news archive genetic news - December 7, 2004

December 7, 2004

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-	A New Approach To ALS Treatment A new treatment approach delays the progression of Amyotropic lateral sclerosis (ALS, often called Lou Gehrig's disease) in an animal model.
-	Fluorescence Reveals Ubiquitination Dynamics A new system for the in vivo tracking of protein ubiquitination states offers considerably more detailed kinetic information than earlier techniques.
-	Promising Early Insight Into HIV Vaccine Research A preliminary investigation of a therapeutic vaccine for HIV has shown some promising signs of efficacy in a subset of the treated patients.
-	Killer Skin Researchers report the identification of an antimicrobial protein secreted by the skin, called psoriasin, that preferentially kills the common gut bacterium Escherichia coli.
-	Malaria Vaccine From GM Parasites Large-scale production of an effective malaria vaccine may be possible in future.
-	An Unexpected Regulatory Role For Seladin-1 A new component of the mammalian cellular defence mechanism against tumour production is identified.
-	Common Blood And Immunity Precursor Cell Discovered A new study gives the strongest proof yet for the existence of a common origin for both vascular cells and haematopoietic cells.
-	Role Of Cancer Gene Identified Study sheds light on the role of the BCL6 cancer gene.
-	Mending A Broken Heart Researchers have identified a molecule that they believe protects and promotes the survival of heart muscle cells.