http://www.bioinfohub.com Bioinformatics, Biotechnology Biology latest news, articles, softwares and researches. Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:11:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Malaysia has been declared free from avian influenza, three months after the deadly virus was detected in poultry from a village in the central Selangor state, a minister announced Monday.In June, the H5N1 strain of bird flu was discovered after a poultry rearer from the Paya Jaras Hilir village in ... http://www.bioinfohub.com/virology-news/malaysia-declared-free-from-deadly-bird-flu-virus.html A new study has added to the list of health problems posed by smoking, by finding that it also contributes to atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries.Researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City pinpoint their evidence to the addictive chemical in cigarettes - nicotine. By comparing reduced-nicotine cigarettes ... http://www.bioinfohub.com/toxicology-news/nicotine-may-increase-atherosclerosis-risk.html Researchers have discovered a new application for tropical and popular aquarium fish, Zebrafish - it can now be used to study COX deficiencies in humans.Researchers at the University of Oregon claim that their finding has opened an unparalleled pathway to examine the earliest stages of mitochondrial impairments that lead to ... http://www.bioinfohub.com/stem-cell-research/zebrafish-may-give-insight-into-human-mitochondrial-diseases-2.html Researchers have identified a blood formation gene, which, if lost, results in early bone marrow failure.Dartmouth Medical School cancer geneticists have found that all blood cell production in adults depends on the steady work of this vital gene that if lost can lead to premature bone marrow failure. Their research reveals ... http://www.bioinfohub.com/stem-cell-research/new-pathway-essential-for-blood-stem-cell-turnover-identified.html McMaster researchers have found that a major class of cells called glial cells contain the fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP), a discovery that has strong implications for the cellular causes of Fragile X Syndrome (FXS), the most common genetic disorder associated with mental impairment.According to the background information in ... http://www.bioinfohub.com/stem-cell-research/stem-cell-study-furnishes-new-insight-into-fragile-x-syndrome.html A new study has identified a set of unique cells within the adult tendon that have stem cell traits including the capacity to proliferate and self-renew, offering hope for the treatment of tendon injuries caused by overuse and trauma.“Clinically, tendon injury is a difficult one to treat, not only for ... http://www.bioinfohub.com/stem-cell-research/stem-cells-in-tendon-may-hold-hope-for-injury-disease.html Scientists have identified a way to develop a vaccine against Chlamydia trachomatis, the most prevalent sexually transmitted bacterial infection in the world.Boffins identified plasmid-deficient derivatives of the Chlamydia trachomatis strains that when investigated in an animal model of genital tract infection, failed to cause disease. The researchers now believe that this ... http://www.bioinfohub.com/microbiology-news/potential-target-identified-to-develop-chlamydia-vaccine-2.html Chemists at Rice University say that they have devised a technique to create tiny spheres comprising of dozens of molecules of the anti-cancer drug paclitaxel by using gold nanoparticles.The investigators claim that the tiny balls they have created are many times smaller than a living cell that literally bristles with ... http://www.bioinfohub.com/nanobiotechnology-news/chemical-%e2%80%98wrapped%e2%80%99-taxol-bristle-ball-may-help-clog-cancer.html A new study by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have identified a distinct pattern of gene expression in immune cells from people who experience chronically high levels of loneliness.The researchers say that their findings link social isolation to alterations in the activity of genes that drive ... http://www.bioinfohub.com/immunology-news/loneliness-linked-to-alterations-in-activity-of-genes-2.html A new study by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have identified a distinct pattern of gene expression in immune cells from people who experience chronically high levels of loneliness.The researchers say that their findings link social isolation to alterations in the activity of genes that drive ... http://www.bioinfohub.com/immunology-news/loneliness-linked-to-alterations-in-activity-of-genes.html