotic bacteria that may be useful in treating ulcers caused by Helicobacter pylori. They report their findings in the February 2011 issue of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

25 Feb 2011

Research: Loss of CMAH's function may make humans more prone to obesity and diabetes

As if the recent prediction that half of all Americans will have diabetes or pre-diabetes by the year 2020 isn't alarming enough, a new genetic discovery published online in the FASEB Journal provides a disturbing explanation as to why: we took an evolutionary "wrong turn."

25 Feb 2011

Study: Low Vitamin D levels can cause allergies in children

A study of more than 3,000 children shows that low vitamin D levels are associated with increased likelihood that children will develop allergies, according to a paper published in the February 17 online edition of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

25 Feb 2011

Transgenic fungal approach can fight against malaria and bug-borne diseases

New findings by a University of Maryland-led team of scientists indicate that a genetically engineered fungus carrying genes for a human anti-malarial antibody or a scorpion anti-malarial toxin could be a highly effective, specific and environmentally friendly tool for combating malaria, at a time when the effectiveness of current pesticides against malaria mosquitoes is declining.

24 Feb 2011

New study: Multiple full-term pregnancies may have higher risk of 'triple-negative' breast cancer

Full-term pregnancy has long been associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer, but a new study finds that the more times a woman gives birth, the higher her risk of "triple-negative" breast cancer, a relatively uncommon but particularly aggressive subtype of the disease.

24 Feb 2011

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Scientists find p27Kip1 protein expression in adult and aged human inner ear

Maternal fructose intake during pregnancy leads to sex-specific changes in fetal, neonatal endocrinology

Study: Heparin plays a key role in mast cell-driven allergic and inflammatory reactions

Study: AEG-1 expression predicts erlotinib treatment response in patients with EGFR-mutant lung cancer

Role of serotonin in autism spectrum disorders

Swedish brain scientists create illusion of owning three arms

Collision of fast and slow protein-trains cause major DNA derailment

New rapid and inexpensive test can effectively identify never-smoking group with lung adenocarcinoma

Stemline licenses clinically active oncology vaccine for dual targeting of tumor bulk and cancer stem cells

Next-generation sequencing provides important clues to traceback foodborne illness outbreak

Omega-3 fish oils: Natural health solution for the heart

Harvard Medical School selects Agilent's NMR spectrometer for biomolecular research applications

Study: Rare genetic mutations may provide clues to improve treatment for schizophrenia

Variation in PSA levels does not predict prostate cancer, may lead to unnecessary biopsies

FN-EDA protein can reduce damage after heart attack

Researchers identify probiotic bacterial strain that may treat ulcers caused by H. pylori

Research: Loss of CMAH's function may make humans more prone to obesity and diabetes

Study: Low Vitamin D levels can cause allergies in children

Transgenic fungal approach can fight against malaria and bug-borne diseases

New study: Multiple full-term pregnancies may have higher risk of 'triple-negative' breast cancer

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