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December 2012 New Clues on How Hepatitis C Virus Hijacks Cell’s Protein-Making Machinery  December 27, 2012 • University of Colorado Denver Researchers Developing New Class of Malaria Drugs by Modeling Natural Inhibitor  December 26, 2012 • University of Pennsylvania Detailed Molecular Structure Reveals Inner Workings of Chinese Herbal Medicine  December 23, 2012 • Scripps Research Institute Study Uncovers Molecular Basis of Resetting the Body’s “Food Clock”  December 21, 2012 • University of California, San Francisco New Approach to Destroy Disease-Associated RNAs in Cells  December 20, 2012 • Scripps Research Institute Chromosome “Anchors” Organize DNA During Cell Division  December 20, 2012 • Salk Institute for Biological Studies Cholesterol Helps Regulate Key Signaling Proteins in the Cell  December 19, 2012 • University of Illinois at Chicago Molecular Networks Form Basis of New Computational Model of the Cell  December 16, 2012 • University of California, San Diego Study Uncovers New Drug Targets for Aggressive Brain Tumor  December 14, 2012 • University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences Molecular “Snapshots” Map Out Production of Cellulose in Bacteria  December 13, 2012 • University of Virginia Tagging Protein for Destruction Bolsters Some of Its Functions  December 12, 2012 • Michigan State University Major Shift in Human Intestinal Bacterial Populations in Past 100 Years  December 12, 2012 • University of Oklahoma Anti-Aging Gene Identified as Tumor Suppressor in Mice  December 11, 2012 • University of Michigan Porcupine Quill Structure Provides Model for Future Medical Devices  December 10, 2012 • Brigham and Women's Hospital Gene Network Illuminates Stress, Mutation and Adaptation Responses in Bacteria  December 6, 2012 • Baylor College of Medicine Different Genes Behind Same Adaptation to Thin Air  December 6, 2012 • Case Western Reserve University Biochemists Trap a Chaperone Machine in Action  December 6, 2012 • University of Massachusetts at Amherst Multitasking Plasmonic Nanobubbles Kill Some Cells, Modify Others  December 3, 2012 • Rice University Key Hormone Plays Role in Shaping Plant Organs  December 3, 2012 • Carnegie Institution for Science How Two Proteins Help Form Cells’ Autophagosomes  December 2, 2012 • Scripps Research Institute   November 2012 Native Americans and Northern Europeans More Closely Related Than Previously Thought  November 30, 2012 • Genetics Society of America Specific Region of Notch Protein Key to Discriminating Between Ligands  November 29, 2012 • Baylor College of Medicine Rules Devised for Building Proteins Not Found in Nature  November 29, 2012 • University of Washington Roadmap of Mitochondrial Protein Acetylation Offers New Clues to Aging, Disease  November 29, 2012 • University of Wisconsin, Madison Iron Crucial for Growth of Pathogenic Bacteria  November 29, 2012 • Kansas State University Binding Partners Activate Chromatin Remodeling Protein by Triggering Shape Change  November 29, 2012 • Stowers Institute for Medical Research New Chemical Toolkit Simplifies Creation of Drug Compounds  November 28, 2012 • The Scripps Research Institute New Mechanism for Cancer Progression Discovered  November 27, 2012 • UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Component of the Immune Response Points to Potential New Cancer Therapies  November 27, 2012 • The Scripps Research Institute Weather Forecast Techniques Used to Predict Flu Outbreaks  November 26, 2012 • Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health Study Uncovers What Keeps a Cell's Energy Source Going  November 26, 2012 • Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Metabolic Protein Launches Sugar Feast That Nurtures Brain Tumors  November 26, 2012 • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Inactivation of Specific DNA Sites Governs X Chromosome Inactivation  November 26, 2012 • UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Calcium “Accelerator” Helps Keep Cell Power Supply Going  November 25, 2012 • Temple University Health System Structural Studies Provide New Insights on How Flu Replicates  November 22, 2012 • Scripps Research Institute DNA Methylation Profiles Offer New Measure of “Biological” Age  November 21, 2012 • University of California, San Diego Breakthrough in Determining Cause of Disabling Sleep Disorder  November 21, 2012 • Emory University Certain Mutated Cells Ignore Signs to Stop DNA Replication—With Disastrous Results  November 19, 2012 • University of Southern California Study Reveals How DNA Packaging Complex is Regulated  November 16, 2012 • University of Utah Health Sciences Study Tracks Genetic Underpinnings of Aggressive Behavior  November 15, 2012 • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Scientists Develop Single-Cell Imaging to Watch the Cell Clock  November 13, 2012 • Ohio State University New Type of Bacterial Protection Found Within Cells  November 13, 2012 • University of California, Irvine Cooperative Members of Yeast Population Have Survival Advantage  November 13, 2012 • Massachusetts Institute of Technology Safety Gear Reduces Risk of Head Injuries in Skiing and Snowboarding  November 12, 2012 • Johns Hopkins Medicine Yeast "Mothers" Sacrifice for Their Offspring  November 8, 2012 • University of Califormia, San Francisco New Player in Asymmetric Cell Division Uncovered  November 8, 2012 • University of Massachusetts at Amherst Extra Chromosome 21 Removed From Down Syndrome Cell Line  November 8, 2012 • University of Washington Transcription Factor Found to Play Role in Repairing Damaged DNA  November 1, 2012 • University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Gene Required for Nerve Regeneration Identified  November 1, 2012 • Penn State Computers "Taught" to ID Regulating Gene Sequences  November 1, 2012 • Johns Hopkins Medicine Compound Shows Therapeutic Promise in Mouse Model of Huntington's Disease  November 1, 2012 • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Bacteria Yield Clues About Protein Aggregation in ALS and Alzheimer's  November 1, 2012 • Yale University   October 2012 New Type of Quick-Release Medical Tape Minimizes Neonatal Skin Injury  October 29, 2012 • Brigham and Women's Hospital Scientists Block Toxic Protein That Plays Key Role in Lou Gehrig's Disease  October 28, 2012 • Gladstone Institutes Study Zeroes in on How Stem Cells Maintain Undifferentiated State  October 26, 2012 • Carnegie Institution Mung Bean Extract Helps Protect Against Sepsis in Mice  October 26, 2012 • The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research Researchers Uncover New Target for Anticancer Drug Development  October 25, 2012 • University of Colorado at Boulder Protein Serves as Gatekeeper for Maintaining Health of Cell's Energy Source  October 25, 2012 • University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Harmful Genes Are Widespread in Yeast But Hold Hidden Benefits  October 25, 2012 • University of Michigan Far From Random, Evolution Follows a Predictable Genetic Pattern  October 25, 2012 • Princeton University Anesthesia Drugs Really Do Put Us to Sleep  October 25, 2012 • University of Pennsylvania Study Suggests Bacteria Sparked Evolution of Multicellular Life  October 24, 2012 • University of California, Berkeley Lactation Protein Suppresses Tumors and Metastasis in Breast Cancer  October 23, 2012 • University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Structure of an Unmodified G-Protein-Coupled Receptor in Its Natural Habitat  October 22, 2012 • University of California, San Diego Protein-Labeling Technique Allows Visualization of Molecules Inside Cells  October 21, 2012 • Massachusetts Institute of Technology Evolution of New Genes Captured  October 19, 2012 • University of California, Davis Researchers Unveil Structure of 'Molecular Machine' That Initiates DNA Transcription  October 18, 2012 • Rutgers University Lipid Droplets Play an Unexpected Role in Embryo Development  October 18, 2012 • University of Rochester Computer Modeling Feat Sheds Light on Protein Channel's Function  October 18, 2012 • California Institute of Technology Bacterial Biofilms Provide Insight Into How to Engineer Organs  October 18, 2012 • University of Texas at Dallas Cold Viruses Point the Way to New Cancer Therapies  October 16, 2012 • Salk Institute for Biological Studies Mice at Risk of Asthma, Allergies Can Fight Off Skin Cancer  October 15, 2012 • Washington University in St. Louis Shape Matters in DNA Nanoparticle Therapy  October 12, 2012 • Northwestern University NIGMS Awards $1.6 Million for the Development of Methods to Make Complex Natural Products  October 12, 2012 • The Scripps Research Institute Using Cell Phone Data to Curb the Spread of Malaria  October 11, 2012 • Harvard School of Public Health New National Centers for Systems Biology to Study Microbial Communities and RNA October 11, 2012 • National Institute of General Medical Sciences New Insights on Quorum Sensing Suggest Infection Control Strategy  October 11, 2012 • University of Washington Multicolored Probes That Reveal Bacterial Growth Offer Powerful New Tool  October 11, 2012 • Indiana University Fruit Flies Reveal Forces That Shape Genetic Variation  October 11, 2012 • University of California, Davis NIGMS Grantee Honored with Nobel Prize in Chemistry October 10, 2012 • National Institute of General Medical Sciences "Molecular Sled" Carries Viral Enzyme Along DNA to Find Targets  October 10, 2012 • Brookhaven National Laboratory New Screening Method to Aid RNA Drug Development Research  October 9, 2012 • The Scripps Research Institute Infections Are Better Prevented When Hospitals Cooperate  October 9, 2012 • University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences Putting a Block on Neuropathic Pain Before It Starts  October 8, 2012 • Boston Children's Hospital Award Enables Systematic Study of Protein Linked to Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia  October 8, 2012 • Rice University Electrical Activity in Clock Neurons Helps Control Circadian Rhythms  October 4, 2012 • New York University Novel Technology Identifies Biomarkers for Ulcerative Colitis  October 3, 2012 • The Scripps Research Institute 'Humanized' Mice Advance Study of Rheumatoid Arthritis  October 3, 2012 • Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine   September 2012 UHRF1 Protein Links Two Types of Epigenetic Modification  September 30, 2012 • University of North Carolina Health Care Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells and Cancer Cells Found to Be Similar  September 28, 2012 • University of California, Davis New Way of Fighting High Cholesterol Upends Assumptions  September 27, 2012 • University of California, San Diego New NSF-NIH-USDA-BBSRC Grants Fund Research on How Infectious Diseases Are Transmitted  September 27, 2012 • National Science Foundation Protein Structure Unlocks Mystery of Multi-Drug Tolerance  September 26, 2012 • Duke University Medical Center Potassium Channel Helps Drive Daily Rhythms in Neuronal Activity  September 25, 2012 • New York University Newly Discovered Molecule Could Deliver Drugs to Treat Diseases  September 24, 2012 • Kansas State University Environmental Stress Response Different in Nearly Genetically Identical Microorganisms  September 24, 2012 • North Carolina State University Team Develops Editing Toolkit for Customizing Zebrafish Genomes  September 23, 2012 • Mayo Clinic Discovery Sheds Light on How a Human Anti-HIV Mechanism Works  September 23, 2012 • University of California, San Diego New Centers to Study HIV’s Basic Biology, Drug Resistance September 21, 2012 • National Institute of General Medical Sciences Transcriptional Profiling Reveals Insights Into Migrating Cells  September 20, 2012 • California Institute of Technology Small RNAs Help Silence Mobile Genetic Elements in Germline Cells  September 20, 2012 • Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory New Center at Scripps Research Institute to Shed Light on HIV Drug Resistance  September 19, 2012 • The Scripps Research Institute Engineered Nanoparticles Deliver Drugs to Mitochondria  September 19, 2012 • University of Georgia Study Uncovers Epigenetic Signature of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells  September 18, 2012 • Salk Institute for Biological Studies New Method for Reversibly Tagging Proteins  September 16, 2012 • University of California, San Diego Flu Antibody's 'One-Handed Grab' May Boost Universal Vaccine Effort  September 16, 2012 • The Scripps Research Institute First 3-D Model of a Protein Complex Critical to Embryonic Development  September 14, 2012 • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Two Key Genes Direct Muscle Fiber Differentiation  September 13, 2012 • Uni­ver­sity of New Mex­ico Loss of Epigenetic Mark is a Red Flag for Deadly Skin Cancer  September 13, 2012 • Brigham and Women's Hospital Intestinal Microbes Help the Body Absorb Dietary Fats  September 12, 2012 • University of North Carolina Health Care Top U.S. Science Prize Recognizes NIGMS-Funded Basic Research September 11, 2012 • National Institute of General Medical Sciences "Molecular Beacons" Track Stem Cell Transformation  September 11, 2012 • Brown University Study Provides Insight Into How Widespread Class of Proteins Senses Oxygen  September 10, 2012 • University of Georgia NIGMS Funds First IDeA Grants for Clinical and Translational Research September 10, 2012 • National Institute of General Medical Sciences Study Identifies Genes Associated With Genomic Expansions That Cause Disease  September 9, 2012 • Georgia Institute of Technology Well-Known Protein Reveals New Tricks  September 6, 2012 • University of Califormia, San Francisco Scientists Design Molecule That Reverses Some Fragile X Syndrome Defects  September 4, 2012 • The Scripps Research Institute RNA Binding Protein's Potential Targets Found to be in the Thousands  September 4, 2012 • University of California, San Diego New Mass Spectrometry Approach Could Speed Drug Discovery  September 3, 2012 • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Computational Model Offers Tool for Predicting Anti-HIV Therapy Outcome  September 2, 2012 • Harvard University Ancient Enzymes Function Like Nanopistons to Unwind RNA  September 2, 2012 • The University of Texas at Austin   August 2012 Microscopy Technique Yields First Measure of Key Cardiac Protein's Flexibility  August 31, 2012 • Florida State University Wound Repair in Flatworms May Help Guide Regenerative Therapies in Humans  August 30, 2012 • Stowers Institute for Medical Research Study Shows 'Promiscuous' Metabolic Enzymes Still Prevalent  August 30, 2012 • University of California, San Diego Study Reveals Neuronal Protein's Role in Cell Adhesion and Migration  August 30, 2012 • University of North Carolina Health Care Genetic Variation Influences Complex Trait and Survival in Natural Setting  August 30, 2012 • Duke University Ancient Genome Reveals Its Secrets  August 30, 2012 • Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology "Noise" in Signals That Control Transcription Linked to Gene Organization  August 30, 2012 • Rice University Computational Model Provides Tool for Exploring How Genes Control Embryonic Development  August 28, 2012 • California Institute of Technology Repressor Proteins Turn Down Gene Activities by Thwarting Histone  August 27, 2012 • Stowers Institute for Medical Research Cap Recycling Enables mRNAs to be Stored and Reactivated  August 27, 2012 • Ohio State University Quantitative Approach Reveals Characteristics of On-Off Genetic Switch  August 23, 2012 • Emory University Professor Terrance Cooper of The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Receives $1.4 Million Grant for Biomedical Research  August 23, 2012 • University of Tennessee Histone-Modifying Proteins - Not Histones - Hold on to DNA During Replication  August 23, 2012 • Thomas Jefferson University Addition of Sugar Molecule to Metabolic Enzyme Feeds Tumor Growth  August 23, 2012 • California Institute of Technology Structure of Gene Regulator Reveals Clues to Drug Resistance in Tuberculosis  August 22, 2012 • Iowa State University NIH Uses Genome Sequencing to Track Hospital Bacterial Outbreak  August 22, 2012 • National Human Genome Research Institute Methylation Enzyme Uses Two-Pronged Approach to Control Gene Activity  August 22, 2012 • Stowers Institute for Medical Research Study Reveals Unique Solution to Controlling Potentially Deleterious Genes  August 21, 2012 • Benaroya Research Institute Enzyme Plays Crucial Role in Preserving 'Stem-ness' of Stem Cells  August 21, 2012 • University of Michigan Common Antifungal Drug Slows Tumor Growth  August 21, 2012 • The University of Texas at Austin Automated Worm Sorter Speeds Search for Genes That Affect Development  August 19, 2012 • Georgia Institute of Technology Poxviruses Defeat Host Antiviral Defenses by Duplicating a Gene  August 16, 2012 • University of Utah Specific Gut Bacteria Linked to Metabolic Syndrome  August 15, 2012 • University of Maryland New Method for Making Animal Models of Splicing Disorders  August 15, 2012 •  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Bacteria Traveling in Simulated Blood Flow Device Form Antibiotic-Resistant Clumps  August 15, 2012 • University of Michigan Mutations in Deacetylase Enzyme Linked to Rare Genetic Disorder  August 12, 2012 • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Study Offers Clues Into Molecular Defect That Underlies Blood Vessel Disorder  August 10, 2012 • St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Three Human Antibodies Provide Broad Protection Against Flu  August 9, 2012 • The Scripps Research Institute Team Creates New View of Body’s Infection Response  August 9, 2012 • Vanderbilt University Medical Center Spending More on Trauma Care Doesn't Bring Higher Survival Rates  August 9, 2012 • Johns Hopkins Medicine Scientists Use Worms to Unearth Cancer Drug Targets  August 9, 2012 • Genetics Society of America "Selfish" DNA in Worm Mitochondria Offers New Tool to Study Aging  August 9, 2012 • Oregon State University Fruit Fly Chromosome Analysis Sheds Light on Evolution and Fertility  August 8, 2012 • Arizona State University Experimental Drug Halts Fibrosis in Animal Model of Liver Disease  August 7, 2012 • University of California, San Diego Growth Rate Threshold Triggers Mammalian Cell Division  August 5, 2012 • Massachusetts Institute of Technology Protein Kinase Has Dual Role in Cancer and Stem Cell Regulation  August 3, 2012 • Mount Sinai School of Medicine Planarians Take on New Role as Model System for Studying Eye Development  August 2, 2012 • Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research   July 2012 NIH Creates Office of Emergency Care Research July 31, 2012 • National Institute of General Medical Sciences Enzyme's Structure Could Lead to Novel Anti-Malarial Drugs  July 30, 2012 • Johns Hopkins Medicine Researchers Identify Gene Linked to Vision Loss in Infants  July 29, 2012 • Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary African Hunter-Gatherer Genomes Shed Light on Human Diversity, Evolution  July 26, 2012 • University of Pennsylvania Computational Method Makes Novel Links Between Genes, Drugs, Side-Effects  July 24, 2012 • Mount Sinai School of Medicine Tubulin Proteins Drive Asymmetrical Patterning Across a Broad Spectrum of Species  July 17, 2012 • Tufts University Structural Studies Illuminate Large, Medically Important Protein Class  July 12, 2012 • The Scripps Research Institute Researchers Identify Another Way the Body Excretes Excess Copper  July 12, 2012 • Johns Hopkins Medicine New Technique for Making and Manipulating Complex Microstructures with Biomedical Applications  July 12, 2012 • University of Maryland Discovery of Chemical That Affects Biological Clock Offers New Way to Treat Diabetes  July 12, 2012 • University of California, San Diego Research Uncovers Potential Drug Target for Treating Inflammation  July 9, 2012 • The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research

 

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