| February 2012 |
Evolution in Growth Regulator Controls Differences in Size and Shape Between Species  |
| February 23, 2012 • University of Rochester |
| A New Molecular Participant in a Signaling Pathway Important to Cancer and Development |
| February 23, 2012 • Vanderbilt University |
| Researchers Design Small Molecules to Target an RNA Defect and Treat a Common Form of Muscular Dystrophy |
| February 22, 2012 • Scripps Research Institute |
| Mobile DNA Elements Can Disrupt Gene Expression and Cause Biological Variation |
| February 22, 2012 • Ohio State University |
| Evolution of Protein Domain Is Linked to the Evolution of Closed Circulatory Systems in Vertebrates |
| February 21, 2012 • Scripps Research Institute |
| Newly Discovered Switch for Controlling the Development of Cell Polarity in Yeast Is Also Found in Mammalian Cells |
| February 19, 2012 • Stowers Institute for Medical Research |
| Class of Newly Discovered Proteins Detects Painful Touch |
| February 19, 2012 • Scripps Research Institute |
| Genetically Diverse Mouse Collection Mirrors Human Genetic Complexity |
| February 16, 2012 • University of North Carolina Health Care |
| Competing Noncoding RNAs Toggle Gene Expression in Brewer's Yeast |
| February 14, 2012 • Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research |
| Compound May Help in Fight Against Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs |
| February 13, 2012 • North Carolina State University |
| Researchers Discover That Ancient Chinese Herbal Remedy Regulates Autoimmunity and Inflammation |
| February 12, 2012 • Harvard Medical School |
| How Chromosomes Align Perfectly in a Dividing Cell During Mitosis |
| February 12, 2012 • Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research |
| Molecule That Can Tangle Itself Inside the DNA Double Helix Could Serve as a Model for Long-Lasting Drugs |
| February 10, 2012 • The University of Texas at Austin |
| Fruit Fly Study Sheds Light on Pheromones and Aging |
| February 9, 2012 • Baylor College of Medicine |
| Reference Manual of Fruit Fly Genome Lines is Publicly Available |
| February 8, 2012 • North Carolina State University |
| How DNA Finds its Match |
| February 8, 2012 • University of California, Davis |
| Collaboration Adds Timing Capability to Living Cell Sensors |
| February 7, 2012 • National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| Whole-Genome Sequencing of 2011 E. coli Outbreaks in Europe Provides New Insight |
| February 6, 2012 • Harvard School of Public Health |
| Hormone Used in Trials as a Drug Against Obesity and Diabetes Promotes Bone Loss |
| February 6, 2012 • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
| Plant Steroids Regulate the Number of Stomata in Leaves, Controlling Gas Exchange |
| February 5, 2012 • Carnegie Institution |
| New Method to Label Proteins in Living Cells Uses Much Smaller Fluorescent Label |
| February 5, 2012 • North Carolina State University |
| Study of Population Dynamics of Bacteria With Different Kinds of Plasmids Could Lead to Better Methods to Contain Infections |
| February 1, 2012 • Indiana University |
| How Small Molecules Alter a Cell Skeleton's Shape and Drive Cell Movement |
| February 1, 2012 • Johns Hopkins Medicine |
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| January 2012 |
| Stress Can Speed Up Evolution by Increasing the Rate of Chromosome Instability |
| January 30, 2012 • Stowers Institute for Medical Research |
| Unconventional Approaches to Probe Mysterious but Important Protein Help Reveal How it Moves |
| January 26, 2012 • Rice University |
| Structure of a Cytochrome P450 Enzyme May Help in Developing Drugs Against Cancer |
| January 24, 2012 • University of Kansas |
| How SNARE Proteins Bring Vesicles Together Inside Cells to Help Membranes Fuse |
| January 24, 2012 • Baylor College of Medicine |
| Emerging Scholars: A Thirst for Knowledge - Geanncarlo Lugo-Villarino |
| January 24, 2012 • Diverse Issues in Higher Education |
| Extracellular Matrix Outside Bacterial Cells Allows Biofilms to Swell and Spread |
| January 23, 2012 • Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences |
| Three New Members Appointed to NAGMS Council |
| January 20, 2012 • National Institute of General Medical Sciences |
| Genomic Research on High-Altitude Adaptations in Ethiopians Shows Convergent Evolution With Groups in Tibet and Andes |
| January 20, 2012 • University of Pennsylvania |
| Emerging Scholars: Second Chance at Life – Kristian Brown |
| January 20, 2012 • Diverse Issues in Higher Education |
| Tiny Amounts of Alcohol Dramatically Extend Hungry Worm’s Life |
| January 19, 2012 • University of California, Los Angeles |
| Physical Isolation of Chromosomes in Micronuclei Could Lead to Cancer-Causing Mutations |
| January 19, 2012 • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
| Neutrophils, Key Immune Cells, Move in an Unexpected Way Against Invaders |
| January 19, 2012 • University of California, San Francisco |
| Manganese Could Neutralize Deadly Shiga Toxin From Bacteria |
| January 19, 2012 • Carnegie Mellon University |
| Technique Uses DNA Digestion to Identify Important Areas of Genome Regulation |
| January 18, 2012 • National Institute of General Medical Sciences |
| Synthesizing the Top Drug for Treating Systemic Fungal Infections Reveals That it Works More Simply Than Expected |
| January 17, 2012 • University of Illinois |
| Pandemic Flu Linked to La Nina Weather Patterns, Perhaps Through the Altered Migratory Patterns of Birds |
| January 17, 2012 • Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health |
| Newly Discovered Bacterial Growth Process Could Be the Target for New Forms of Antibiotic Therapy |
| January 17, 2012 • Indiana University |
| A Library of Small Molecules Regulates Social Behavior in Nematode Worms |
| January 12, 2012 • California Institute of Technology |
| Gene Tells Cells to Develop Multiple Cilia, Which Are Crucial to the Normal Development of Lungs and Brain |
| January 11, 2012 • Salk Institute for Biological Studies |
| A Detailed Look at the Portion of the Proteasome That Identifies and Degrades Tagged Proteins |
| January 11, 2012 • Berkeley Lab |
| Therapies to Revive the Immune System May Help Save Patients Who Would Otherwise Die From Sepsis |
| January 10, 2012 • Washington University in St. Louis |
| New Method Identifies a Group of Inherited Metabolic Disorders Affecting Lysosomal Enzymes |
| January 9, 2012 • University of Califormia, San Diego |
| Small Molecules Have Therapeutic Potential In Preventing Protein Misfolding and Toxic Aggregation |
| January 6, 2012 • Northwestern University |
| Technique Gets Around Unusual Nature of Malaria Parasite’s Genome to Open it to Study |
| January 5, 2012 • National Jewish Health |
| Study of Bacterial Immune System Reveals Powerful Technique That Could be Used to Silence Genes in Other Organisms |
| January 5, 2012 • University of Georgia |
| Researchers Reveal Detailed Structure of Protein That Binds to Specific DNA Sequences, Named Method of the Year |
| January 5, 2012 • Iowa State University |
| Flatworms Known for Their Regenerative Powers Do Not Use Centrosomes to Organize Chromosome Separation During Cell Division |
| January 5, 2012 • Stowers Institute / UCSF |
| National Institute of General Medical Sciences Reorganizes |
| January 4, 2012 • National Institute of General Medical Sciences |
| State of Art Screening Techniques Identify a Novel Compound That Inhibits Poxviruses From Replicating |
| January 3, 2012 • Boston University |
| Biologists Use Quorum Sensing Signals to Trigger the Dispersal of Biofilm |
| January 3, 2012 • Texas A&M University |
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| December 2011 |
| Molecular Chaperone Appears to Direct G Proteins to Cell Membranes |
| December 27, 2011 • University of Rochester Medical Center |
| Self-Destruct Timer Controls Survival of Messenger RNA |
| December 22, 2011 • Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
| RNA Riboswitches Detect Fluoride and Activate Bacterial Defenses, Contributing to Tooth Decay |
| December 22, 2011 • Yale University |
| Long Intervening Non-Coding RNAs Play Key Roles in Brain Development |
| December 22, 2011 • Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research |
| Why Dengue Infection Hits Harder the Second Time Around |
| December 21, 2011 • UC Berkeley |
| New Method Can Watch Proteins Fold in Real Time |
| December 21, 2011 • University of Pennsylvania |
| Landscape of Connections Shows How HIV and Human Proteins Interact |
| December 21, 2011 • University of California, San Francisco |
| Researchers Create Living "Neon Signs" Made of Millions of Glowing Bacteria |
| December 18, 2011 • University of California, San Diego |
| Genetic Difference Connects Childhood Cancer Drugs to Heart Problems Later in Life |
| December 16, 2011 • University at Buffalo |
| Newly Developed Resources Are Poised to Unlock Medicinal Benefits of Plants |
| December 15, 2011 • University of Kentucky |
| Foul-Smelling Hydrogen Sulfide Plays a Signaling Role in Cell Response to Protein Misfolding |
| December 13, 2011 • Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory |
| Traumatic Injuries Set Off a Genomic Storm in Immune Cells, Altering Expression of Majority of Genes |
| December 7, 2011 • Massachusetts General Hospital |
| Pharmacogenomics Study Links Rare Inherited Variants to Drug Response |
| December 6, 2011 • Genome Research |
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| November 2011 |
| Established Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Differ from Newly Derived Ones |
| November 30, 2011 • University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences |
| Bacterial Attachment Mimics the Just-in-Time Industrial Delivery Model |
| November 29, 2011 • Indiana University |
| Technique Uses a Strategy of Accelerated Serendipity to Discover Chemical Interactions |
| November 28, 2011 • Princeton University |
| Researchers Identify a Potential Therapeutic Target for Aggressive and Common Form of Lymphoma |
| November 28, 2011 • New York University School of Medicine |
| Monarch Butterfly Genome Sequence Gives Insights Into Genetic Basis of Seasonal Migration |
| November 23, 2011 • University of Massachusetts Medical School |
| How DNA Damage Checkpoint Enzymes Are Involved in Stable Maintenance of Telomeres |
| November 23, 2011 • University of Illinois at Chicago |
| UD Students Present at Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students |
| November 22, 2011 • University of Delaware |
| Widely Used Cancer Drug Cisplatin Found to Bind Like Glue to RNA, a Clue to Reducing Side Effects |
| November 21, 2011 • University of Oregon |
| Researchers Identify Protein That Helps Transport Pain Relieving Molecule Into Neurons |
| November 21, 2011 • University of California, Irvine |
| Researchers Discover Molecular Sensor That Detects Hydrogen Peroxide Release at Wounds |
| November 21, 2011 • University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Protein Previously Shown to Slow Ovarian Cancer Speeds Tumor Formation in Kidney Cells |
| November 21, 2011 • University of Hawaii Cancer Center |
| Worms Reveal Secrets of Wound-Healing Response |
| November 17, 2011 • University of California, San Diego |
| Scientists Uncover Elusive Carbon Atom at Center of Nitrogenase Enzyme |
| November 17, 2011 • Cornell University |
| Discovery Provides Insight on How Extracellular Vesicles Form |
| November 17, 2011 • NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine |
| Uncoupling Protein Triggers Switch to Respiration and Differentiation of Stem Cells |
| November 15, 2011 • University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences |
| Researchers Uncover Key Process by Which Estrogen Activates Genes |
| November 14, 2011 • University of Southern California |
| New Method for Producing Precursors of Bone, Smooth Muscle and Nerve Cells |
| November 14, 2011 • University of Georgia |
| Study of Hereditary Parkinson's Finds That Mitochondria Can't be Cleared Out When Damaged |
| November 10, 2011 • Childrens Hospital Boston |
| Roundworms Use Similar Neural Circuits as Humans to Control Their Motions |
| November 10, 2011 • University of Michigan |
| New Insights on How Cells Specialize |
| November 10, 2011 • Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University |
| Open-Source Software for DNA Analysis Available as a "Cloud Computing" Resource |
| November 8, 2011 • Penn State |
| Chemists Take Major Step Toward Efficient Synthesis of Cancer Drug Taxol and Related Compounds |
| November 6, 2011 • The Scripps Research Intitute |
| Building Bridges to Success |
| November 6, 2011 • LompocRecord.com |
| Protein Acetylation Can Help Protein Strands Bind in Interactive Complexes |
| November 4, 2011 • St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital |
| Opening the Data Bank -- Scientists Try to Match New Protein Structures |
| November 4, 2011 • Rochester Institute of Technology |
| New Process Increases the Utility of PET in Creating Images of Chemical Processes in the Body |
| November 4, 2011 • Harvard University |
| Researchers Discover Pulsating Response to Stress in Bacteria |
| November 2, 2011 • California Institute of Technology |
| Faculty and Students Team Up to Change Face of Science |
| November 2, 2011 • UC Berkeley |
| Key Enzymes Spanning a Wide Range of Animal Species Allow Sperm to Develop and Move |
| November 1, 2011 • San Francisco State University |
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| October 2011 |
| Top-Down Method for Identifying Proteins Provides New Strategy For Defining Human Proteome |
| October 30, 2011 • Northwestern University |
| Researchers Describe Cell Cycle That Duplicates Chromosomes Without Cell Division |
| October 30, 2011 • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center |
| Mistakes in RNA Editing at Neuromuscular Junction May Cause Traits of Fragile X Syndrome |
| October 30, 2011 • University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
| Unraveling the Finely Tuned Mechanism That Tells Cells When to Grow |
| October 27, 2011 • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center |
| Stem Cells in Intestines Reshape Organs in Response to Changes in the Body and Environment |
| October 27, 2011 • University of California, Berkeley |
| Researchers Develop Purer, Faster, Less Expensive Way to Produce the Drug Heparin |
| October 27, 2011 • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| Inherited Factors Affect the Response to Chemotherapy Drugs to Differing Degrees |
| October 27, 2011 • UNC Cancer Center |
| Discovery of Stem Cells in Human Lung Could Abet Regeneration After Infection or Disease |
| October 27, 2011 • Harvard Medical School |
| UV Exposure Might Pose Less Risk for Skin Cancer in Morning Than Afternoon |
| October 24, 2011 • UNC Healthcare |
| To Discover Potential Drugs, Chemists Develop Way to Remodel Natural Products |
| October 24, 2011 • Boston University |
| Discovery Illuminates Elusive Proton Channel Gene in Dinoflagellate |
| October 24, 2011 • Rush University Medical Center |
| Complexities of DNA Repair Suggest How Cancer Cells Resist DNA-Damaging Treatments |
| October 23, 2011 • UC Davis |
| Coupling of Proteins Promotes Most Lethal and Common Form of Brain Cancer |
| October 21, 2011 • University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center |
| Zelda Turns on Genes Essential to Embryo Development in a Coordinated Way |
| October 20, 2011 • New York University |
| Common RNA Modification in Human Cells Is Linked to Obesity and Diabetes |
| October 18, 2011 • University of Chicago |
| Cell Biologist Chris A. Kaiser to Lead NIH’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences |
| October 18, 2011 • National Institute of General Medical Sciences |
| Biologists Devise New Way to Watch and Study How Cells Move |
| October 18, 2011 • Florida State University |
| Study Reveals Role for RNA Interference During Chromosomal Replication |
| October 17, 2011 • Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory |
| Laboratory-Grown Stem Cells Express Protein Blimp1, Which Represses Development |
| October 13, 2011 • Baylor College of Medicine |
| Gut Bacteria May Affect Whether a Statin Drug Lowers Cholesterol |
| October 13, 2011 • DukeHealth |
| Different Molecular Mechanisms Are at Work When Circadian Clock Is Advanced Vs. Delayed |
| October 13, 2011 • University of Washington |
| Researchers Quantify the Decisions That Cells Can Make With Cues From the Environment |
| October 12, 2011 • Johns Hopkins |
| Creation of Artificial Self-Replicating Structures Holds Promise for Producing New Materials |
| October 12, 2011 • New York University |
| Comparison of 29 Mammalian Genomes Provides Insights on Regulatory Regions |
| October 12, 2011 • Broad Institute |
| Study Shows How Cells Mark Genes Before Cell Division for Fast Reactivation |
| October 11, 2011 • Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory |
| Equation Predicts Molecular Forces in Hydrophobic Interactions |
| October 11, 2011 • UC Santa Barbara |
| Unexpected Link Between Cell Surface Sugars, Sexual Selection, and Immune Function in Human Origins |
| October 10, 2011 • University of California, San Diego School of Medicine |
| Researchers Sequence a Complex Carbohydrate Biopolymer |
| October 10, 2011 • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| New Technique Streamlines Discovery of Natural Compounds |
| October 9, 2011 • Scripps News |
| Chemists Engineer a Way for Proteins to Help Measure Membrane Lipid Levels |
| October 9, 2011 • University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Nuclear Receptors Compete With Each Other to Regulate Fly Metamorphosis |
| October 6, 2011 • Thomas Jefferson University |
| Insight on Disease Origins Leads to New Treatment for Neuromuscular Disease in Mice |
| October 5, 2011 • Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory |
| NIGMS Grantee Honored with 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| October 4, 2011 • National Institute of General Medical Sciences |
| Three UC Irvine Biologists Honored by Scientific Research Society |
| October 3, 2011 • UC Irvine |
| TB Bacterium's Cell Wall Disarms the Body's Defenses to Remain Infectious |
| October 3, 2011 • The Ohio State University |
| Genomic Architecture Presages Genomic Instability |
| October 2, 2011 • Baylor College of Medicine |
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| September 2011 |
| Computational Modeling Can Help Plan Introduction of Vaccines in Developing Countries |
| September 29, 2011 • University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences |
| Complex Gene Networks Involved in Fly Aggression |
| September 28, 2011 • North Carolina State University |
| How Some Proteins Flagged For Destruction Are Delivered to the Proteasome |
| September 27, 2011 • UT Health Science Center |
| Structure is First Step Toward Broad-Based Antiviral Therapy |
| September 26, 2011 • Robert Wood Johnson Medical School/Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey |
| New Technique Maps Twin Faces of Nanoparticles |
| September 26, 2011 • Vanderbilt University |
| Glow-in-the-Dark Millipede Says 'Stay Away' |
| September 26, 2011 • The University of Arizona |
| Defect in DNA Repair System Makes Young Leukemia Patients Less Likely to Benefit from Chemotherapy Drug |
| September 26, 2011 • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital |
| Compound Kills Flu Strains by Activating Human Cells' Antiviral Response |
| September 26, 2011 • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
| Study Puts a New Spin on Ibuprofen's Actions |
| September 25, 2011 • Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
| Gold Nanowires in Engineered Patches Promise Better Tissue Repair After Heart Attack |
| September 25, 2011 • Children's Hospital Boston |
| Suffering of the Poor May Have Helped Unequal Societies Spread |
| September 23, 2011 • Stanford University |
| Protein Switches Could Turn On Chemotherapy From Within Cancer Cells |
| September 23, 2011 • Johns Hopkins University |
| Zinc Found to Regulate Communication Between Neurons in the Brain |
| September 22, 2011 • Duke Institute of Brain Sciences |
| Large-Scale Genetic Screen Identifies Genes That Repair Nerves After Injury |
| September 21, 2011 • University of California - San Diego |
| ECC Student, Former Marine, Pursues Career Combating Brain Injuries |
| September 21, 2011 • Elgin Community College |
| UTHealth Student Earns Fellowships to Research Major Source of Bacterial Infections |
| September 20, 2011 • University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston |
| Orientation of Continents Influenced Human Migration, Spread of Technology |
| September 19, 2011 • Brown University |
| How Helicase Enzyme Parts Coordinate to Unzip DNA |
| September 19, 2011 • Cornell University |
| Crystal Structure of Dynamin Helps Show How Vesicles Form |
| September 18, 2011 • University of California - Davis |
| Newly Discovered T Cell in Immune System Can Make Neurotransmitter That Blocks Inflammation |
| September 16, 2011 • North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System |
| Family of Four Receives Whole Genome Analysis of Their Health Risks |
| September 16, 2011 • U.S. News & World Report |
| Scientists Quantify Data Capacity of a Biochemical Signaling Pathway |
| September 15, 2011 • Emory University |
| Carbon Nanoparticles Break Barriers--and That May Not Be Good |
| September 15, 2011 • Indiana University |
| New Grants Will Fund Studies of How Diseases Spread Among Animals, Environment and Humans |
| September 13, 2011 • National Science Foundation |
| Immune System Gene Activity Can Predict Trauma Complications |
| September 13, 2011 • Princeton University |
| Graduate School Wins Grant to Recruit, Retain Minority Students |
| September 13, 2011 • The University of Texas Health Science Center |
| A Noninvasive Way to Track the Erosion of Biodegradable Materials in the Body |
| September 13, 2011 • Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Stable RNA Nano-Scaffold in Virus Core Points to Therapeutic Nanotech |
| September 12, 2011 • University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center |
| Protein Probe in Combination With Radiation Could Lead to Anticancer Tactic |
| September 12, 2011 • Emory University Woodruff Health Sciences Center |
| Researchers Pinpoint Changes in Protein Structure That Change its Signaling Function |
| September 6, 2011 • The Scripps Research Institute |
| Jumping Gene's Preferred Targets May Influence Genome Evolution |
| September 6, 2011 • Carnegie Institution |
| Insights Into the Division of Mitochondria Linked to Degenerative Diseases |
| September 6, 2011 • University of Colorado at Boulder |
| New Type of Compound for Treating Diabetes Targets Unique Molecular Switch |
| September 4, 2011 • Scripps Research Institute |
| Understanding Plants’ Circadian Clock May Expand Range of Crops |
| September 1, 2011 • Yale University |
| How Cells Regulate Their Filaments for Internal Transport |
| September 1, 2011 • Brandeis University |
| Glowing, Blinking Bacteria Show How Cells Synchronize Biological Clocks |
| September 1, 2011 • University of California, San Diego |
| ARRA-Funded ASCB Image Library Recognized by The Scientist |
| September 1, 2011 • American Society for Cell Biology |
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| August 2011 |
| New Method Reveals Parts of Bacterial Genome Essential to Life |
| August 30, 2011 • Stanford University Medical Center |
| Chromatin Sends Out Regulatory Signals as Well as Receiving Them |
| August 30, 2011 • University of Texas |
| Cytoplasmic Streaming Helps Position Meiotic Spindle During Oocyte Maturation |
| August 28, 2011 • Stowers Institute for Medical Research |