last updated April 2013
Archive by Date: October 2010
biochemical signaling: October 2010
- Divide and conquer
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Insights provided by a gene expression signature signal the effects of a gene mutation on breast cancer prognosis
cell biology: October 2010
- Following new instructions
Academia Sinica
Overexpression of a cellular protein helps clear the way for lung cancer by switching off genes that restrain cell growth
comparative genomics: October 2010
- Knockout resource for yeast biologists
Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)
A genome-wide deletion collection for fission yeast provides an invaluable new tool for biotechnology and biomedical research
- Pinpointing inflammatory genomic changes
RIKEN Center for Genomic Medicine
The effects of a subtle sequence variation in an immunity-related gene may predispose individuals to rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory diseases
genetics and evolution: October 2010
- Exploring the genetic ‘generation gap’
Academia Sinica
The emergence of functional ‘mismatches’ between genes in the nucleus and the mitochondria accelerates the evolutionary process
immunology: October 2010
- Curtailing cholera
The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo
Long-term immunity against cholera from a rice-based, oral vaccine takes a step forward
- The good without the bad
The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo
Stem cell transplants that fight leukemia could cause fewer side effects if patients are on the drug imatinib
neuroscience: October 2010
- A model of dementia
Academia Sinica
Transgenic mice reveal the cause of a common neurodegenerative disease
therapeutics: October 2010
- Building a better booster
Academia Sinica
Stronger protective immune responses from vaccines could now be possible from a modification made to a modulator of immune cells
transcription and RNA processing: October 2010
- Binding and gagging tumors
Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
A newly identified molecular mechanism prevents cancerous cells from breaking off from tumors and spreading
- Amplifying the silence
Academia Sinica
Gene silencing in plants is affected by the length of RNA molecules
translation and protein processing: October 2010
- Stopping the cancer spreading
Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR
The identification of a new molecular player advances the quest to stop cancer in its tracks
