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Are microRNA required for ovarian stem cells?
A report was published this weekend in the journal Current Biology titled “Dcr-1 Maintains Drosophila Ovarian Stem Cells.” The authors were Zhigang Jin, Ph.D, and Ting Xie, Ph.D, from Sto… more →
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Emerging Therapies in Pancreatic Cancer Show Promise
AACR Communications Staff wrote 1 month ago: PHILADELPHIA – Pancreatic cancer remains one of the deadliest and hardest to treat cancers. Af … more →
Friday (the 13th) Science Review: November 13, 2009
RChan wrote 1 month ago: No bad luck here in unraveling new genetic and proteomic links in disease… Gene Variants Linke … more →
Gary Taubes: The Sea Change That's Challenging Biology's Central Dogma
jf wrote 1 month ago: (DISCOVER Magazine) – For decades, RNA was seen as a simple slave to DNA. Newer research shows … more →
Androgenic Regulation of a microRNA Plays Critical Role in Prostate Cancer Progression
AACR Communications Staff wrote 3 months ago: • Elevated miR-21 linked to tumor resistance to androgen deprivation therapy • miR-21 is elevated in … more →
MicroRNA Regulation Of Tumor-killing Viruses Avoids Unwanted Viral Pathology
healtherm2 wrote 7 months ago: Scientists have determined how to produce replication-competent viruses with key toxicities removed, … more →
Putting the brakes on cancer
JBBC wrote 7 months ago: IT SEEMS LIKE the perfect combination – a substance that kills cancer cells while sparing healthy ce … more →
Adult stem cells back to embryonic stem cells?
Colin wrote 8 months ago: This seems like a particularly good solution to the ethical dilemma regarding the creation of life f … more →
What’s Feeding Cancer Cells? -- Johns Hopkins Researchers Discover How Critical Cancer Gene Controls Nutrient Use.
Paul Cacciatore wrote 9 months ago: “Cancer cells need a lot of nutrients to multiply and survive. While much is understood about how ca … more →
Translating the Promise of microRNA Therapeutics into PR Success
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davidschull wrote 9 months ago: Kleanthis Xanthopoulos, Ph.D. Russo Partners kicked off another science-heavy PR program today. Thi … more →
Wednesday Brain Dump: February 25, 2009
Jeremy G wrote 10 months ago: The question this week: a shot in the arm or a kick in the teeth? A shot in the arm for: Fewer shots … more →
Other Wednesday prostate cancer news: February 4, 2009
Sitemaster wrote 10 months ago: In addition to the reports on the early stages of the RALP learning curve and quality of life outcom … more →
Bill and Risa to Present at Student Seminar, 1.29.08
erik wrote 11 months ago: Bill Lanier and Risa Banasik will be presenting on Thursday, January 29th in 2289 CBRB @ noon. Backg … more →
Molecular Development
embryology wrote 11 months ago: This PNAS paper shows how a protein Dgrc8 (DiGeorge syndrome critical region gene involved in microR … more →
Top 10 genetics articles from 2008
davidkirkpatrick wrote 12 months ago: From KurzweilAI.net — The list comes from New Scientist Health and covers subjects such as hum … more →
Podcast Review
Dr Justin Marley wrote 1 year ago: In the 1.10.8 edition of JAMA, there is discussion of a meta-analysis of 11 RCT’s and Observat … more →
Lasker awards highlight the importance of animal models
speakingofresearch wrote 1 year ago: Every September the Lasker Foundation announces the names of those scientists who will receive award … more →
microRNA processing by splicing
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parasitediary wrote 1 year ago: Posted by Hamed Shateri Najafabadi My colleage, Yuan, sent me a paper a while ago that had interesti … more →
Are microRNA required for ovarian stem cells?
Sacha wrote 2 years ago: A report was published this weekend in the journal Current Biology titled “Dcr-1 Maintains Dro … more →
Straight from the Nucleus: miR-29b
Sacha wrote 2 years ago: Another paper on microRNA. This one is about miR-29 was published in Science’s Jan. 5, 2007 e … more →
