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New Risk Marker For Overweight Children Isolated
A study of 40 overweight children has revealed they all share something in common aside from being heavy: each one of them has high levels of apoB48, a structural protein found in intestinal cholesterol. Data On Genes Involved In Autism Released To Researchers
The Autism Consortium, a group of researchers, clinicians and families dedicated to accelerating research and enhancing clinical care for autism, recently announced that it has completed the first genome scan for Autism Spectrum Disorders through its Autism Gene Discovery Project and released the reference data set to a database that autism researchers around the world can use. The scan was conducted on genetic data from more than 3,000 children with ASD and their families. A New Turn-on For Genes: Scientists Find Structure Relevant To Cell Gr
Researchers discovered a special type of molecular structure that helps keep genes properly turned off until the structure is ejected from those genes in a regulated manner to help turn the genes on. The discovery by researchers at the University of Utah's Huntsman Cancer Institute is relevant to normal cell growth and cancer. Sunflower Speciation Highlights Roles For Transposable Elements In Evo
In a finding that furthers our understanding of how hybridization may contribute to genome changes and the evolution of new species, researchers have found that the genomes of three sunflower species that arose in evolution as hybrids of the same two parental types have undergone a massive proliferation of genetic entities known as transposable elements. Rats On A Road Trip Reveal Pollution-heart Disease Risk
Rats that rode in a truck on the New York State Thruway between Rochester and Buffalo and were exposed to the same highway pollution that motorists encounter, showed a drop in heart rate and effects on the autonomic nervous system, according to a study published this month in the journal Inhalation Toxicology. Introduction to Tracheotomy
An online exhibit about "the tracheotomy —a medical procedure in which a tube is inserted through an incision in the windpipe to create an airway —[that] has been performed by physicians for over five thousand years."Features an illustrated description of the procedure, a brief history, and a short list of famous people who have had tracheotomies (including Pope John Paul II and William Rehnquist). From the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS). Neural Stem Cell Study Reveals Mechanism That May Play Role In Cancer
In the dynamic world of the developing brain, neural stem cells give rise to neurons deep within the brain's fluid-filled ventricles. These newborn neurons then migrate along the stem cell fibers up to the neocortex, the seat of higher cognitive functions. Now, scientists have discovered a key mechanism of this migration -- one that may also play an important role in other developmental processes and diseases, including cancer. HapMap Project: Human Gene Database Allows Identification Of Disease-a
The second phase of the International HapMap Project, an effort to identify and catalog genetic similarities and differences among populations around the world, has been completed. Information provided in the first phase of the HapMap, completed in 2005, has led to the development of techniques facilitating the search for genes associated with common diseases -- such as schizophrenia and heart disease -- and the identification of more than 50 such disease-associated genes. Master Switch That Regulates Blood Pressure Identified
Researchers studying a rare form of hypertension has identified the mechanism by which they believe a protein complex in the kidney operates as a master switch that regulates blood pressure, a finding that has broad implications for the treatment of more common forms of hypertension. [Ironic] LONDON: A jailed cocaine dealer is working as Santa Claus on
John Tams, who dons beard, boots and red suit to work in a cafe's Christmas grotto, said he wanted to give something back to the community...
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