Nanocrystals Detect DNA Fluorescent nanocrystals - also known as quantum dots - come in handy as DNA sensors.
Maintaining Suppression A pair of reports show that the regulatory T (Treg) cells require the immune modulator interleukin 2 (IL-2) for their maintenance and long-term function rather than for development, as previously thought.
Malaria Protection -- Two Variants At Odds Study shows that co-inheritance of two of the most common Malaria genetic variants, which individually confer protection, may cancel the protective effects.
Stealing Hepatitis C's Raft Scientists have found a new drug candidate that can be used to stop the liver-damaging Hepatitis C virus (HCV) from multiplying.
New Methods To Derive Embryonic Stem Cells Two papers published online now provide different means of deriving human embryonic stem cells, which involves embryo destruction, from mice without eliminating a cloned embryo that has the potential to develop.
Abnormal Chromosome Numbers Produce Tumours two papers provide new, more direct evidence to support The idea that a failure of proper cell division produces genomic instability and promotes the development of cancer.
Fitting In Newly Evolved Genes Adopt A Variety Of Strategies To Remain In The Gene Pool
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Whooping Cough Vaccine Proves Effective A vaccine to protect against illness due to Bordetella pertussis infection has proved more than 90 percent effective in a national, large-scale clinical study.
Buckets Of Beta Cells Researchers describe a 'reversibly immortalized' cell line that can supply large amounts of insulin-producing human beta-cells.
Schizophrenia: An Update and Review Findings of the research to elucidate the nature of environmental vulnerability factors involved in Schizophrenia.
Thursdays with Marion: The Therapist's Tale A case study with a patient who began therapy after her presymptomatic testing for Huntington disease (HD) to address her depression and anxiety.
Nicotine: An Addictive Pleasure Nicotine shown to induce a progressive and long-lasting increase of sensitivity in the brain reward systems.
Communicating Cancer The role of the Internet and other forms of mass media is explored in helping to raise awareness of cancer prevention and treatment that can shape what people know and do about cancer.
Multiple Sclerosis Genetics Two studies map genetic regions associated with susceptibility to multiple sclerosis (MS).
Human Protein Interactions Go Large Scale Researchers have taken an initial step towards addressing the issue of which of the 22,000 human-gene encoded proteins interact with each other.
Sequence Of Chromosome 18 Completed Scientists conducted a genome-wide comparison of human and other mammalian DNA, and found similarities in the levels of non-protein-coding regions among mammals.
Researchers Predict Infinite Genomes Genome analysis of multiple pathogenic isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae: Implications for the microbial "pan-genome".