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___________________________________________________________________________ hum-molgen: positions in bioscience and medicine central resource for employment in genetics and biotechnology => http://hum-molgen.org/positions/ ___________________________________________________________________________ INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION FORUM IN HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS HUM-MOLGEN News Alert - February 24, 2003 - http://hum-molgen.org DIAGnostics - Clinical Research (professional requests) http://hum-molgen.org/clinical-research/ - Pseudoachondroplasia http://hum-molgen.org/bb/Forum2/HTML/000129.html - Jejunal atresia http://hum-molgen.org/bb/Forum2/HTML/000130.html - Mutations associated with genes involved in breast cancer http://hum-molgen.org/bb/Forum1/HTML/000090.html - Post diagnostic request / call for collaboration http://hum-molgen.org/diagnostic-posting or contact hum-molgen@nic.surfnet.nl Genetic News by T.M. D'Souza, W. Kalle, A.W.I. Lo, R.V. Nemade, U. Sattler http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen - Alzheimer’s Disease Peptide Acts At A Distance Beta amyloid peptide outside cells, rather than within neurons, may be the type that is detrimental in Alzheimer's disease http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/02-2003/msg25.html - Japanese Scientists Identify Protein Involved In Stomach Ulcers A receptor on stomach cells for a toxin produced by the bacterium Helicobacter pylori mediates the signals that lead to ulceration in mice http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/02-2003/msg24.html - Colon Cancer Cell Migration Adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene is clearly linked to the migration of colon cancer cells http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/02-2003/msg23.html - New Lead For Diabetic Drugs A G-protein-coupled receptor, GPR40, abundantly expressed in the pancreas, functions as a receptor for long-chain FFAs, which amplify glucose-stimulated insulin secretion from pancreatic b cells http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/02-2003/msg22.html - Another way to silence genes with small RNAs A short form of RNA can turn off a targeted gene much the way naturally occurring microRNAs do http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/02-2003/msg21.html - Using RNA Interference to Tune Gene Activity in Stem Cells New Method for the Study and Treatment of Disease http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/02-2003/msg20.html - Component Guide For Fueling Human Heart Researchers have completed the most comprehensive attempt yet to catalog the protein content of human heart mitochondria http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/02-2003/msg19.html - Vitamin B1 Deters Diabetic Complications A widely available derivative of vitamin B1 prevents the progression of diabetic complications such as retinal damage http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/02-2003/msg18.html - Intelligence And Brain Activity People who score high on intelligence tests also activate a distinct set of brain regions during demanding mental tasks http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/02-2003/msg16.html - Wrong Protein Implicated In Autoimmunity? The real culprit in autoimmune inflammation is interleukin-23, and not interleukin-12 http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/02-2003/msg15.html - HIV No Match For Microbicides First concrete evidence that microbicides can prevent virus attachment and entry into the vagina or rectum http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/02-2003/msg14.html - Following The Trail To Death A protein known as TRAIL may be important in preventing the development of dangerous immune cells that have the ability to attack other healthy cells http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/02-2003/msg13.html - To Fix DNA, You Need A Molecular Crowbar DNA-repair enzyme Rad54 remodels chromatin and pushes repressive nucleosome structures out of the way http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/02-2003/msg12.html - RNA Interference Humbles Hepatitis RNAi can successfully prevent liver injury and death in a mouse model of hepatitis http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/02-2003/msg11.html - Rhythm Of Life Mutation in the structural protein ankyrin-B basis for life-threatening cardiac disease http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/02-2003/msg09.html - Caltech, Italian Scientists Find Human Longevity Marker Even though Jeanne Louise Calment died in 1997 at the age of 122, we envy her longevity. Better, perhaps, to envy her mother's lineage, suggest scientists http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/02-2003/msg07.html - Study finds no link between taking folic acid and having twins New results from a study involving almost a quarter of a million women in China show that taking folic does not increase a woman's chances of giving birth to twins http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/02-2003/msg06.html - The US National Library of Medicine "Profiles In Science" Web Site Papers of Nobel Laureate, Linus Pauling, Added to "Profiles In Science" Web Site http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/02-2003/msg05.html - Genetic "Signature" Linked to Severe Lupus Symptoms Gene expression profiling reveals an interferon expression signature in a subset of lupus patients http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/02-2003/msg04.html - Contact Genetic News editors news@hum-molgen.org Biomedical Positions http://hum-molgen.org/positions/ - Biochemistry / Immunology: PhD. position University of Kiel, Department of Biochemistry, Kiel, 24098, Germany http://hum-molgen.org/positions/predoctoral/0440.html - Biochemistry / Immunology: Manager/Leiter Chemistry Manufacturing and Control (CMC) (m/w) BDS Personalkonzept GmbH, 80538 München, Germany http://hum-molgen.org/positions/postdocs/2200.html - Biochemistry / Immunology: Doktorandenstelle / PhD student position TATI - Tübingen Ageing and Tumour Immunology Group, 72072 Tübingen, Germany http://hum-molgen.org/positions/predoctoral/0439.html - Biotechnology: Scientist/Group Leader e-mensa.search, Pagosa Springs,CO http://hum-molgen.org/positions/non_academic_positions/0906.html - Cardiovascular Research: Postdoctoral Fellow or Associate in Cardiovascular Biology Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, NY 10029 USA http://hum-molgen.org/positions/postdocs/2201.html - Cardiovascular Research: Post-doctoral Fellow University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75390-8573 http://hum-molgen.org/positions/postdocs/2206.html - Cell and Molecular Biology / Anatomy: Postdoctoral Fellow or Associate in Cell and Molecular Biology Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, NY 10029 USA http://hum-molgen.org/positions/postdocs/2202.html - Cell and Molecular Biology / Anatomy: Post-doctoral fellow Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048 USA http://hum-molgen.org/positions/postdocs/2204.html - Genetics: Cytogenetics Director Hess Associates, Executive Search, Toronto, ON M3B 3K4, Canada http://hum-molgen.org/positions/non_academic_positions/0908.html - Genetics: post-doctoral fellow Children's Mercy Hospital, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 64108 http://hum-molgen.org/positions/postdocs/2203.html - Genetics: Post-Doctoral Fellow Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287-4922, USA http://hum-molgen.org/positions/postdocs/2199.html - Microbiology / Virology: Diagnostic Assay Development Scientist Stoakley-Dudley Consultants Ltd., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5N 1A6 http://hum-molgen.org/positions/postdocs/2205.html - Others: Corporate Trainer - Senior Manager/Associate Director Data Management DATA MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANAGERS - Clinical Trials Specialist, EPIC ICON Clinical Research, Inc., NORTH WALES, 19454, USA http://hum-molgen.org/positions/non_academic_positions/0904.html http://hum-molgen.org/positions/non_academic_positions/0913.html http://hum-molgen.org/positions/non_academic_positions/0912.html http://hum-molgen.org/positions/non_academic_positions/0911.html - Pharmacology and Toxicology: Scientist/Group Leader e-mensa.search, Pagosa Springs, CO http://hum-molgen.org/positions/non_academic_positions/0905.html - Pharmacology and Toxicology: Pharmacy Technician, FT Variable Shifts Marian Medical Center, SANTA MARIA, 93454, USA http://hum-molgen.org/positions/non_academic_positions/0903.html - Pharmacology and Toxicology: Quality Control Analyst - Supervisor Stoakley-Dudley Consultants Ltd., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5N 1A6 http://hum-molgen.org/positions/non_academic_positions/0910.html - Pharmacology and Toxicology: Quality Assurance Inspector Stoakley-Dudley Consultants Ltd., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5N 1A6 http://hum-molgen.org/positions/non_academic_positions/0909.html - Pharmacology and Toxicology: PHARMACIST Lovelace, Albuquerque, 87108, USA http://hum-molgen.org/positions/non_academic_positions/0915.html - Pharmacology and Toxicology: Pharmacy Certified Technician Lovelace, Albuquerque, 87108, USA http://hum-molgen.org/positions/non_academic_positions/0914.html - 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