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NEWS & EVENTS
NIGMS Research Around the Nation
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Recent discoveries made by NIGMS-supported researchers are described in the following news releases issued by grantee institutions and other organizations.
October 2005 September 2005 Different but Equal: Settling the Dosage Compensation Debate
September 30, 2005 Noise and Delays Explain Why Some Genes Oscillate in Activity
September 30, 2005 Scientist Uses Form to Explain Function of Key Building Blocks Of Life
September 30, 2005 Image of Myosin-Actin Interaction Revealed in Cover Story Of Molecular Cell
September 29, 2005 Say What? Bacterial Conversation-Stoppers
September 29, 2005 New Lifespan Extension Genes Found
September 28, 2005 Genes, Drugs and Breast Cancer Basis of $12 Million Pharmacogenetics Study
September 28, 2005 Gene Variants Associated with Increased Risk of Death Among Heart Patients Treated With Beta-Blockers
September 27, 2005 Cancer Drug Might Help Kids with Fatal "Aging" Syndrome
September 26, 2005 Cell Signaling Discovery Yields Heart Disease Clues
September 22, 2005 Scientists Uncover "Tags" That Force Proteins to Cell Surface
September 22, 2005 UCSD Study Clarifies Insulin's Role in Blocking Release of Energy In Patients with Type II Diabetes
September 21, 2005 Researchers Reveal Key Human Protein's Structure, Promising New Discoveries for Leukemia, AIDS and Cellular Calcium Release
September 19, 2005 Clearing Jams in Copy Machinery
September 19, 2005 Computer Modeling Reveals Hidden Conversations Within Cells
September 15, 2005 Stressed Cells Spark DNA Repair Missteps and Speed Evolution
September 15, 2005 MiRNAs and Musculature
September 14, 2005 Purdue Scientists Treat Cancer with RNA Nanotechnology
September 14, 2005 Researchers Discover Key to Embryonic Stem-Cell Potential
September 8, 2005 PUMA Protein Coordinates the Cell-Suicide Activities of p53 in the Nucleus and Cytoplasm
September 8, 2005 Scientists Identify a New Role for Oxygen in Wound Healing
September 7, 2005
August 2005 At UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School UMDNJ Researchers Find Genomic Link in Systemic Inflammation; Finding May Result in Individualized Trauma Treatment
August 31, 2005 Big Differences in Duplicated DNA Distinguish Chimp and Human Genomes
August 31, 2005 Genomic Basis of Inflammation Could Lead to Improved Trauma Treatment
August 31, 2005 Scientists Get Look at Genes’ Defensive Playbook
August 31, 2005 A Single Gene Controls a Key Difference Between Maize and Its Wild Ancestor
August 30, 2005 Scientists Determine Structure of Enzyme that Disrupts Bacterial Virulence
August 30, 2005 Hebrew U. / Johns Hopkins Study Provides Clues to Dealing with Human Disease
August 30, 2005 $10 Million Grant Enables Research on Gene-Guided Chemotherapy
August 29, 2005 First Production of Human Monoclonal Antibodies in Chicken Eggs Published in Nature Biotechnology
August 28, 2005 Novel Plague Virulence Factor Identified
August 26, 2005 Decisions, Decisions: Male or Female? How Germ Cells Decide Whether to be Sperm Or Eggs
August 26, 2005 Study Identifies Protein’s Role in Cell Division, May Offer New Knowledge into Tumor Growth
August 25, 2005 New Gene Associated with Fanconi Anemia 'Explains' Hallmark Chromosomal Instability
August 22, 2005 UF Researcher Gets $11 Million to Study Genes, Blood Pressure Drugs
August 18, 2005 New Discovery Blurs Distinction Between Human Cells and Those of Bacteria
August 16, 2005 Researchers Find How Some Antibiotics Kill Bacteria
August 11, 2005 Cells Direct Membrane Traffic by Channel Width, Scientists Say
August 10, 2005 Micro RNAs Play Role in Egg Making
August 8, 2005 Scientists Exploit HIV's Noisy Genetics to Force Virus into Latency
August 8, 2005 Study Yields Insights into Pathogenic Fungi—and Beer
August 8, 2005 Tiny Roundworm's Telomeres Help Scientists to Tease Apart Different Types of Aging
August 5, 2005 Molecular partners required for appropriate neuronal gene repression
August 3, 2005 'Smart' Bio-nanotubes Developed; May Help in Drug Delivery
August 2, 2005 Cornell Researcher Uncovers Details of How Cancer Spreads
August 1, 2005
July 2005 Gene Silencing Technique Offers New Strategy for Treating, Curing Disease
July 31, 2005 Motoring Proteins and Genetic Disease
July 29, 2005 Researchers Reveal Secret of Key Protein in Brain and Heart Function
July 29, 2005 How Do You Spell Recognition? C-O-R-E-C-E-P-T-O-R
July 27, 2005 MIT Engineers an Anti-Cancer Smart Bomb
July 27, 2005 Mayo Clinic Receives $12.6 Million from NIH to Research Pharmacogenomics
July 26, 2005 Understanding Biases in Epidemic Models Important When Making Public Health Predictions, Say University of Georgia Scientists
July 25, 2005 Scientists Discover that Three Molecules May be Developed into New Alzheimer's Drugs
July 23, 2005 NMR Method Rapidly Solves 8 Target Genomic Structures
July 18, 2005 Beyond Genes: Lipid Helps Cell Wall Protein Fold into Proper Shape
July 15, 2005 $15 Million Grant Extends Study of How Genes Affect Cancer Chemotherapy
July 13, 2005 Biologists See Combined Structure of Cold Virus and Receptor Molecule
July 12, 2005 Molecular Ballet Unravels, Links Proteins So Cell Can Direct Own Movement
July 11, 2005 Genomics Researchers Discover Protein Deficit that Causes Drug Toxicity
July 8, 2005 U of MN Researchers Identify Genes Involved with Blood Stem Cell Development
July 5, 2005 North and South American Researchers Find Architectural Abnormalities in T. Cruzi Genome
July 4, 2005
June 2005 UT Southwestern Researchers Discover Master Switch in Cell Death
June 30, 2005 LSU Scientists Develop New Theory About Human Genome Evolution by Tracking 'Stealth' DNA Elements
June 28, 2005 Using DNA to Manipulate Attached Macromolecules
June 28, 2005 Molecular Steps Involved in the Creation of Gene-Silencing MicroRNAS Identified
June 22, 2005 The Making and Breaking of Microtubules
June 22, 2005 Brown-Harvard Team Solves Mobile DNA's Surgical Sleight-of-Hand
June 22, 2005 'Punctuated' Evolution in the Human Genome
June 16, 2005 How Stem Cells Run Through 'Stop Signs'
June 14, 2005 Scripps Research Scientists Identify the Target of an Immune Suppression Molecule Called CD22-Itself
June 13, 2005 New Regulators of Apoptosis and Chemoresistance Identified
June 10, 2005 How Cell Suicide Protects Plants From Infection
June 9, 2005 Are MicroRNAs Oncogenes?
June 8, 2005 NYU Chemists Use Computer Simulation to Enhance Understanding of DNA Transcription
June 3, 2005 Novel Combination Overcomes Drug-Resistant Myeloma Cells
June 2, 2005 Study: Genes Linked to Treatment Resistance in Children With Leukemia
June 2, 2005 MSKCC Researchers Uncover Structure of Key Protein Complex in Cells
June 1, 2005 Yale Scientists Identify Structure for RNA Quality Control
June 1, 2005
May 2005 New Research Provides Evidence that Rh Proteins act as CO2 Gas Channels
May 25, 2005 At Long Last, Scientists Figure Out How Plants Grow
May 25, 2005 Rice, Iowa State Biologists Search for 'Half-Fusion'
May 16, 2005 Lipids Get New Comprehensive Classification System
May 13, 2005 Finding an Alzheimer's Switch
May 12, 2005 Scripps Scientists Describe Protein Used by Bacteria and Cancer Cells to Resist Drugs
May 12, 2005 High Fidelity Keeps Human DNA Assembly Line Humming
May 12, 2005 Profile of Tumor Genes Shows Need for Individualized Chemotherapy Scientists Hope to Tailor Cancer Treatment
May 10, 2005 UI Researcher Studies Deafness in Fruit Flies, Humans
May 9, 2005 Researchers Map 'Circuitry' of Yeast Genes Using Technique that Could be Applied to Humans
May 6, 2005 Scientists Take Aim at Virulent Bacteria by Decoding Machinery of Key Control Enzyme
May 5, 2005 Scientists Find MicroRNAs Regulate Plant Development
May 3, 2005 3-D Study of Immune Cell Interactions Reveals Details Of an Effective Antibody Response
May 2, 2005 Major Advance Made on DNA Structure
May 2, 2005 Stem Cells and Regeneration: Opening up a New Can of Worms
May 2, 2005 Blocking COX-1 Slows Tumor Growth in Mice
May 1, 2005 Scientists Track 'Stealth' DNA Elements in Primate Evolution
May 1, 2005
April 2005 Molecular Models Advance the Fight Against Malaria
April 25, 2005 Scientists Discover How Plants Disarm the Toxic Effects of Excessive Sunlight
April 25, 2005 Yale Scientists 'See' Basis of Antibiotic Resistance
April 22, 2005 Study Finds Enzyme Activity Promotes Rare Form of Leukemia, Offers Potential Target for New Drugs
April 21, 2005 Method Shows How Precisely Gene Expression Signals Are Copied in DNA Replication
April 19, 2005 Scientists Propose New Method for Studying Ion Channel Kinetics
April 18, 2005 Gene Expression Pattern Predicts Multiple Drug Resistance, Treatment Failure in Pediatric Leukemia
April 18, 2005 Joining Hands to Solve a DNA Replication Puzzle
April 15, 2005 JBC Study Shows that Bigger Isn't Necessarily Better for Amyloid Proteins
April 14, 2005 Mouse with Designer Liver Has Enhanced Glucose Tolerance and Improved Insulin Response
April 11, 2005 Molecular Motors Cooperate in Moving Cellular Cargo, Study Shows
April 7, 2005 Pair of Cancer Genes Found to Drive Both Cell Migration and Division
April 5, 2005
March 2005 Natural Tumor Suppressor in Body Discovered by UCSD Medical Researchers
March 31, 2005 Scientists Identify Genetic Pathways Essential to RNA Interference
March 24, 2005 Study Supports Use of Aspirin in Treating Pregnancy Disorder
March 21, 2005 Genomic Analysis to Become Tool for Studying Trauma Patients
March 18, 2005 Anti-Aging Enzyme's Secrets Revealed
March 17, 2005 Yale Scientists Find MicroRNA Regulates Ras Cancer Gene
March 17, 2005 Variation in Women's X Chromosomes May Explain Differences Among Individuals, Between Sexes
March 16, 2005 Mechanism of RNA Recoding: New Twists in Brain Protein Production
March 16, 2005 New Computer Model Reveals Protein Secrets
March 15, 2005 Biochemists Report Discovery of Structure Of Major Piece Of Telomerase; Implications for Cancer
March 14, 2005 New Tumor-Suppressor Gene Discovered
March 11, 2005 Cooperation Is Key-A New Way of Looking at MicroRNA and How It Controls Gene Expression
March 10, 2005 Insight into DNA's "Weakest Links" May Yield Clues to Cancer Biology
March 10, 2005 Computational Tool Predicts How Drugs Work in Cells, Advancing Efforts to Design Better Medicines
March 8, 2005 Small Genetic Molecule May Help Pinpoint Some Cancers
March 8, 2005 Conserved Amino Acids Play Both Structural and Mechanistic Roles in Sandwich-Like Protein
March 7, 2005 Researchers Discover a Good Side to Cholesterol in Controlling Cell Signals
March 3, 2005 Yeast Network Prevents Damage by Oxygen Radicals
March 3, 2005 Both Inherited Traits and Tumor Mutations Affect Response to Treatment of Leukemia
March 2, 2005 Chemists Synthesize Molecule that Helps Body Battle Cancers, Malaria
March 1, 2005
February 2005 The Chimp Genome Reveals Retroviral Invasions in Primate Evolution
February 28, 2005 Tiny Flies Could Lead to Understanding Potential for Non-Embryonic Stem Cells
February 28, 2005 Antibody that Neutralizes Most HIV Strains Described by Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute
February 22, 2005 Enzyme Shown to Help Protect Genomic Stability
February 17, 2005 Scientists Rid Stem Cell Culture of Key Animal Cells
February 17, 2005 Researchers Find Missing Genes of Ancient Organism
February 15, 2005 New RNA Polymerase Discovered in Plants
February 10, 2005 Examination of Internal 'Wiring' Of Yeast, Worm, and Fly Reveals Conserved Circuits
February 8, 2005 Controlling Protein Diversity
February 3, 2005 Researchers at UT Southwestern Discover New Function for Old Enzyme
February 3, 2005 Key Mechanism in Genetic Inheritance During Cell Division Identified
February 1, 2005
January 2005 Man and Mouse Share Genome Structure
January 28, 2005 A New Mechanism of Regulating RNA Degradation
January 27, 2005 New Puzzle-Piece Shows How Growth Hormones Work in Plants
January 27, 2005 Researchers Find Local Environment Directly Influences Adult Stem Cell Reservoirs
January 25, 2005 Vaccinating School Children and High Risk Groups Is Best Strategy for Slowing Flu Transmission
January 24, 2005 New, Automated Tool Successfully Classifies and Relates Proteins in Unprecedented Way
January 24, 2005 Current Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Contaminated UCSD/Salk Team Finds
January 23, 2005 Timing Is Everything: First Step in Protein Building Revealed
January 21, 2005 Study Finds More Than One-Third of Human Genome Regulated by RNA
January 14, 2005 UCSD Medical Researchers Discover Molecular Pathway That Turns a Juvenile Heart into an Adult Heart
January 13, 2005 Protein Transformation Gives New Twist to Medical Research
January 6, 2005 Study Pinpoints Protein's Role in Heart Failure Prevention
January 4, 2005 Scientists Identify Molecular Events that Drive Cell Senescence
January 3, 2005
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