Écrit par EMBO Journal | 24 Juin 2013

HEIDELBERG, 24 June 2013 – Researchers in Berlin and Munich, Germany and Oxford, United Kingdom, have revealed that a protein well known for its role in Alzheimer’s disease controls spindle development in muscle and leads to impaired movement in mice when the protein is absent or treated with inhibitors. The results, which are published in The EMBO Journal, suggest that drugs under...

Écrit par Okayama University | 20 Juin 2013

(Okayama, Japan, 20 June 2013) Professor Hisao Moriya and colleagues at Okayama University used their tug of war method to measure the copy number limits of all protein-coding genes in yeast—the first time ever for any organisms.

Over-expression of proteins due to the increase in the gene-copy numbers is considered to be the cause of pathologies of diseases such as Down syndrome and...

Écrit par Wiley | 13 Juin 2013

A new social media initiative helped to boost organ donor registration rates, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Transplantation. The findings suggest that social media might be an effective tool for tackling a variety of problems related to public health in which communication and education are essential.

Organ donation rates in the United States have remained...

Écrit par Wiley | 11 Juin 2013

Researchers from Germany have found that low levels of vitamin D are associated with high levels of hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication. Findings published online in Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, suggest seasonal fluctuations in vitamin D and HBV levels point to a link in these variables among patients with chronic HBV.

While highly...