Genetics & Molecular Biology

Why Don't Antidepressants Act Faster?

It often takes several weeks to feel the effect of newly prescribed antidepressants- a lingering mystery and a frustration to both patients and physicians. CREB, and CREM to some degree, has been implicated in the pathophysiology of depression, as well as ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 15 2013 - 10:14am

TFLY Protein Crucial To Telomerase Activity

Telomerase is an enzyme that is the hallmark of both aging and the uncontrolled cell division associated with cancer and in an effort to understand and control telomerase activity, researchers at The Wistar Institute have discovered a protein "motif, ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 20 2013 - 9:36am

A Genetic Solution To Canola Crop Losses

The "green seed problem" is a long-standing issue that causes millions of dollars annually in canola crop losses for Canada. Canola is the major cash crop in Alberta, which produces about 35 per cent of Canada's canola that generates in the ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 25 2013 - 3:29pm

Insulin Pathway Map Could Lead To Better Diabetes Drugs

Researchers have created the first comprehensive roadmap of the protein interactions that enable cells in the pancreas to produce, store and secrete the hormone insulin. The finding makes possible a deeper scientific understanding of the insulin secretion ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 30 2013 - 6:23pm

Being Left Or Right Handed May Not Have A Strong Genetic Factor

10 percent of the US is left handed and that is a similar ratio to many populations around the world so it would seem to be biological. But a new paper in the journal Heredity  has ruled out a 'strong genetic determinant' in influencing handedne ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 1 2013 - 4:48pm

PMS And The Role Of Female Sex Hormones On Mood- Imaging Study

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is the name given to women who are in a bad mood when they are about to get their periods.  Most women are unaffected by the hormonal changes of the menstrual cycle, but approximately 20% of women say they experience premenstru ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 7 2013 - 10:41am

The People Side Of GMO Crops: Part I

As with any new technology, the development and commercialization of biotech crops is a story about people.  Its a story about people with ideas and vision; people who did hard and creative work; people who took career or business risks, and people who in ...

Article - Steve Savage - Oct 8 2013 - 12:08am

Whites More Prone To Atrial Fibrillation Than Other Ethnic Groups

Atrial fibrillation, the most frequently diagnosed type of irregular heart rhythm, is more prevalent in whites than people from other race or ethnic groups, according to researchers at UC San Francisco.  Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrh ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 9 2013 - 5:30pm

Mapping The History Of Human Migration Using DNA: Central Europe

Research using DNA to map the history of human migration is helping unravel the timing and source of human settlement in Central Europe. One of the great debates in archaeological research for the past century has been the degree to which cultures or peop ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 10 2013 - 1:51pm

Therapeutic Dopamine: Happiness Signal Cascades Created In Mice

The endogenous hormone dopamine, induced by joyful classics as sex, drugs and food, triggers feelings of happiness- but that is not all. It remembers the state of happiness and keeps wanting to achieve it again. Dopamine enables us to make the "right ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 15 2013 - 11:59am