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• Mouse gene suppresses Alzheimer’s plaques and tangles

  
  Latest Breaking Health News & Information -RSS headlines- Health.am — Authority: 440
  Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) and colleagues have identified a novel mouse gene (Rps23r1) that reduces the accumulation of two toxic proteins that are major players in Alzheimer’s disease: amyloid beta and tau. The amyloid and tau lowering functions of this gene were demonstrated ...
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• Novel mouse gene reduces major pathologies associated with Alzheimers disease

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 616
  A new study reveals that a previously undiscovered mouse gene reduces the two major pathological perturbations commonly associated with Alzheimers disease (AD).
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• Speech Gene Shows Its Bossy Nature

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  Laboratory tests in which the chimp version of a speech gene was put into human neurons confirmed suspicions that FOXP2 is a maestro of the genome.
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• Human-Chimp Gene Comparison Hints at Roots of Language

  
  Wired Science — Authority: 770
  By comparing how a gene critical for language works in humans and chimpanzees, researchers have identified an entire network of genes involved in the incredible linguistic powers of Homo sapiens . The findings don’t explain how language functions at the biological level, or exactly what changes were needed to put ...
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• Revisiting FOXP2 and the origins of language

  
  Not Exactly Rocket Science — Authority: 614
  Today, a new paper published in Nature adds another chapter to the story of FOXP2, a gene with important roles in speech and language. The FOXP2 story is a fascinating tale that I covered in New Scientist last year. Its one of the pieces Im proudest of so Im reprinting it here with kind permission from Roger ...
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• Richard Dawkins: The Greatest Show on Earth

  
  Blogging the Singularity — Authority: 130
  
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• Senior Director of Biotechnology at Catalent To Present Course on Bioassays

  
  EPR Network Blog — Authority: 146
  Released on: November 11, 2009, 12:57 amAuthor: Jennings and Co.Industry: PharmaceuticalsAna T. Menendez, Ph.D., Senior Director of Biotechnology at Catalent Pharma Solutions, will be leading a course in Bioassay Method Development and Validation. The course is being offered through IBC Life Science on November ...
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• Alder Rides Momentum of $1B Deal, Aims to Give Amgen and Abbott a Run for Their Money

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 712
  Biotech , deals , people Luke Timmerman wrote: Alder Biopharmaceuticals keeps such a low profile that even after five years in business, few people in Seattle biotech know who they are. That changed yesterday as the private Bothell, WA-based company burst onto the local, and national, biotech scene by ...
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• Orchids, daffodils, and mental illness

  
  ED Bites — Authority: 128
  I ran across a fantastic article in The Atlantic , titled The Science of Success , which examines the genetics of mental illness. Writes David Dobbs: Of special interest to the team was a new interpretation of one of the most important and influential ideas in recent psychiatric and personality research: that ...
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• 10 November, 2009 – This Week in Science

  
  This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast — Authority: 108
  Shocking Anti-Matter Finding, New Supernovaes, Faulkland Fox Family, A Phone Call, Altruistic Ants, Icy Antarctic Ecosystem, Life In The Lab, Prenatal Phonics, Synthetic Solutions, Feeding The Children, and Much More!
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• Spengler does it again!

  
  Gene Expression — Authority: 474
  Just Spengler (David Goldman) being Spengler, From "Zionism is Racism" to "Judaism is Racism" : Judaism has nothing to do with race-there are Jews of every race-but it does have to do with family. Jews are members of Abraham’s family. Not only tradition, but a great deal of DNA evidence support this claim. To ...
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• Organ Regeneration In Zebrafish: Unraveling The Mechanisms

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 519
  Unlike humans, zebrafish are able to regenerate amputated appendages.The search for the holy grail of regenerative medicine — the ability to “grow back” a perfect body part when one is lost to injury or disease — has been under way for years, yet the steps involved in this seemingly magic process are still ...
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• Alder Scores Deal With Bristol-Myers Potentially Worth $1 Billion

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 712
  Biotech , deals , Rheumatoid Arthritis Luke Timmerman wrote: Alder Biopharmaceuticals has just struck one of the biggest biotech partnerships of the year, both in the Seattle area and nationally. The Bothell, WA-based developer of faster and cheaper technology for making antibody drugs has formed a ...
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• Advances in Gene Therapy

  
  Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science — Authority: 132
  French researchers have reported an advance toward curing the rare, inherited brain-wasting illness,  adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) using gene therapy.  ALD, made famous by the movie Lorenzo’s Oil, slowly strips away layers of fatty acids protecting nerve fibers in the brain .  Researchers used an experimental ...
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• University of Cambridge and Life Technologies Collaborate on Landmark High Throughput Sequencing Hub in United Kingdom

  
  Your Story — Authority: 159
  CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The University of Cambridge and Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE), announced today the formation of a collaboration to advance transla
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• Are you a Real Bodybuilder or Just a Wannabee?

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 464
  Almost every bodybuilder that I have ever met considers themselves ?Hard-core? or the most dedicated, knowledgeable, or hardest training athlete in the gym. Over the 20 years I have spent in the sport I have been asked many times what does it really take to be successful in the sport? My answer might [...]
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• Is Genetic Dating Accurate?

  
  Scientific Blogging — Authority: 630
  Conventional types of genetic analysis may not be as accurate as believed, according to researchers writing in Trends in Genetics . Their analysis of penguins that died 44,000 years ago in Antarctica have provided extraordinary frozen DNA samples that they say challenges the accuracy of traditional genetic aging ...
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• Calling San Diego Readers -- Dr. Spencer Wells at Natural History Museum on 11/11

  
  Genea-Musings — Authority: 582
  From email via the CGSSD list: I would like to invite all society members to a special lecture at the San Diego Natural History Museum (1788 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101; (619) 232-3821) this Wednesday, the 11th, at 6:30 PM. Population geneticist, and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, Dr. Spencer ...
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• Scientist Smackdown: Can Nanoparticles Damage Human DNA?

  
  80beats — Authority: 654
  “Nanoparticles can cause DNA damage across a cellular barrier.” That’s the title of a paper published in Nature Nanotechnology that inspired a number of ominous news headlines (two examples: Nanoparticles ‘can damage DNA ‘ and Nanoparticles can damage DNA at a distance: study ). The stories that ...
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• ZymoGenetics, King Pharma Brawl Over Drugs to Control Surgical Bleeding

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 712
  Biotech , Legal , Surgical Bleeding Luke Timmerman wrote: ZymoGenetics started really playing hardball with King Pharmaceuticals in August , and now a high-and-tight fastball has come right back at the Seattle biotech company. The projectile in question is a lawsuit filed on November 2 by Bristol, ...
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