news archive May 2001

• Structural Insight Into Familial Hypercholesterolemia
• Neural Stem Cell Maintenance
• Can A Canary Be Yellow?
• Switching On New Neurons
• Your Brain On Jet Lag
• Stressed Out Cells
• Sloppy Polymerases Make Good
• Neuronal Mechanisms Behind Resistance To Leptin

• Synaptic Transmission From The 'Mushroom Body' Is Required During Memory Retrieval
• New Way To Silence Human Genes
• THE NATURE YEARBOOK OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Protein Synthesis in Living Neurons: Seeing Is Believing

• Vitamin Deficiency May Worsen Motor Neuron Disease
• Cause of Rare Genetic Disorder Points to Faulty Ion Channel

• Legal Barrier to Human Cloning May not Hold Up (Washington Post)
• Germany fears a "Master Race"
• Group to advise on Genetic Innovations

• RNA: the origin of life?
• 'Fat Free' gene discovered
• Genetic basis of autism
• bacterial genes in human genome?
• Gene therapy for arthritis
• 'heating up' gene expression
• Model for hereditary breastcancer
• Key step in gene activation discovered

• Introducing...Labhoo.com

• Bacteria Genes into the Human Genome - the fourth point debated
• Sure there's more on the story
• Nature Insight Supplement Articles on CANCER
• Enzyme Alpha-Calcium/Calmodulin Kinase II Is Required For Memory Consolidation
• Amygdala Enhances Our Perception Of Stimuli That Have Emotional Significance
• Foot-And-Mouth Outbreak Under Control

• colorectal cancer treatment determined by genetic make-up
• Protective protein caps discovered at ends of human chromosomes
• Genetic testing: Overload for health care?
• Scientists track down the root of cloning problems
• BresaGen announces Australia's first cloned pig

• Genetic factors important in risk assessment of childhood cancers

• Researchers Unfold Single RNA Molecules Using Mechanical Force
• Distinguishing How the Visual System Perceives Approaching Objects
• Chimeric Mice Reveal Clues to How Brain's Clock "Ticks"
• A Blueprint for Better Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs
• Size matters

• Public-Private Group Finishes Rough Map of Mouse Genome

• A Computational Approach To Extracting New Information From MEDLINE
• NK Cell Receptor Protects Mice Specifically Against Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
• First Successful Gene Therapy Restores Sight In Blind Dogs
• Adjuvants Improve The Efficacy Of Vaccines By Switching On Bcl-3 Gene
• Helper T Cells Are Not Necessary For Activating Killer T Cells
• At Sublethal Doses, Carbon Monoxide Can Save Tissue That Would Otherwise Die
• Yeast Vaccine Could Be Used To Immunize Against Cancers And Infectious Diseases
• ALP Protein May Be Involved In Some Cases Of Cardiomyopathy
• Neuropeptide Could Be Used To Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis Effectively

• Adult Stem Cell with Astounding Potential Found
• Accident discovery lead to chromosome first

• Genetically altered babies born

• Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) Boosts Expression Of D3 Receptor
• An Alternative To Fetal Tissue As A Source Of Viable Human Brain Cells

• DNA chips and mammalian kidney development
• Mistaken attachments cause cancer-promoting chromosome distribution errors
• New cancer gene discovered
• May the (mechanical) force be with RNA
• The gene for inherited form of high cholesterol levels discovered
• A link between cancer and polycystic kidney disease?
• One step closer to therapeutic cloning
• Genetics of learning and memory

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