(St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital) Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have teased apart the biological details distinguishing two related neurological diseases — ataxia telangiectasia-like disease and Nijmegen breakage syndrome.
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(Albert Einstein College of Medicine) Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have identified a small intracellular protein that helps cells commit suicide.
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(Yale University) Many Americans have already taken action to reduce their energy use and many others would do the same if they could afford to, according to a national survey conducted by Yale and George Mason universities.
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(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) A special series of papers in the peer-reviewed journal Zebrafish provides a comprehensive look at future directions of research on pigment biology
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(Wiley-Blackwell) A new study suggests that adult bone marrow stem cells can be used in the construction of artificial skin. The findings mark an advancement in wound healing and may be used to pioneer a method of organ reconstruction. The study is published in Artificial Organs, official journal of the International Federation for Artificial Organs, [...]
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(University of Calgary) Surprising new research by University of Calgary, Faculty of Kinesiology researcher Dr. Raylene Reimer, published in the Journal of Physiology, indicates a direct connection between an adult’s propensity to put on weight and our early childhood diet.
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(McGill University) Scientists at the MUHC and McGill University have identified a gene essential for the uptake of vitamin B12 in human cells. The discovery of this gene finally completes a 24 year-old hunt for the cause of an incredibly rare genetic disorder called, cblF combined homocystinuria and methylmalonic aciduria, first documented in a Quebec [...]
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(McGill University) A new pharmaceutical being developed by researchers at McGill University and the McGill University Health Centre — along with colleagues at the Scripps Research Institute and BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. — is offering sufferers of the genetic disease phenylketonuria the hope of being able to eat a normal, protein-rich diet.
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The FDA advises healthcare professionals to monitor patients taking drugs that work through the leukotriene pathway for suicidality and changes in behavior and mood. Medscape Medical News
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LYNCHBURG, Va. (MedPage Today) — All peanut butter manufactured after July 1, 2008 by Peanut Corporation of America has been voluntarily recalled because of concerns of salmonella contamination.
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