Biocompare.com RSS feed http://www.biocompare.com/ © 2010 Biocompare.com Sun, 01 Aug 2010 02:02:02 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 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 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 Louisville, Ky. -- People with a family history of male breast cancer perceive themselves to be at higher risk of developing the disease than do patients with a family history of female breast cancer; however those with male breast cancer in their families are less likely to know about or seek genetic testing than those with a family history of female breast cancer, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Louisville's James Graham Brown Cancer Center. http://news.biocompare.com/newsstory.asp?id=335969 Biocompare.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:43:00 GMT HOUSTON - Researchers have discovered an enzyme crucial to a type of DNA repair that also causes resistance to a class of cancer drugs most commonly used against ovarian cancer. http://news.biocompare.com/newsstory.asp?id=335964 Biocompare.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:25:00 GMT A type of prostate cell that has been largely ignored by cancer researchers can, in fact, trigger malignant prostate cancer, according to new studies by Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) scientists and their colleagues. http://news.biocompare.com/newsstory.asp?id=335963 Biocompare.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:21:00 GMT ATLANTA-July 29, 2010-Twenty-five years after publishing the mnemonic "ABCD" to facilitate the early diagnosis of melanoma, the group who came up with that moniker says early detection remains a key factor in lowering mortality from malignant melanoma. Darrell S. Rigel, M.D. and colleagues from the Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology at New York University School of Medicine say that, despite all of the advances in melanoma diagnosis, timely recognition, detection, and rapid treatment of melanoma remain critical. Their report appears online on CA First Look, and will appear in the September/October issue of CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. http://news.biocompare.com/newsstory.asp?id=335962 Biocompare.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:20:00 GMT