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Injecting mosquitoes with bacterium shows potential for dengue elimination, scientists report

Injecting mosquitoes with the Wolbachia bacterium "can block them from transmitting the dengue virus and help control the spread of a disease that kills 20,000 annually in more than 100 countries," a team led by Scott O'Neill, a geneticist at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, reports in two papers published in Nature on Thursday, Reuters reports.

26 Aug 2011

Researchers develop single vaccines to prevent rabies, Ebola infection

Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University, among other institutions, including the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, have developed single vaccines to protect against both rabies and the Ebola virus.

26 Aug 2011

Researchers reveal new gene associated with osteoarthritis

Researchers have today revealed a new gene associated with osteoarthritis. This is only the third gene to be identified for this painful and debilitating disease that affects more than 40 per cent of people aged more than 70 years.

26 Aug 2011

Insight into how bacterial toxins cause human diseases may help improve treatment

A better understanding of how bacterial toxins cause common human diseases may lead to their improved treatment and prevention according to a paper just published by Irish and US scientists in Nature Reviews Microbiology.

25 Aug 2011

New way to combat dengue fever

The spread of Dengue fever in northern Australia may be controlled by a bacterium that infects mosquitoes that harbor the virus, Australian and U.S. researchers report Aug. 25 in two papers published in the journal Nature.

25 Aug 2011

Study: Rates of HIV have increased in Pakistan's general population

Rates of HIV have increased in Pakistan's general population, as the virus has spread beyond at-risk groups to women and their children, according to an international team of researchers, including a University of Florida scientist.

25 Aug 2011

New mouse brain atlas provides insight into how genes work in cerebral cortex

A new atlas of gene expression in the mouse brain provides insight into how genes work in the outer part of the brain called the cerebral cortex. In humans, the cerebral cortex is the largest part of the brain, and the region responsible for memory, sensory perception and language.

25 Aug 2011

Researchers discover NPC1 protein as crucial for Ebola virus to enter host cells

Although outbreaks are rare, Ebola virus, the cause of Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), is one of the deadliest known viruses affecting humans. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 1,850 EHF cases with more than 1,200 deaths have been documented since the virus was identified in 1976.

25 Aug 2011

A pain-free way of tackling dental decay

Researchers at the University of Leeds have discovered a pain-free way of tackling dental decay that reverses the damage of acid attack and re-builds teeth as new.

24 Aug 2011

Creighton University to study hereditary factors of prostate cancer among African Americans

Creighton University's Hereditary Cancer Center, has received a three-year, $731,278 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to study the role heredity plays in prostate cancer among African Americans.

24 Aug 2011

Largest ever molecular-genetic study of ependymomas of the cerebellum

Ependymomas are the second most frequent type of malignant brain tumor in children. Ependymoma develops from precursor cells of the tissue that lines the hollow cavities of the brain. Therapy results of ependymoma vary immensely: While in some patients tumor growth comes to a standstill after surgery and radiotherapy, in other children the disease rapidly takes a severe course.

24 Aug 2011

Many women eligible for Ontario's Breast Screening Program are not getting screened

Ontario has one of the highest survival rates for breast cancer in the world, with nearly 90 per cent of women surviving the disease, yet, more than half a million women eligible for Ontario's Breast Screening Program (OBSP) are not getting screened.

24 Aug 2011

DTU, TGen researchers pinpoint source of cholera outbreak in Haiti

Employing technology that reads the entire DNA code, researchers led by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) have pinpointed the source of a cholera outbreak in Haiti that killed more than 6,000 people and sickened 300,000.

24 Aug 2011

New stem cell lines help study genetic, biological underpinnings of bipolar disorder

New stem cell lines developed from the skin of adults living with bipolar disorder are providing researchers at the University of Michigan Health System an unprecedented opportunity to delve into the genetic and biological underpinnings of the devastating mood disorder.

24 Aug 2011

New advances in genomics, molecular diagnostics to be showcased at CAP 2011 meeting

The latest developments in molecular diagnostics, personalized medicine, and genetics testing will be featured topics when more than 1,000 pathologists gather at the Gaylord Texan on September 11 – 14 for the annual scientific meeting of the College of American Pathologists.

24 Aug 2011

Scientists show how scaling works in developing fruit fly wings

Weizmann Institute scientists have added a significant piece to the puzzle of scaling - how patterns stay in sync with size as an embryo or organism grows and develops. In a new study appearing in Current Biology, Institute scientists Profs.

24 Aug 2011

First North American clinical trial to test adult MSC transplantation as a new MS therapy

A team of researchers at three landmark Cleveland institutions have come together to launch a new clinical trial of an experimental treatment for multiple sclerosis.

24 Aug 2011

Seattle Genetics initiates ADCETRIS phase II trial in CD30-positive non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Seattle Genetics, Inc. today announced that it has initiated a phase II clinical trial of ADCETRIS for patients with relapsed or refractory CD30-positive non-Hodgkin lymphomas, including diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, peripheral T-cell lymphoma and other less common lymphoma subtypes.

24 Aug 2011

Seattle genetics new blood cancer drug Adcetris comes with a hefty price tag

Seattle Genetics Inc's new blood cancer drug Adcetris is will come with a price tag of $100,000 for a course of treatment. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday gave its nod to Adcetris, the first drug specifically indicated for anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) and the first one approved for Hodgkin's lymphoma since 1977.

23 Aug 2011

MicroRNA biomarkers provide guidance to develop specific gene therapies for glioblastoma

Patients suffering from an aggressive brain cancer will benefit from the results of a University of Illinois study that could advance the development of targeted gene therapies and improve prognosis.

23 Aug 2011

Genetics News and Research

Latest Genetics News and Research

Injecting mosquitoes with bacterium shows potential for dengue elimination, scientists report

Researchers develop single vaccines to prevent rabies, Ebola infection

Researchers reveal new gene associated with osteoarthritis

Insight into how bacterial toxins cause human diseases may help improve treatment

New way to combat dengue fever

Study: Rates of HIV have increased in Pakistan's general population

New mouse brain atlas provides insight into how genes work in cerebral cortex

Researchers discover NPC1 protein as crucial for Ebola virus to enter host cells

A pain-free way of tackling dental decay

Creighton University to study hereditary factors of prostate cancer among African Americans

Largest ever molecular-genetic study of ependymomas of the cerebellum

Many women eligible for Ontario's Breast Screening Program are not getting screened

DTU, TGen researchers pinpoint source of cholera outbreak in Haiti

New stem cell lines help study genetic, biological underpinnings of bipolar disorder

New advances in genomics, molecular diagnostics to be showcased at CAP 2011 meeting

Scientists show how scaling works in developing fruit fly wings

First North American clinical trial to test adult MSC transplantation as a new MS therapy

Seattle Genetics initiates ADCETRIS phase II trial in CD30-positive non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Seattle genetics new blood cancer drug Adcetris comes with a hefty price tag

MicroRNA biomarkers provide guidance to develop specific gene therapies for glioblastoma

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