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Slowing the aging process—only with antibiotics

Swiss scientists reveal the mechanism responsible for aging hidden deep within mitochondria—and dramatically slow it down in worms by administering antibiotics to the young.

Medical research created May 22, 2013 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Researchers complete largest genetic sequencing study of human disease

Researchers from Queen Mary, University of London have led the largest sequencing study of human disease to date, investigating the genetic basis of six autoimmune diseases.

Genetics created May 22, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Team finds dissimilar proteins evolved similar 7-part shape

Solving the structure of a critical human molecule involved in cancer, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found what they call a good example of structural conservation—dissimilar ...

Medical research created May 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers decode biology of blood and iron disorders mapping out novel future therapies

Two studies led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medical College shed light on the molecular biology of three blood disorders, leading to novel strategies to treat these diseases.

Medical research created Mar 25, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Did evolution give us inflammatory disease?

In new research published on March 21, 2013 in the online issue of The American Journal of Human Genetics, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) demonstrate that some variants in our genes that contribute to a p ...

Genetics created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bowel cancers reshuffle their genetic pack to cheat treatment

Bowel cancer cells missing one of three genes can rapidly reshuffle their genetic 'pack of cards' – the chromosomes that hold the cell's genetic information. This reshuffling has been previously shown to ...

Cancer created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New research refutes claim iPSCs are prone to immune response

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers in Japan have injected induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from mice back into genetically identical mice and report that doing so caused no immune reaction. This contradicts the results ...

Medical research created Jan 10, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Discovery may shed light on why some HIV-positive patients have more virus

(Medical Xpress)—Biologists at UC San Diego have unraveled the anti-viral mechanism of a human gene that may explain why some people infected with HIV have much higher amounts of virus in their bloodstreams ...

HIV & AIDS created Sep 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Human brains share consistent genetic blueprint and possess enormous biochemical complexity

Scientists at the Allen Institute for Brain Science reported in the latest issue of the journal Nature that human brains share a consistent genetic blueprint and possess enormous biochemical complexity. The fi ...

Neuroscience created Sep 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Geneticists verify cholesterol-cancer link

University of Rochester Medical Center scientists discovered new genetic evidence linking cholesterol and cancer, raising the possibility that cholesterol medications could be useful in the future for cancer prevention or ...

Medical research created Sep 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Protecting genes, one molecule at a time

An international team of scientists have shown at an unprecedented level of detail how cells prioritise the repair of genes containing potentially dangerous damage. The research, published in the journal Nature and involv ...

Genetics created Sep 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Children of older men have more gene abnormalities: study

Do older fathers doom their children to genetic disease?

Genetics created Aug 22, 2012 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Two gene clues for resistance to malaria

Scientists in Germany and Africa on Wednesday said they had found two variants of genes that help to explain why some lucky individuals do not develop severe malaria.

Genetics created Aug 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers uncover multiple faces of deadly breast cancer

An international team of scientists, including four at Simon Fraser University, has made a discovery that will change the way the most deadly form of breast cancer is treated.

Cancer created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Mutations in 3 genes linked to autism spectrum disorders

Mutations in three new genes have been linked to autism, according to new studies including one with investigators at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. All three studies include lead investigators of the Autism Sequencing Consortium ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0