HIV drugs reduce the cause of some forms of vision loss A potential new therapeutic use for anti-HIV drugs known as protease inhibitors has been suggested by a team of researchers from Harvard ...
EDITOR'S PICK: Molecular changes in brain fluid give insight into brain-damaging disease Soon after an individual becomes infected with HIV the virus infects cells in the brain and spinal cord (the ...
EDITOR'S PICK: Finding the source: cells that initiate a common infant tumor identified Infantile hemangiomas, exemplified by the strawberry-like patches that appear on the skin of infants soon after ...
EDITOR'S PICK: Calpain inhibitors never forget: improving memory in Alzheimer disease mice Overactivation of proteins known as calpains, which are involved in memory formation, has been linked to ...
EDITOR'S PICK: Loss of stability of the AHI1-HAP1 complex an issue in Joubert syndrome Joubert syndrome is an inherited disorder that affects the area of the brain that controls balance and ...
EDITOR'S PICK: Overcoming inhibitors of cell death improves cancer therapy efficacy Individuals with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), one of the most aggressive types of brain tumor, have an extremely ...
EDITOR'S PICK: Antitumor effects are enhanced by inhibiting 2 pathways rather than 1 Two independent research groups have found that simultaneous inhibition of two signaling pathways resulted in ...
EDITOR'S PICK: How STDs increase the risk of becoming infected with HIV Individuals who have a sexually transmitted disease (e.g., genital herpes, gonorrhea, syphilis, and chlamydia) and women with ...
EDITOR'S PICK: Maternal diet can increase development and severity of asthma in offspring John Hollingsworth and colleagues, at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, have generated evidence in mice ...
EDITOR'S PICK: Loss of the protein target of lithium disrupts normal mouse embryonic heart development Individuals with bipolar disorder are usually treated with 'mood stabilizing' drugs, one of ...
EDITOR'S PICK: Molecular defect for one form of male factor infertility uncovered The sperm that successfully fertilizes an egg triggers a series of events, known collectively as egg activation, that ...
EDITOR'S PICK: Harnessing miRNA natural gene repressors for anticancer therapy Michel Sadelain and colleagues, at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, have developed a new approach to ...
... to the evolution of eyes. You may recognize some of the names in the table of contents, as several of these authors are also bloggers. Enjoy. Evolution: Education and OutreachVolume 1 Issue 4The ...
EDITOR'S PICK: New genetic cause of Boy in the bubble syndrome Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) is an inherited disease sometimes known as 'Boy in the bubble syndrome', baecause the patient ...
EDITOR'S PICK: How to tell if a hepatitis C virus–infected patient will respond to therapy Hepatitis C virus (HCV) causes hepatitis and increased risk of developing liver cancer. Current treatments ...
