Biochemistry News - Life Science News RSS Feeds from Brightsurf Science NewsLife Science :: BiochemistryBiochemistry News Stories, Current Biochemistry News Events, Discoveries and Articleshttp://www.brightsurf.com/rss.news.xml?search=Biochemistry Biochemistry News Stories Current Biochemistry News Events, Discoveries and Articles McGill researchers overcome chemotherapy resistance in the lab Researchers from McGill University's Faculty of Medicine have discovered a compound that reduces resistance to chemotherapy agents used to treat cancer. Their results were published in the June issue of The Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI). (2008-06-30) New report: The truth about drug innovation A new report co-authored by Manhattan Institute senior fellow Benjamin Zycher, and Joseph DiMasi, and Christopher-Paul Milne, researchers from the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, examines case histories for thirty-five important pharmaceutical innovations. (2008-06-25) New research on mutation in yeast can enhance understanding of human diseases Yeast, a model organism heavily relied upon for studying basic biological processes as they relate to human health, mutates in a distinctly different pattern than other model organisms, a finding that brings researchers closer to understanding the role of evolutionary genetics in human diseases and cancer. (2008-06-20) Indiana U scientists uncover potential key to better drugs to fight toxoplasmosis parasite Discoveries by Indiana University School of Medicine scientists have opened a promising door to new drugs for toxoplasmosis and other parasites that now can evade treatments by turning dormant in the body. (2008-06-19) Shilatifard Lab Identifies New Role for Factor Critical to Transcription The Stowers Institute's Shilatifard Lab has identified a new role for the elongation factor ELL in gene transcription by RNA polymerase II (Pol II) - the enzyme that synthesizes messenger RNA to carry genetic information from DNA to the protein-synthesizing machinery of the cell. (2008-06-18) Membrane complexes take flight Against currently held dogma, scientists at the Universities of Cambridge and Bristol have revealed that the interactions within membrane complexes can be maintained intact in the vacuum of a mass spectrometer. Their research is published in this week's edition of Science Express. (2008-06-13) Synthetic molecules hold promise for new family of anti-cancer drugs Synthetic molecules designed by two Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers have succeeded in reducing and even eliminating the growth of human malignant tissues in mice, while having no toxic effects on normal tissue. (2008-06-05) Microrobots dance on something smaller than a pin's head Microscopic robots crafted to maneuver separately without any obvious guidance are now assembling into self-organized structures after years of continuing research led by a Duke University computer scientist. (2008-06-03) Certain form of tomatoes could be key to prostate cancer prevention New cancer research from the University of Missouri suggests that eating a certain form of tomato product could be the key to unlocking the prostate cancer-fighting potential of the tomato. (2008-05-30) Penn researchers gain new insights on spinal muscular atrophy Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine discovered that the effect of a protein deficiency, which is the basis of the neuromuscular disease spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), is not restricted to motor nerve cells, suggesting that SMA is a more general disorder. (2008-05-30) |
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