Genetics & Molecular Biology

Personalized Therapy- Dalcetrapib Improves Cardiovascular Outcomes 39 Percent For This Genetic Profile

In a new study, an analysis of 5,749 patients who received dalcetrapib or placebo and provided DNA in a clinical study found a strong association between the effects of dalcetrapib and a specific gene called ADCY9 (adenylate cyclase 9) on chromosome 16, pa ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 12 2015 - 4:38pm

Lab Grown Human Muscle Can Contract And Respond

In a laboratory first, researchers have grown human skeletal muscle that contracts and responds just like native tissue to external stimuli such as electrical pulses, biochemical signals and pharmaceuticals. The lab-grown tissue should soon allow researche ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 13 2015 - 5:19pm

Coenzyme A Role In Nitric Oxide Function And Cell Metabolism

A molecule known as coenzyme A plays a key role in cell metabolism by regulating the actions of nitric oxide. according to a new study. Cell metabolism is the ongoing process of chemical transformations within the body's cells that sustains life, and ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 15 2015 - 10:15am

Vitamin D Boosts Immune System, Protects Against Colorectal Cancer- Study

A new study finds that vitamin D can protect some people with colorectal cancer by boosting the immune system's vigilance against tumor cells. The research in Gut represents the first time that a link between vitamin D and the immune response to canc ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 20 2015 - 9:00am

Temporal Isolation And Glucocorticoid Tablets Reset Biological Clocks In Study

Most people know that our biological functions use a circadian system comprised of a central clock located deep within the center of our brains and multiple clocks located in different parts of the body.    When people fly to the other part of the world or ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 16 2015 - 10:38am

Biosecurity Seen From The Inside

Scientists have developed a new biosensor that allows them to see, in real time, what happens when a plant’s defenxe system swings into action. When plants come under attack internal alarms signal and their defense mechanisms swing into action. For the fir ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 18 2015 - 9:12am

FMRP: New Genetic Clues Found In Fragile X Syndrome

Scientists have gained new insight into fragile X syndrome, the most common cause of inherited intellectual disability, by studying the case of a person without the disorder, but with two of its classic symptoms. Fragile X syndrome results from an inherit ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 24 2015 - 7:16am

Organic Milk- A Real Difference Or Marketing Hype?

When there is a market, someone will sell to it, even if it does not make much sense. So you can purchase organic pineapples and non-GMO rock salt if it makes you feel better. In Europe, most genetically modified foods, as European politicians define them, ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 21 2015 - 12:26pm

Adult Stem Cells Used To Grow New Hair

Researchers have used human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to generate new hair, the first step toward the development of a cell-based treatment for people with hair loss.  In the United States alone, more than 40 million men and 21 million women a ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 27 2015 - 2:16pm

Juvenile Hormone Antagonists: Natural Plant Compounds Work Against Pests

Scientists may be on the way to genetically modifying plants to naturally protect against pests in new ways. That is good news for people in developing nations and fans of the environment. Older insecticides present environmental and health risks and insec ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 27 2015 - 6:37pm