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Tiny Worm Sheds Light on Giant Mystery About Neurons
Scientists at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation studying neurons in Caenorhabditis elegans have found a gene, unc-16, that serves as a gatekeeper, restricting the flow of specific membrane-enclosed organelles from the cell body to the axon....
4/25/2013 3:00 PM EDT
Genetics Society of America’s GENETICS Journal Highlights for May 2013
These are the selected highlights, covering a wide array of genetics topics and organisms, for the May 2013 issue of the Genetics Society of America’s journal, GENETICS.
4/29/2013 4:30 PM EDT
Drosophila Meeting Poster Award Recipients Announced
The Genetics Society of America and its Drosophila community announce the nine early career geneticists who are recipients of poster awards for their presentation at the 54th Annual Drosophila Research Conference held April 3-7, 2013 in Washington,...
4/25/2013 2:00 PM EDT
Undergraduate Travel Grant Awardees Present Research at Fly Conference
Nine undergraduate juniors and seniors win travel awards to present their research at the Genetics Society of America’s 54th Annual Drosophila Research Conference in Washington, D.C.
4/8/2013 4:00 PM EDT
A Fly Mutation Suggests a New Route for Tackling ALS
Research presented at the Genetics Society of America’s annual Drosophila Research Conference in Washington, D.C., holds clues to potential treatment for motor neuron diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
4/8/2013 2:00 PM EDT
Flies Reveal Kidney Stones In-the-Making
Research presented on April 6, 2013 at the Genetics Society of America’s 54th Annual Drosophila Conference in Washington, D.C., April 3-7, 2013 identifies an important role zinc plays in the disease process.
4/3/2013 11:55 AM EDT
Flies Model a Potential Sweet Treatment for Parkinson’s disease
Researchers from Tel Aviv University describe experiments that could lead to a new approach for treating Parkinson’s disease using a common sweetener, mannitol. This research is presented April 6 at the Genetics Society of America’s 54th Annual...
3/29/2013 2:00 PM EDT
Skin Deep: Fruit Flies Reveal Clues to Wound Healing in Humans
A presentation on April 5 at the Genetics Society of America’s 54th Annual Drosophila Research Conference in Washington D.C., April 3-7, describes a new way to study wound healing in flies that suggests new targets for wound-healing drugs for...
3/29/2013 2:30 PM EDT
