Genetics & Molecular Biology

Large Study Implicates Mitochondria In Depression

According to the World Health Organization, clinical depression carries the second heaviest burden of disability among all medical conditions worldwide (around 350 million people) and accounts for more than 8 percent of all U.S. years lived with disability ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 20 2015 - 9:44am

How To Rule A Gene Galaxy

The human organism contains hundreds of distinct cell types that often differ from their neighbors in shape and function. To acquire and maintain its characteristic features, each cell type must express a unique subset of genes. Neurons, the functional uni ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 21 2015 - 10:30am

No Difference In Hormone Levels Of Transgender Youth

Johanna Olson, MD, and her colleagues at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, provide care for the largest number of transgendered youth in the U.S. and have enrolled 101 patients in a prospective observational study to determine the safety and efficacy of tr ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 23 2015 - 5:49am

Epigenetics: Quackery Or Phenomenon?

Are you really what your mother ate, drank or got stressed about? The simple answer is “no”, but not in the way you think. We are products of nature via nurture. Our genes and environments interact. And “environment” can be what we are experiencing now or ...

Article - The Conversation - Jul 26 2015 - 8:00am

Scientists Discover First 'DNA Ambulance'

Researchers have discovered how severely damaged DNA is transported within a cell and how it is repaired. It's a discovery that could unlock secrets into how cancer operates-- a disease that two in five Canadians will develop in their lifetime. " ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 30 2015 - 8:30am

Biomarkers Higher In Binge Drinkers

A biomarker found in the blood of alcohol users is significantly higher in binge drinkers than in those who consume alcohol moderately, according to a study by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The biomarker, called phosphatidylethanol ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 29 2015 - 9:30am

How To Become A Cellular T Follicular Helper

Follicular helper Tcells (TFH cells), a rare type of immune cell that is essential for inducing a strong and lasting antibody response to viruses and other microbes, have garnered intense interest in recent years but the molecular signals that drive their ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 6 2015 - 6:30am

Depressed Females Have Over-Active Glutamate Receptor Gene

Numerous genes that regulate the activity of a neurotransmitter in the brain have been found to be abundant in brain tissue of depressed females. This could be an underlying cause of the higher incidence of suicide among women, according to new research. ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 7 2015 - 6:30am

How White Blood Cells Limit Muscle Regeneration

Researchers have identified a protein produced by white blood cells that puts the brakes on muscle repair after injury. By removing the protein CD163 from mice, scientists at Emory University School of Medicine could boost muscle repair and recovery of bl ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 7 2015 - 10:00am

New Vitamin B3 Pathway Identified

Researchers have identified a new vitamin B3 pathway that regulates liver metabolism. The discovery provides an opportunity to pursue the development of novel drug therapies to address obesity, type 2 diabetes and related metabolic diseases.  The new find ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 11 2015 - 7:00am