news archive June 2004

• Second-Generation Antisense Inhibitors Provide New Insights Into Metabolic Disease and Potential Treatments
  Isis and Collaborators Present Data From 4 Preclinical Studies at American Diabetes Association Annual Meeting
  
• Genetic vaccine promising against chronic hepatitis C
  HCV NS3-based genetic vaccines effectively primed both humoral and cellular immune responses in mice.
  
• Newly grown kidneys can sustain life in rats
  Researchers take critical first step toward using animal tissue transplants to treat kidney failure
  
• NIH Launches First Center In Nationwide Chemical Genomics Network
  Initiative Will Generate New Tools to Accelerate Study of Human Disease
  
• A Gene That Keeps Species Apart
  Daniel Barbash and colleagues identify a true speciation gene in the fruitfly Drosophila.
  
• Therapeutic cloning may be permitted at Newcastle University
  A special licensing committee of the UK Human Fertilization & Embryology Authority (HFEA) met to decide whether to grant a license to scientists at The Center for Life at Newcastle University.
  
• Alzheimer's May Leave Some Forms of Memory Intact
  People with Alzheimer's disease retain a specific form of memory used for rote learning of skills, even as their memories of people and events are extinguished.
  
• Researcher Issues Caution On Live Virus Vaccines
  Live virus vaccines to prevent infectious diseases like West Nile virus and yellow fever could have dire consequences.
  
• Keeping Drugs Stable Without Refrigeration
  Rapidly solidified sugars preserve proteins best when they suppress tiny, molecular motions lasting a nanosecond or less.
  
• Gene Related To DNA Repair And Cancer Risk
  A protein long thought to be involved in repairing DNA that is damaged during normal metabolic processes is linked to tumour suppression.
  
• Drug Tested At OHSU Prevents MS-like Disease In Animals
  LGD5552, a non-steroidal selective glucocorticoid receptor modulator, prevented disease development when tested on animal models.
  

• New Method to Identify Blood Proteins May Spur Novel Disease Marker Discoveries
  Using conventional technologies, researchers have developed a new method for identifying proteins found in trace quantities in the blood.
  

• Genes Promoting Nerve, Other Cell Communications May Have Come From Bacteria
  Cell-signaling molecules may play a role in learning, memory, mental alertness, sleep patterns, and allergic responses.
  
• Renal Physicians and NIH Release Web Tool to Coordinate Care for Kidney Patients
  Nephrology Consult Letter Template, a new web-based tool to improve coordination of care for kidney patients for Chronic Kidney Disease.
  
• "Imagination" Helps Older People Remember to Comply with Medical Advice
  A healthy dose of "imagination" helps older people remember to take medications and follow other medical advice, according to a new study supported by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), a part of the National Institutes of Health.
  
• Fibroid Tumors Lack Crucial Structural Protein
  Researchers have discovered that fibroids have low levels of the protein dermatopontin.
  

• RNAi delivery system crosses blood-brain barrier to target brain cancer
  Researchers have combined novel molecular targeting technologies to deliver gene-silencing therapy specifically to tumor cells shielded by a normally impermeable obstacle, the blood brain barrier.
  
• "Noisy" Genes Can Have Big Impact
  Can randomness in gene expression lead to differences in cells that are genetically identical?
  
• Developing Tools for Reliable "Gene Chip" Measurements
  Metrology and Standards Needs for Gene Expression Technologies: Universal RNA Standards
  

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