Research Frontiers - eBioNews

Research Frontiers - eBioNews

Stem Cells

A New Indicator of Poor Prognosis in Node-Negative Colorectal Cancer Patients

Theory of Single Stem Cell for Blood Components Challenged

Breakthrough Reveals Blood Vessel Cells Are Key to Growing Unlimited Amounts of Adult Stem Cells

Stem Cells Approved to Treat 'Orphan' Disease

Apple Stem Cells Helps Slow Down Skin Aging

Stem Cell Therapy Helps End Dog's Pain

Embryonic Stem Cells Teach Lessons about Fanconi Anemia

Using Own Skin Cells to Repair Hearts on Horizon: Biomedical Scientist Brings Stem Cell Research to University

Predicting the Fate of Stem Cells: New Method Decodes Cell Movements, Accurately Predicts How Cells Will Divide

Offering Hope For Tissue Regeneration

>> More in: Stem Cells

RNAi & MicroRNA

Rosetta Genomics: Unrecognized and Undervalued

Unified Translation Repression Mechanism For MicroRNAs And Upstream AUGs

New Research May Help Predict Post-Surgery Survival Rate For Mesothelioma Patients

DNA-PKcs Plays A Dominant Role In The Regulation Of H2AX Phosphorylation In Response To DNA Damage And Cell Cycle Progression

Hutch Lab Improves Protocol for qRT-PCR Analysis of microRNA Biomarkers from Blood

Study Identifies Key Cause of Chronic Leukemia Progression

Researchers Suggest New RNAi Method to Identify Genes Predictive of Paclitaxel Response

Detection of siRNA induced mRNA Silencing by RT-qPCR: Considerations for Experimental Design

MicroRNAs of Bombyx Mori Identified by Solexa Sequencing

Altered Expression of MicroRNAs in the Myocardium of Rats With Acute Myocardial Infarction

>> More in: RNAi & MicroRNA

Neurosciences

Pioneering Treatment Reduces Disability in Premature Babies With Serious Brain Hemorrhage, Study Suggests

Crowded Houses: Why Our Peripheral Vision May Not Be as Random as We Think

Sea Squirt Offers Hope for Alzheimer's Sufferers

Don't Make That Face at Me! Prefrontal Cortex May Help Regulate Emotions

Learning Keeps Brain Healthy: Mental Activity Could Stave Off Age-Related Cognitive and Memory Decline

Teens With More Screen Time Have Lower-Quality Relationships

Violent Video Game Play Makes More Aggressive Kids, Study Shows

3-D Hand Movement Reconstructed Using Brain Signals: Future Portable Prosthetic Devices for Movement-Impaired

Internal Metronome: Brain Implant Reveals Neural Patterns of Attention

Nouns and Verbs Are Learned in Different Parts of the Brain

>> More in: Neurosciences

Biomarkers & Drug Targets

'Death Messenger' Molecule Causes Inflammation After Spinal Cord Injury, Prevents Healing

Protein Shown to Be Natural Inhibitor of Aging in Fruit Fly Model

Researchers Find Oncogene Is Important in Pancreatic Cancer Growth and Spread

How Estrogen Feeds Breast Tumors

Herceptin and Tykerb Effective Against a Subset of Gastric Cancers, Study Suggests

Targeting Leukemia Cell's Gene 'Addiction' Presents New Strategy for Treatment

Overexpression of ARD1A Gene Reduces Tumor Size and Number in Mice, Study Finds

Researchers Fishing for Cancer Cure Discover Active DHA Derivatives

New Subtype of Breast Cancer Responds to Targeted Drug

Cells of Aggressive Leukemia Hijack Normal Protein to Grow, According to Penn Study

>> More in: Biomarkers & Drug Targets

Genomics & Proteomics

Life Technologies, The Translation Genomics Research Institute, and US Oncology to Conduct Breast Cancer Sequencing Project

Stickleback Genomes Shining Bright Light on Evolution

A Fingerprint for Genes: Scientists Develop New Strategy to Play Major Role in Research on Human Diseases

Canine Morphology: Hunting for Genes and Tracking Mutations

Giant Panda Genome Reveals New Insights Into the Bear's Bamboo Diet

Giant Panda Genome Reveals New Insights Into the Bear's Bamboo Diet

Genetic Footprint of Natural Selection

Screening Cancer Genomes for the Driver Mutations in Tumour Suppressor Genes

Wide Variety of Genetic Splicing in Embryonic Stem Cells Identified

RNA Sequencing Study Yields Clues about Neural Differentiation

>> More in: Genomics & Proteomics

Systems Bio & Personalized Med

'Death Messenger' Molecule Causes Inflammation After Spinal Cord Injury, Prevents Healing

Offering Hope for Tissue Regeneration

Genetic Cause Discovered for Rare Bleeding Disorder

Second Dose of Gene Therapy for Inherited Blindness Proves Safe in Animal Studies

Age-Associated Defects in Schizophrenia: Gene Network-Based Analysis Reveals Unexpected Results

Genome-Wide Study of Alcohol Dependence Points to Chromosome 11

Gene Regulation: Can We Stomach It? New Technique Fights Against Cause of Peptic Ulcer Disease and Gastric Cancer

Athena Licenses Genetic Test for Intellectual Disability

Genetic Link Between Misery and Death Discovered; Novel Strategy Probes 'Genetic Haystack'

Personalized Medicine in Warfarin Therapy

>> More in: Systems Bio & Personalized Med, Systems Bio & Personalized Med

Cancer Research

High Weight Associated With Risk of Colorectal Tumors Without Microsatellite Instability

Dietary Supplements Discouraged for Prostate Cancer Patients

Like Little Golden Assassins, 'Smart' Nanoparticles Identify, Target and Kill Cancer Cells

Occupational Sunlight Exposure And Kidney Cancer Risk In Men

Trial Launched to Test New Treatment for Pre-Invasive Breast Cancer

Most early-stage breast cancer patients may not need radiation after mastectomy

Dermatologists Can Diagnose and Treat Early Stage Melanomas Using New Technology

New Strategy Develops Two Prototype Drugs Against Cancer, Retinal Diseases

Genetic Variant Offers Protection Against Tuberculosis and Leprosy

Freezing Breast Tumors Helps Stop Cancer’s Spread in Mice, Study Finds

>> More in: Cancer Research

Bio-Chip & Nanotechnology

Physicists Find Way to See Through Paint, Paper, and Other Opaque Materials

Nano-foundry Technique Yields Ultra-durable Probes From Diamond

Big Power from Tiny Wires: Carbon Nanotubes Can Produce Powerful Waves That Could Be Harnessed for New Energy Systems

Carbon Nanotube Sensor Array Detects Single Molecules For The First Time

Trapping Sunlight With Silicon Nanowires

How Nanosized Particles May Affect Skin Care Products

Scientists Expand Potential Uses for Glass by Studying How Atoms Vibrate

Popular Nanoparticle Causes Toxicity in Fish, Study Shows

Measuring Impact Nanoparticles on Health and Environment by Looking at Blood Stream of Chicken Embryos

Scientists Make Tiny New Magnets From Old Bugs

>> More in: Bio-Chip & Nanotechnology

Infectious Disease

New Form of Prion Disease Damages Brain Arteries

Vitamin D Crucial to Activating Immune Defenses

Hot Road to New Drugs: Efficient Identification of Drug Candidates

Small Molecule With High Impact: Researchers Examine New Adjuvant to Improve Vaccinations

Hepatitis B and C Remain Public Health Issue -- Up to 5.3 Million Americans Infected

Climate Change One Factor in Malaria Spread

Pneumococcal Vaccine Offers Protection to HIV-Infected African Adults in Clinical Trial

HIV Vaccine Strategy Expands Immune Responses

Innate Immune Mechanisms Can Control Disease Progression in HIV-Positive Patients

Single-Dose H5N1 Vaccine Safe and Effective in Adults and Elderly

>> More in: Infectious Disease

Biomedical Imaging

Patent Issued For Humanetics' BIO 300 Radiation Countermeasure Drug

Positron Sells Attrius™ PET Scanner To Ochsner Health Systems

Why Do Physicians Order Costly CTs? Ultrasound Yields Better Diagnosis, Safer, Less Costly, Expert Argues

Brain Scans Could Be Marketing Tool of the Future

Molecular Imaging Technique Uses Ultrasound and Microscopic Bubbles to Target Cancer Cells

Ownership/leasing of PET Scanners by Nonradiologists on the Rise

Sound of Melanoma: Ultrasound Can Help Doctors Find Cancer More Accurately

Nouns and Verbs Are Learned in Different Parts of the Brain

Scientists Image Brain at Point When Vocal Learning Begins

Rapid Image Analysis Method Helps Diagnose Alzheimer's Disease

>> More in: Biomedical Imaging

Bio-Energy and Clean Tech

Algae Biofuel Industry Seeks Tax Incentive

Scientists discover how ocean bacterium turns carbon into fuel

Waste tea leaves could brew up biofuel

Vireol to build third major UK bioethanol refinery

Water Practically Flies Off 'Near Perfect' Hydrophobic Surface That Refuses to Get Wet

Engineering Team Developing Helicopter That Would Investigate Nuclear Disasters

How Ocean Bacterium Turns Carbon Into Fuel

A New Energy Source from the Common Pea

Trapping Sunlight With Silicon Nanowires

Hybrid Moped

>> More in: Bio-Energy & Clean Tech

Ag-Bio & Bio-Agriculture

Study shows woody plant encroachment has increased stream flow in the Edwards Plateau

First micro-insurance plan uses mobile phones and weather stations to shield Kenya's farmers

Healing native rangeland may require combination of burning and rotational grazing

Making BRD DOA as a cattle industry concern

Whetting Singapore's thirst for rice

For California vintners, it's not easy being green

Evidence of increasing antibiotic resistance

Cows Like Leaves Their Tongues Can Wrap Around Easily

Machinery Pete: Bright days ahead

'Disagreements are inevitable' in farm succession

>> More in: Ag-Bio & Bio-Agriculture

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