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__________________________________________________________________________ Cell Based Assays in Drug Development and Biopharmaceuticals October 6 - 8, 2008 - San Francisco, CA The Cell Based Assays conference has become the meeting place for scientists to discuss obstacles and solutions unique to assays. Topics include: regulatory considerations, drug characterization, potency assay, neutralization antibodies assays and more! Visit http://www.iirusa.com/cba for more info and don’t forget to mention XP1368HUM __________________________________________________________________________ INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION FORUM IN HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS HUM-MOLGEN News Alert - June 12, 2008 - http://hum-molgen.org Genetic News by T.M. D'Souza, S. Chandler, T. Dalaya, D. Forero, R. Kimmel, K. Markey, J. Mill, R. Nemade, F.S. Zollmann http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen - Preventing Amyloid Formation Epigallocatechin gallate, an antioxidant popularly known as EGCG, can prevent the formation of amyloid fibrils, toxic protein aggregates associated with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/06-2008/000012.html - Helping Seizures With Acidity Activation of certain acid-sensing molecules in the brain can interrupt severe seizures associated with epilepsy, reports a study published online. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/06-2008/000011.html - Mapping And Quantifying Mammalian Transcriptomes By RNA-Seq Researchers have applied next-generation sequencing to monitor the messenger RNA output of the mammalian genome. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/06-2008/000010.html - A Drug Against Blood Cancer May Also Fight Lupus A drug used to treat multiple myeloma, a cancer of the white blood cells, could also be useful for the treatment of the chronic autoimmune disease lupus erythematosus. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/06-2008/000009.html - Zipping To Sites Of Infection The way in which immune cells focus in on invading bacteria within infected tissues is reported online. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/06-2008/000008.html - Fighting Infection From An Unlikely Source A rare type of white blood cell has been shown to play an important role in long term immunity to infections. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/06-2008/000007.html - Multi-Part Bacterial Sensor One process through which immune cells "sense" the presence of dangerous bacteria is revealed online. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/06-2008/000006.html - Rare 'de novo' Mutations Contribute To Schizophrenia Risk Individuals who have a non-familial form of schizophrenia are approximately eight times more likely than those without the disease to harbour copy number mutations in their genomes. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/06-2008/000005.html - New Prognostic Marker For Breast Cancer Scientists have identified a genetic variant that strongly predicts poor survival among women with breast cancer, particularly after treatment with a commonly used form of chemotherapy. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/06-2008/000004.html - Cellular Senescence And Ageing Two tumour suppressor genes with crucial effects on the ability of cells to divide and replicate have been found to affect the ageing process in mice. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/06-2008/000003.html - Sequence Of Response Immunologists have uncovered a molecular mechanism that alerts the immune system to the presence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/06-2008/000002.html - Cell Discovery Helps Understanding Of Heart Growth Cell biologists have identified a protein that helps to direct the development of heart cells early in embryonic development. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/06-2008/000001.html - Contact Genetic News editors WWW: http://hum-molgen.org/editors.html E-mail: news@hum-molgen.org DIAGnostics - Clinical Research (professional requests) http://hum-molgen.org/clinical-research/ - Post diagnostic request / call for collaboration http://hum-molgen.org/diagnostic-posting or contact admin@hum-molgen.org Biomedical Positions http://hum-molgen.org/positions/ - Biotechnology: PhD studentship NUI Galway, Ireland http://hum-molgen.org/positions/predoctoral/0578.html - Call for Assistant News Editors Support the HUM-MOLGEN concept actively! 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Topics include: regulatory considerations, drug characterization, potency assay, neutralization antibodies assays and more! Visit http://www.iirusa.com/cba for more info and don’t forget to mention XP1368HUM __________________________________________________________________________ -- | INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION FORUM IN HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS | HUM-MOLGEN - http://hum-molgen.org | (C) 1994-2008