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Aged mice lacking antioxidant protein Nrf2 show poor stem cell regeneration

Good news for lifelong exercisers: Along with its salutary effects on the heart, weight, and other facets of health, physical activity also helps to regenerate muscle mass, which tends to diminish as people age.

11 Mar 2014

Singapore's largest institute launched to improve treatment for stroke, Parkinson disease

The National Neuroscience Research Institute Singapore - a joint venture by the National Neuroscience Institute and Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School - has been launched to improve treatment and seek cures through research for brain and nervous system disorders such as stroke, Parkinson disease and dementia.

11 Mar 2014

Genetic basis of hereditary disease causes severe brain atrophy in Jews of Moroccan ancestry

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have unraveled the genetic basis of a hereditary disease that causes severe brain atrophy, mental retardation and epilepsy in Jews of Moroccan ancestry, according to a study published this week online in the Journal of Medical Genetics.

11 Mar 2014

Researchers identify microbe that 'eats' electricity

There have been plenty of fad diets that captured the public's imagination over the years, but Harvard scientists have identified what may be the strangest of them all - sunlight and electricity.

11 Mar 2014

Homologous recombination technology for research applications in genetically modified rodents: an interview with Alexandre Fraichard, CEO, genOway

Homologous recombination is a technology that enables the targeted insertion of nucleotide fragments into the genome of a cell. It is called ‘homologous’ because it uses a sequence that is a homologue to the sequence being targeted in a gene, so that the sequence is recognized.

10 Mar 2014

Study gives insights into designing new drugs to fight infections

Efforts to combat bacteria’s growing resistance to antibiotics could be helped by a key discovery about the complex processes that enable bugs to thrive.

10 Mar 2014

Trophos' olesoxime shows beneficial effect on maintaining motor function in SMA patients

Trophos today announces that top-line results from a pivotal clinical trial of its lead product candidate olesoxime in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) show a beneficial effect on the maintenance of motor function in SMA patients. If approved, olesoxime could be the first treatment specifically developed for SMA patients.

10 Mar 2014

WuXi Genome Center buys Illumina HiSeq X Ten sequencing system

Illumina, Inc. and WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc., a leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device R&D outsourcing company with operations in China and the United States, today announced that the WuXi Genome Center has purchased an Illumina HiSeq X Ten sequencing system.

From Illumina, Inc. 10 Mar 2014

Healthy dietary choices in midlife may prevent dementia in later years

Healthy dietary choices in midlife may prevent dementia in later years, according a doctoral thesis published at the University of Eastern Finland. The results showed that those who ate the healthiest diet at the average age of 50 had an almost 90 per cent lower risk of dementia in a 14-year follow-up study than those whose diet was the least healthy.

10 Mar 2014

Study: Stem cell transplant effective in halting degenerative disc disease of spine

Stem cell transplant was viable and effective in halting or reversing degenerative disc disease of the spine, a meta-analysis of animal studies showed, in a development expected to open up research in humans.

10 Mar 2014

Researchers seek to understand causes of premature birth with support from March of Dimes

Five researchers seeking to understand the causes of premature birth with the goal of identifying women at risk of preterm labor and developing new treatments to prevent it have been awarded grant support from the March of Dimes.

10 Mar 2014

Researchers find that protein synthesis can be studied in adult stem cells

For the first time, researchers have shown that an essential biological process known as protein synthesis can be studied in adult stem cells - something scientists have long struggled to accomplish. The groundbreaking findings from the Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) also demonstrate that the precise amount of protein produced by blood-forming stem cells is crucial to their function.

10 Mar 2014

New theory regarding cause and development of endometriosis

Changes to two previously unstudied genes are the centerpiece of a new theory regarding the cause and development of endometriosis, a chronic and painful disease affecting 1 in 10 women.

10 Mar 2014

Takeda works with UCL to drive research into tackling muscle disorders

Japanese pharmaceutical company Takeda will work with University College London (UCL) to drive research into tackling muscle disorders, in particular muscular dystrophy.

10 Mar 2014

Mutations in gene associated with leukaemia may affect growth, intellectual development in children

Mutations in a gene associated with leukaemia cause a newly described condition that affects growth and intellectual development in children, new research reports.

10 Mar 2014

Tissue analysis near tumors holds promise for earlier detection, new treatments

Seemingly healthy cells may in fact hide clues that lung cancer will later develop, according to a study led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center The research is published online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

9 Mar 2014

FDA-approved anti-psychotic drugs possess tumor-killing activity against glioblastoma

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered that FDA-approved anti-psychotic drugs possess tumor-killing activity against the most aggressive form of primary brain cancer, glioblastoma. The finding was published in this week's online edition of Oncotarget.

8 Mar 2014

Gene News and Research

Latest Gene News and Research

Aged mice lacking antioxidant protein Nrf2 show poor stem cell regeneration

Singapore's largest institute launched to improve treatment for stroke, Parkinson disease

Genetic basis of hereditary disease causes severe brain atrophy in Jews of Moroccan ancestry

Researchers identify microbe that 'eats' electricity

Homologous recombination technology for research applications in genetically modified rodents: an interview with Alexandre Fraichard, CEO, genOway

Study gives insights into designing new drugs to fight infections

Trophos' olesoxime shows beneficial effect on maintaining motor function in SMA patients

WuXi Genome Center buys Illumina HiSeq X Ten sequencing system

Healthy dietary choices in midlife may prevent dementia in later years

Study: Stem cell transplant effective in halting degenerative disc disease of spine

Researchers seek to understand causes of premature birth with support from March of Dimes

Researchers find that protein synthesis can be studied in adult stem cells

New theory regarding cause and development of endometriosis

Takeda works with UCL to drive research into tackling muscle disorders

Mutations in gene associated with leukaemia may affect growth, intellectual development in children

Tissue analysis near tumors holds promise for earlier detection, new treatments

FDA-approved anti-psychotic drugs possess tumor-killing activity against glioblastoma

Mechanism for pesticide effect on PD risk uncovered

STSI releases Scripps Wellderly Genome Resource to explore genetic cause for certain illness

Agendia co-founder to be honored with 2014 European Union Prize for Women Innovators

eBook: Using iPSCs models for human disease research and drug discovery eBook

Redefining control and consistency in anaerobic microbiome workflows

AI in Healthcare: How generative tools are transforming clinical practice

The future of automation: Machine learning–driven hepatocyte and organoid counting