Écrit par Wiley | 11 Mai 2013

Dietary Nicotine May Hold Protective Key

New research reveals that Solanaceae — a flowering plant family with some species producing foods that are edible sources of nicotine — may provide a protective effect against Parkinson’s disease. The study appearing today in Annals of Neurology, a journal of the American Neurological Association and Child Neurology Society, suggests...

Écrit par EMBO | 11 Mai 2013

HEIDELBERG, 8 May 2013 – EMBO today announced Thijn Brummelkamp of the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) in Amsterdam as the winner of the 2013 EMBO Gold Medal. The award acknowledges his outstanding work to accelerate the genetic analysis of human disease.

In 2002, Brummelkamp developed an inexpensive method to permanently inactivate large numbers of genes by the use of RNA...

Écrit par EMBO | 04 Mai 2013

HEIDELBERG, 3 May 2013 – An international group of leading stem cell researchers has issued a statement that specifies concerns about the development and use of unproven stem cell therapies. The commentary is published online today in The EMBO Journal ahead of a debate in the Italian parliament on whether to change a recent law that allows certain untested stem cell therapies to be used...

Écrit par Wiley | 03 Mai 2013

The LAP-BAND® weight loss procedure is safe and effective in an expanded group of patients, not just in people who are morbidly obese. This conclusion is reported in a new study published in the scientific journal Obesity. The findings indicate that the procedure may help to intervene before obesity becomes life threatening to patients.

In 2001 the LAP-BAND® adjustable gastric banding...