NIGMS - Results http://www.nigms.nih.gov/News/Results/ NIH CMS RSS feeder 2.0 A Light Bulb and New Reactions http://www.nigms.nih.gov/News/Results/090408a.htm Fri, 5 Sep 2008 14:37:15 EST {15641A34-B735-423D-9068-A1EA1D9B3DFA} NIGMS-funded chemists are using light bulbs to propel organic chemical reactions that are efficient, versatile, and environmentally benign. The Robustness of Metabolic Networks http://www.nigms.nih.gov/News/Results/090408b.htm Fri, 5 Sep 2008 14:35:12 EST {56B8B153-32D2-4828-95F7-BBD8CF501ECE} An NIGMS-funded team has found that metabolic networks are evolved to handle potentially harmful changes like gene deletions and mutations. How Cells Copy Epigenetic Markers http://www.nigms.nih.gov/News/Results/090309.htm Fri, 5 Sep 2008 14:32:15 EST {4B942E1C-3F61-415F-A5DA-0EF793CCDFA5} NIGMS-funded researchers have caught in action one of the tools mammalian cells use to maintain the pattern of methylation in DNA. The Motions of Proteins--Random or Controlled? http://www.nigms.nih.gov/News/Results/082708.htm Fri, 5 Sep 2008 14:30:33 EST {7B54515A-5388-47C4-B37B-949D60F66B21} NIGMS-funded researchers have found that protein motions appear to be more restricted and controlled than many expected. Why Animals Sleep http://www.nigms.nih.gov/News/Results/082508a.htm Fri, 5 Sep 2008 14:30:15 EST {743F7C5B-9DBB-4B8E-9204-D24C16FC8D8C} NIGMS-funded researchers are asking why all animals sleep and speculate that sleep gives synapses a chance to slow down. Dense Tissue Promotes Aggressive Cancers http://www.nigms.nih.gov/News/Results/082208.htm Fri, 5 Sep 2008 14:30:00 EST {98FA0796-B07E-41F4-B622-D56DD95E47A0} NIGMS-funded researchers have found that cancer cells in rigid surroundings are more invasive, perhaps explaining why breast cancer is more aggressive in some women. New Protein Structure Could Spur Research on Metabolism, Cell Death http://www.nigms.nih.gov/News/Results/20080904_announce.htm Thu, 4 Sep 2008 13:19:53 EST {2BFF72B9-3F1F-4169-B007-26F95258BA97} Scientists have determined the structure of a human membrane protein involved in metabolism and the self-destruction of cells. Tool Offers Zoomable View of Genome http://www.nigms.nih.gov/News/Results/080408.htm Wed, 3 Sep 2008 13:12:26 EST {462A3B30-298B-4175-A1B3-2C7F573F4F98} NIGMS-funded computational biologists have developed a publicly available tool that integrates diverse data about the genome. Molecule Keeps Pathogens Like Salmonella in Check http://www.nigms.nih.gov/News/Results/082108.htm Wed, 3 Sep 2008 10:11:26 EST {32E63D3E-EBA3-4F84-8AD2-2D1434999EA6} Researchers funded in part by NIGMS have found a potential new way to stop bacteria that cause digestive problems. Chemists Get Closer to Designing Catalysts http://www.nigms.nih.gov/News/Results/081808b.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:26:11 EST {3345F951-4EA1-45AC-B702-D31C0F89780E} An NIGMS-funded study challenges entrenched ideas about the working of catalysts and suggests a way to design new ones. Elderly Patients Less Likely to be Transported to Trauma Centers http://www.nigms.nih.gov/News/Results/081808a.htm Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:58:57 EST {3895978B-18FE-49C5-8C3C-2D6C0BE9D5D0} An NIGMS-supported study found an apparent age bias in the treatment of elderly trauma patients.