Gene Controls Age at Onset of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases By applying a new technique that combines independent lines of genomic evidence, researchers have identified a single gene that influences the age at which individuals first show symptoms of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.
Pulsed Drug Delivery From Polymers Scientists report a novel polymer-based pulsed drug delivery system designed to release accurate doses of drugs from an implant at predetermined times.
Defect In Killer Cells Explains Rare Genetic Disease Sscientists show that the protein AP-3, a mutant of which is present in individuals with Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome type 2 (HPS2), is required by T cells to kill infected cells.
Different Ways To Present A Virus Scientists show that the ability of specialized immune cells to pick up viral particles from their surroundings and use them to alert other immune cells is an important element in fighting viral infections.
RNA May Boost Rogue Prions The studies help elucidate the mechanisms behind prion diseases, such as bovine spongiform encephalitis (BSE) and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD).
Tissue engineering advance MIT engineers report a new approach to creating three-dimensional samples of human tissue that could ultimately lead to therapeutic applications and replacement organs.
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Researchers Neutralize SARS Virus in Lab Tests Advancement Toward Potential Treatment and Prevention of SARS to be Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America
Human Epigenome Project Epigenomics AG and The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute announced today an agreement to fund and carry out the first phase of the Human Epigenome Project (HEP).
Cystic Fibrosis And Sperm Fertility Mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator (CFTR), which are responsible for the lung problems seen in cystic fibrosis patients, may also stop sperm from working normally.
Therapeutic Cloning In Parkinsonian Mice In the first example of therapeutic cloning for treating a brain disorder, scientists have used dopamine neurons derived from cloned mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells to treat mice with a Parkinson-like condition.
Anticancer Drug Explained Researchers are beginning to understand how a particular anticancer drug -- known as 17-AAG -- can kill off cancer cells and leave healthy neighbours unharmed.