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Released: 19-Sep-2011 9:00 AM EDT
Large International Study Discovers Common Genetic Contributions to Mental Illness
University of North Carolina Health Care System

This study of more than 50,000 adults ages 18 and older provides new molecular evidence that 11 DNA regions in the human genome have strong association with these diseases, including six regions not previously observed.

Released: 16-Sep-2011 1:40 PM EDT
Breeding Soybeans for Improved Feed
Crop Science Society of America (CSSA)

A unique study shows the progress of soybean breeding for improved animal nutrition.

Released: 16-Sep-2011 11:45 AM EDT
Genetics May Explain Why Calcium Increases Risk for Prostate Cancer
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

A study by epidemiologists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and colleagues suggests that a high intake of calcium causes prostate cancer among African-American men who are genetically good absorbers of the mineral.

Released: 15-Sep-2011 5:00 PM EDT
Are Genes Our Destiny?
Salk Institute for Biological Studies

A "hidden" code linked to the DNA of plants allows them to develop and pass down new biological traits far more rapidly than previously thought, according to the findings of a groundbreaking study by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.

Released: 15-Sep-2011 1:45 PM EDT
Mouse Genome Sequences Reveal Variability, Complex Evolutionary History
University of Wisconsin–Madison

A new paper, building on recent advances in sequencing capability, now reports the complete genomes of 17 different strains of mice, creating an unparalleled genetic resource that will aid studies ranging from human disease to evolution.

Released: 15-Sep-2011 1:45 PM EDT
Fail-Safe System May Lead to Cures for Inherited Disorders
UC San Diego Health

Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have uncovered a previously unknown fail-safe (compensatory) pathway that potentially protects the brain and other organs from genetic and environmental threats. The discovery could provide new ways to diminish the negative consequences of genetic mutations and environmental toxins that cause neurological diseases and other maladies.

14-Sep-2011 8:00 AM EDT
“Synthetic” Chromosome Permits Rapid, On-Demand “Evolution” of Yeast
Johns Hopkins Medicine

In the quest to understand genomes—how they’re built, how they’re organized and what makes them work—a team of Johns Hopkins researchers has engineered from scratch a computer-designed yeast chromosome and incorporated into their creation a new system that lets scientists intentionally rearrange the yeast’s genetic material. A report of their work appears September 14 as an Advance Online Publication in the journal Nature.

Released: 14-Sep-2011 11:05 AM EDT
Scientists Crack Sparse Genome of Microbe Linked to Autoimmunity
NYU Langone Health

Scientists have deciphered the genome of a bacterium implicated as a key player in regulating the immune system of mice. The genomic analysis provides the first glimpse of its unusually sparse genetic blueprint and offers hints about how it may activate a powerful immune response that protects mice from infection but also spurs harmful inflammation.

8-Sep-2011 2:00 PM EDT
Enzyme Might Be Target for Treating Smoking, Alcoholism at Same Time
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

An enzyme that appears to play a role in controlling the brain's response to nicotine and alcohol in mice might be a promising target for a drug that simultaneously would treat nicotine addiction and alcohol abuse in people, according to a study by researchers at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center, affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco.

Released: 12-Sep-2011 9:50 AM EDT
Physicist Detects Movement of Macromolecules Engineered Into Our Food
Universite de Montreal

Toxin proteins are genetically engineered into our food because they kill insects by perforating body cell walls, and Professor Rikard Blunck of the University of Montreal’s Group for the study of membrane proteins (GÉPROM) has detected the molecular mechanism involved.

Released: 9-Sep-2011 10:35 AM EDT
Novel Approach Scores First Success Against Elusive Cancer Gene
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Dana-Farber researchers successfully disrupted the function of the gene MYC by tampering with the gene's "on" switch and growth signals in multiple myeloma cells, offering promising strategy for treating myeloma and other cancers driven by the MYC gene.

7-Sep-2011 3:40 PM EDT
Scientists Discover Genetic Mutation that Causes Parkinson’s Disease
Mayo Clinic

A large team of international researchers have identified a new genetic cause of inherited Parkinson’s disease that they say may be related to the inability of brain cells to handle biological stress.

1-Sep-2011 4:05 PM EDT
Researchers Find Missing Genes May Separate Coach Potato from Active Cousin
McMaster University

Thousands of scientists around the world are working on AMPK but the McMaster team is the first to demonstrate its essential role in exercise. Their research appears in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

2-Sep-2011 2:00 PM EDT
TB Vaccine Candidate Shows Early Promise
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University report in the September 4 online edition of Nature Medicine that they have developed a tuberculosis (TB) vaccine candidate that proved both potent and safe in animal studies. According to the World Health Organization, TB kills an estimated 1.7 million people each year and infects one out of three people around the globe. With drug-resistant strains spreading, a vaccine for preventing TB is urgently needed.

30-Aug-2011 1:45 PM EDT
Two Genes that Cause Familial ALS Shown to Work Together
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Although several genes have been linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), it is still unknown how they cause this progressive neurodegenerative disease. In a new study, Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have demonstrated that two ALS-associated genes work in tandem to support the long-term survival of motor neurons. The findings were published in the September 1 online edition of the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

Released: 1-Sep-2011 10:25 AM EDT
Mapping a Model: Researchers' International Collaboration to Sequence, Analyze Genome of Plant Species
Kansas State University

Two Kansas State University researchers have been collaborating on an international project involving genomes of Arabidopsis thaliana, a model plant species that can offer insights into other plants. Their collaborative work, titled "Multiple reference genomes and transcriptomes for Arabidopsis thaliana," appears online in the journal Nature.

25-Aug-2011 1:00 PM EDT
A Step Toward a Saliva Test for Cancer
American Chemical Society (ACS)

A new saliva test can measure the amount of potential carcinogens stuck to a person’s DNA — interfering with the action of genes involved in health and disease — and could lead to a commercial test to help determine risks for cancer and other diseases, scientists reported here today during the 242nd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS).

Released: 31-Aug-2011 11:50 AM EDT
It's for the Grandkids! Research Finds Promiscuousness Results in Genetic 'Trade-Up,' More Offspring
Indiana University

It's all about the grandkids! That's what a team led by an Indiana University biologist has learned about promiscuous female birds and why they mate outside their social pair.

26-Aug-2011 1:55 PM EDT
Mayo Clinic Finds Genetic Variation That Protects Against Parkinson’s Disease
Mayo Clinic

An international team of researchers led by neuroscientists at Mayo Clinic in Florida has found a genetic variation they say protects against Parkinson’s disease.

23-Aug-2011 12:05 AM EDT
Genomics Used to Find Source of Haitian Cholera Outbreak
Northern Arizona University

Employing technology that reads the entire DNA code, researchers led by the Translational Genomics Research Institute and the Technical University of Denmark have pinpointed the source of a cholera outbreak in Haiti that killed more than 6,000 people and sickened 300,000.



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