Biocompare.com RSS feed http://www.biocompare.com/ © 2010 Biocompare.com Sun, 01 Aug 2010 02:22:50 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ AUSTIN, Texas-Mutations in a gene known as "Fritz" may be responsible for causing human genetic disorders such as Bardet-Biedl syndrome, University of Texas at Austin developmental biologist John Wallingford and Duke University human geneticist and cell biologist Nicholas Katsanis have found. http://news.biocompare.com/newsstory.asp?id=335983 Biocompare.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:21:00 GMT BETHESDA, Md., July 29, 2010 - Researchers seeking to learn more about stroke by studying how the body responds to toxins in snake venom are this week releasing new findings that they hope will aid in the development of therapies for heart disease and, surprisingly, cancer. http://news.biocompare.com/newsstory.asp?id=335980 Biocompare.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:15:00 GMT Researchers have discovered a novel mechanism in Salmonella that affects its virulence and its susceptibility to antibiotics by changing its production of proteins in a previously unheard of manner. This allows Salmonella to selectively change its levels of certain proteins to respond to inhospitable conditions. http://news.biocompare.com/newsstory.asp?id=335979 Biocompare.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:13:00 GMT The apparently random self-assembly of molecular threads into the proteins that make the body work is far less frantic than previously thought, Michigan State University scientists say. That discovery could be a key to help unlock the nature of some diseases. http://news.biocompare.com/newsstory.asp?id=335977 Biocompare.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:08:00 GMT The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) received reports of malignancies in children using tumor necrosis factor a (TNF) blockers, raising concerns of an associated risk and prompting an investigation. Researchers from the FDA set out to identify all reports of malignancy in children using infliximab, etanercept, and adalimumab and their report is published in the August issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology. http://news.biocompare.com/newsstory.asp?id=335976 Biocompare.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:07:00 GMT Some trees growing in nutrient-poor forest soil may get what they need by cultivating specific root microbes to create compounds they require. These microbes are exceptionally efficient at turning inorganic minerals into nutrients that the trees can use. Researchers from France report their findings in the July 2010 issue of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology. http://news.biocompare.com/newsstory.asp?id=335975 Biocompare.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:54:00 GMT Neuroscientists have long wondered how individual connections between brain cells remain diverse and "fit" enough for storing new memories. Reported in the prestigious science journal Neuron, a new study led by Dr. Inna Slutsky of the Sackler School of Medicine at Tel Aviv University describes what makes some memories stick. http://news.biocompare.com/newsstory.asp?id=335974 Biocompare.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:53:00 GMT Resveratrol, a popular plant extract shown to prolong life in yeast and lower animals due to its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, appears also to suppress inflammation in humans, based on results from the first prospective human trial of the extract conducted by University at Buffalo endocrinologists. http://news.biocompare.com/newsstory.asp?id=335972 Biocompare.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:48:00 GMT LA JOLLA, Calif., July 29, 2010 - Although their genetic underpinnings differ, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease are all characterized by the untimely death of brain cells. What triggers cell death in the brain? According to a new study published by researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) in the July 30 issue of Molecular Cell, the answer in some cases is the untimely transfer of a gaseous molecule (known as nitric oxide, or NO) from one protein to another. http://news.biocompare.com/newsstory.asp?id=335971 Biocompare.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:47:00 GMT Ecologists have long believed that fish tend to return to the same river where they hatched in order to spawn. But researchers at Ohio State University have determined that the old rule doesn't always apply -- not for Lake Erie walleye, at least. http://news.biocompare.com/newsstory.asp?id=335970 Biocompare.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:45:00 GMT