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The field of research into cancer is constantly expanding and developing. Here we highlight the many experts and research projects on cancer including genetic implications and possible new treatments. Experts are listed in this article.
Molecular fluorescence applied in an unconventional way allows the life-sustaining chemical reactions in genes to be observed in real time
View article 'A new approach to diagnosing the dynamic behavior of DNA and RNA'
Five new research projects expand an international, collaborative effort to advance understanding of how genetic factors influence a person’s responses to medicines. The additions bring the number of projects in the Global Alliance for Pharmacogenomics to 15.
View article 'Global Alliance for Pharmacogenomics Adds Five New Projects'
Professor Zilfalil from Universiti Sains Malaysia and his co-researchers will be holding a press conference in Kuala Lumpur on 23 December 2009 on this research. The paper was published in Science on 10 December 2009.
A ‘super-Earth’ orbiting a nearby star, We must confront the quake risk of geothermal energy, Parental influence on SNP effect, Tiny SUMOs do good work, Controlling an atom, one photon at a time, Electrons make light work of nanostructures, Creating a 3D image from one look, Coots learn to recognise their chicks, War — what is it good for?
Summaries of newsworthy papers including: Reprogrammable mice,Breaking the strongest bonds, Flooding removes arsenic, The rhythm of hypertension, Variants associated with lung function, Rewiring the brain after injury, Regulator limits tumour related cellular ageing and researchers panda to next-generation sequencing
Summaries of newsworthy papers: Nature: A big deletion, Medicine: Platelets promote closure of vessels in newborns, Neuroscience: To boldly go, Geoscience: Sensitive climate and Nature: The good fight
View article 'Environment and ethnicity influence gene expression'
Summaries of newsworthy papers:Fuelling the future; A new way to kill cancer cells; Deep-ocean carbon sequestration; Variant associated with alcoholic liver disease; Learning long-term connections; Parkinson’s gene mutated in cancer; Asymmetric lake distribution on Titan; Sequencing small ChIPs; Glutamate receptor up close
Gene expression studies shed light on how the brain develops in the fetus and how new areas of the brain may evolve
View article 'Deducing the evolution of the cerebral cortex from the thalamus'
Bacterial skin care, Mismatch associated with graft-versus-host-disease, East Antarctic ice loss, High levels of HLA-C associated with slower HIV/AIDS progression, A stroke against stroke, Balancing European emissions, Assessing natural memory and An amplifier for terahertz waves
With the aim, 'Promote developing excellent medicines, and quickly deliver them to patients all over the world' (ICH mission), we conduct various researches regarding new medicine development.
Visualization of stress in the cell’s protein factory, the endoplasmic reticulum, may lead to new treatments for many debilitating diseases
View article 'Learning more about physiological endoplasmic reticulum stress using the ERAI system'
Summaries of newsworthy papers: Astronomy: Planetary clue to Sun’s depleted lithium. Cancer: Notch takes a knocking, Early Earth: Nice and cool, Chemistry: Snapshot reaction, Geology: Measuring melt migration in a model mantle and Neurons turn a blind eye
Variants associated with hearing loss in children receiving chemotherapy medication; The long shadows of adversity; Low-level seismicity in Southern California; Smoking and autoimmunity affect rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility; Arthritis is spreading; A deletion is associated with neurodevelopmental problems and more
Summaries of newsworthy papers: Inhaled carbon nanotubes reach the lung lining, Age-related sperm mutations associated with testicular tumors, Magma below the Cascades, A Notch in lung arteries, A genetic region implicated in schizophrenia, Layered immunologic memory, Ribosome reactions, Modifying mountain river systems and Ancient Arctic palms
Penang, 21 Oct- Researchers from Universiti Sains Malaysia have successfully produced a standardised, Misai Kucing (Orthosiphon Stamineus) herbal extract. Named CANSSUFIVE, the extract contains a high anti-oxidant content and studies carried out on cell cultures and animals have proven its ability to retard the growth of blood vessels.
View article '‘MISAI KUCING’ HERBAL EXTRACT TO TREAT CANCER'
Summaries of newsworthy papers: High-sensitivity stimulated emission microscopy, The Road to Copenhagen, Views from around the world, Cells process painful sounds, Signalling pathway link to cancer, Understanding melon sex determination, Cancer link to microenvironment and Why have sex with someone else
Press Conference - The pharmaceutical industry will be interested in the latest innovation from USM researchers who have found therapeutic properties for breast cancer in a local tropical herb, Orthosiphon stamineus or locally known as Misai Kucing (Cat's Whiskers).
View article 'USM innovation to help breast cancer patients '
Summaries of papers including Possible multiple sclerosis biomarker, SARS attacking the ribosome, Variants associated with systemic lupus erythematosus, CRLF2 defects in Down syndrome-associated leukemia, Cell softness dictates sensitivity to force, Light vibrations on a chip and Laser recreates conditions near a black hole
View article 'Cell Biology: Intravital imaging reveals regulation of metastasis'
A personalized medicine research agenda, Mapping diversity, Let's celebrate human genetic diversity, Scanning and linking for autism, Quantum fingerprints of chaos, Where is the heritability?, Transition to an icehouse world, Protein link to long life, Photonic crystal guides electromagnetic waves with no losses and Erupting without warning
Summaries of newsworthy papers in Nature and Nature research journals including Cell Biology: Inner workings of extending cell life, Genetics: Reprogramming gene plays a role in cancer and Genetics: Variants associated with bone mineral density
View article 'Genomic privacy and detecting participation in genetic research'
Summaries of newsworthy papers Seismology: Measuring fault strength, Atmospheric chemistry: Reach for the clouds and Vive la resistance!
Summaries of newsworthy papers including: Photonics: Time-domain telescope, Immunology: Driving autoreactive cells to distraction, Physics: X-rays produced by laser-driven particle accelerator, Nature: Sex chromosome’s role in species diversification, Geoscience: Big breaks during Wenchuan earthquake and Neuroscience: Attracted to punishment
Summaries of newsworthy papers in Nature and Nature research journals - Genetics: Variants in prostate cancer, Medicine: Losing weight without too much energy, Geoscience: Deltas in decline, Chemical Biology: HCV lost in translation, Cell Biology: Stopping Listeria spread and Neuroscience: While you were sleeping.
View article 'Neuroscience: Regaining running in paralyzed rats'
Summaries of newsworthy papers in Nature and Nature Research Journals including: Genetics: Hepatitis C treatment response, Climate: Understanding the Antarctic transition, Geoscience: Well-behaved geomagnetic field and Neuroscience: Itching to quit
Summaries of newsworthy papers An ocean of magma, Symptomless deer produce infectious faeces, The rise of oxygen, Data sharing, Source-sink mechanism aids embryonic patterning, Ultrathin catalysts made to order and Save our spuds!
INTERVIEW - Conversation between Ryoji Noyori and Susumu Tonegawa. At the inauguration of the new director of the Brain Science Institute
Summaries of newsworthy papers: European hand-axes close time gap, Traces of devoured galaxies, Tip-offs for tipping points, Enzyme activation conundrum explained, Cool lasers, Designer crystals with DNA, Nitrogen loss in the Arabian Sea and Heart to heart
View article 'Pakistan’s higher-education reform experiment'
Manure matters, Prolonged presentation prompts Coeliac disease, From tumour suppression to insulin resistance, Frequent ERBB4 mutations in melanoma, Small vessels are big problem in stroke, Sinking carbon, 3D ultrastructure from thick sections, Shiny, tiny plasmonic laser beats the diffraction limit and more
The socially isolated tend to fall prey to illness more readily and deteriorate faster, both mentally and physically, than those who maintain active social lives.
View article 'The Social Cure – Why Socializing Is Healthful'
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Misbehaved bacteria, Agents of erosion, Fighting fibrosis, Cilia’s dual role in cancer, A new signalling pathway and Upwards lightning
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Hope for hepatitis C treatment, Fighting cartilage loss in osteoarthritis, Immunology: Mediator of multiple sclerosis, Spaser finds the light, Genetic risk factors for childhood leukemia, Identifying candidate genes by targeted sequencing, Single-direction winds on Titan
Summaries of papers From gorilla to human: a new immunodeficiency virus found, 'Trojan horse' deliveries by HIV, Recovery after spinal cord injury, Immune cells worsen brain damage after stroke, New genetic variants associated with cancer, Mice generated from reprogrammed cells, A new progenitor cell population in breast cancer
To enable the identification of different varieties and prevent illegal cultivation, a broad range of research and development at the DNA level has been conducted so far.
View article 'Identifying fruit tree and ornamental plant varieties using DNA marks '
Professor Timothy W Tong, President of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, has recently made a trip to North America to meet with overseas alumni and community leaders...
View article 'PolyU President meets with community leaders in San Francisco'
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Light impact on lake productivity, Pushing the limit, More evidence for water on Enceladus, Order, order, in the valleys!, New function for classic tumour suppressor protein and Spots in the aurorae
View article 'Press Release: SIV can cause disease in wild chimpanzees '
Summaries of newsworthy papers in Nature and Nature research journals including: Origin of raindrop size revealed, Geoscience: Full circle, Possible mechanism for blood cancer type, Fast-flowing ice streams mould their beds, A genetic susceptibility locus for follicular lymphoma and Neuroscience: Exploring exploration
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Disrupting viruses, microRNA implicated in cell fate decisions, Methane bubbling up, Action representation in the autistic brain, A common susceptibility locus for several types of cancer, Getting to the root of oculo-facial-cardio-dental syndrome, A tale of two spores and Specialized skin helpers
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Stopping the pumps in chemotherapy-resistant tumours, Mississippi drowning, Genetic variants associated with kidney stones, Solid-state quantum circuits, Mystery solved for immunoglobulin D role, Future forest changes, Efficiently moving through chemical space, Tropical rain shift 600 years ago
Accumulating evidence indicates that population levels of certain animal species, such as the beluga whale and the Tasmanian devil, are being affected by cancer.
View article 'Press Release - Cancer threatens conservation of wildlife '
Summaries of newsworthy papers include The sea inside, Thalidomide birth defects not a patterning problem, Cancer protein may prove useful biomarker, Pathway to longevity and Lumpy stream caught on camera
View article 'Press Release - Evolution of a malaria resistance gene in wild primates '
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Copy number variation linked to childhood brain tumour, New antimicrobial function for tissue-remodelling protein, The mystery ape of Pleistocene Asia, Seasonality increase preceded ancient big freeze, Getting into the CNS, Io in equilibrium, Measuring miniscule motion and A dinosaur in the hand
View article 'Press Release - Malaria parasite uses novel protein export machine'
Summaries of newsworthy papers Nanomaterials in biological systems, How nanotubes suppress the immune function?, Alzheimer’s assemblies identified, A new vision for eye condition, Protein translation factor causes breast cancer, Sperm DNA packaging, Genome screens suggest clues to multiple sclerosis risk
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Can Alzheimer’s disease be infectious?, New drug target for leukaemia, Quick, look sharp, Regulating an ancient arm of our immunity, Activating genes in live animals and Sex cells harbour longevity secrets
View article 'Common contributor to chromosome instability in cancer cells'
Currently, 70% of the world’s smokers live in developing countries and 5 million people die annually from tobacco-related illness; by 2030 this number could double. IDRC funds research to minimize the threats from tobacco production and consumption. Here are some examples...
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Genome scan uncovers genetic risks of testis cancer, Genetic variation influences adverse reaction to common antibiotic, Replay of neural patterns during sleep, Let the right pollen in, Dynamic ferroelectric memory, Suppressing suppressors, Why does high-throughput screening work?, Smells right
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Exoplanetary phases seen, Rethinking the war on cancer, Natural selection at the group level?, Super states, Mantle mixing model and Ancient immunity underestimated
View article 'Climate change: Thawing permafrost soils as a carbon source'
The winning research include Multi-potent Drug removing Arginine from the blood and kill cancer cells; Life-cycle Health Monitoring of Massive Infrastructure; Energy-saving High Brightness LED Lighting; Ultrasonic Semiconductor Thin-die Bonding Platform; Smart Pressure Monitored Suit - Rebuild Body Contour
View article 'PolyU innovations shine in Geneva's Invention Expo'
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Early Mars cold and wet?, Are you in charge of your weight?, Optical device records in 5D, Early microbes took some battering, How Down’s syndrome protects, DNA genie bottle assembles itself
19 May - Japanese researchers have shown that the metabolism used by cancer cells to create the energy necessary for proliferation could be the same or similar to the specific type of metabolism used by parasites such as roundworms in low-oxygen environments. These are the first such findings ever made worldwide.
View article 'Could anti-parasitic drugs be effective against cancer?'
Summaries of newsworthy papers Fresh lead for broad-spectrum Huntington’s therapy, A primate-specific potassium channel in schizophrenia, Sleep disorder associated with autoimmune response, Faulty protein linked to B-cell lymphoma, Energized by RNA, Amazonian ice and Singing without lessons
Research carried out by Professor Akinori Yanaka and Assistant Professor Atsushi Fukumoto of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Tokyo University of Science, with Tsukuba University and Johns Hopkins University in the United States, was featured in the April 2009 issue of Cancer Prevention Research, the New York Times and the BBC.
Summaries of newsworthy papers include A better engineered beer, Lead atmosphere and Dead layers provide lifeline for Moore’s Law
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Cancer genomics hits its stride, Did nickel shortage trigger global oxygen rise?, Antimalarial combats drug resistance, The shape of catalysts to come and Submillimetre galaxies accounted for
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has achieved further breakthrough in developing cancer drugs. The innovation has recently been awarded at the 37th International Exhibition of Inventions, New Techniques and Products of Geneva.
View article 'PolyU makes great strides in developing cancer drugs'
Summaries of newsworthy papers including; Heat-assisted magnetic recording, Geoscience: Dangers in the deep, Risk factors for cardiovascular health, Unexpected tumour growth?, Chemical Biology: Fragment filtering goes virtual, Finding footprints in the genome, And finally…Stellar evolution: Is it or isn’t it?
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Link between cancer and dietary restriction, Was the Wenchuan quake an indicator of crustal shortening?, The smart way to beat hunger, Sorting senses in the fruitfly, Real time light–matter mix and A new super-battery!
Body-friendly nanomaterials; Childhood abuse permanently modifies stress genes; A human hand in Indonesian fires; HIV sweetly slips by; Jump-starting cancer-gene discovery; Imaging colour centres on the nanoscale; Aerosols and underlying clouds lead to warming; THz phase modulator and How your genes can make you fat
View article 'Antibodies that neutralize multiple flu strains '
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Neurotrophins to the rescue; Susceptibility to heart attack; Flies go large on RNAi; Zinc irritates an ion channel and The memory of things past
Summaries of newsworthy papers include The earliest animal life, H5N1 structure reveals focus of viral replication, Failing the fish, Hyper-starburst spawned galaxy bulge, No man is an island, Radioresistance in cancer stem cells explained? and A long story about tropical temperatures
View article 'H5N1 structure reveals focus of viral replication'
The School of Pharmacy has signed a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) with five local and international institutions and a well-known conglomerate to ensure that the Nuclear Pharmacy Centre will become a reality.
Summaries of newsworthy papers appearing in Nature and Nature Research Journals including: Gene variants associated with risk of psoriasis, Hedgehog blocker thwarts cancer stem cells, Future oceans low in oxygen? and Nanotechnology: Read the small print.
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Fog lifts over Europe, Social isolation as a model of depression, Altering alkaloids in periwinkle, Cold season ozone production, Halting Hedgehog, Inheritance extends beyond the DNA sequence and Sleep on it
View article 'Common risk variant for heart failure in South Asians '
The Clearinghouse for Tobacco Control (C-Tob) at the National Poison Centre in Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) is to undertake a pilot project to monitor the quality of air in public areas in Penang. This is in line with C-Tob's call for Penang to be made smoke-free now that George Town has been accorded World Heritage Site status by UNESCO.
View article 'Project Towards Making Penang (Malaysia) Smoke-Free'
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Nature goes 3D, How Dark is Your Sky?, Evolution gems, Trapping and transport on a tiny scale, Cell-cycle restriction helps leukaemia stem cells keep going, Squeezed to the limit, Hijacked pathway contributes to cancer spread and power of reputation
Summaries of newsworthy papers include An engine for social change, Taking the rough with the smooth and Cancer stem cells leave their mark
View article 'Astrophysics: Maser in a quasar is one in a million'
Water vapour in ‘hot-Jupiter’ atmosphere?, Heating far-off oceans, The stage is set for another food crisis, Antibody therapy helps SIV-infected monkeys, Changing its spots, Mirror image molecules made with ease, Melanoma mutation, Solid-state storage device for single photons and Bacterial clean-up job
Meteorite impacts may have helped spawn life on Earth, Melatonin and risk of type 2 diabetes, Cone starvation in retinitis pigmentosa, Seeing cancer specifics, New inherited factors influencing blood lipid levels, Tropical nitrogen fixation and Blood stem cells require editing
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Into the clouds, Tycho’s supernova classified, Education and well-being, Cancer stem cells and melanoma, Arctic freezing triggers methane burst, Video captures stem cell niche, On–off switch for a superconductor, Core fold in animal egg coats and Mechanism for a stress-free, low-calorie, long life
View article 'Five crop researchers who could change the world'
Summaries of newsworthy papers: Mixed-up waters influence greenhouse gases, Possible signature of dark matter annihilation?, A role for Rhesus factors, Stripy nanowires fine-tuned, Inflammatory mutation found in liver cancer and Lava dome soufflé
Summaries of newsworthy papers including Himalaya rising to a monsoonal tune; Monkey vaccine fights off AIDS; Souped-up T cells; Neuronal contribution to risk of multiple sclerosis; Duplicitous role for classic cancer molecule; Risk variants for intracranial aneurysm; Making polymers with a lazy enzyme and Giving petals their colour
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Fighting neuroblastoma, Don’t stop the beat, Bacterial gangs cause clots, Anaemic soils, Widespread alternative splicing, Subverting host immunity to intracellular pathogens and A rose by any other name
Summaries of newsworthy papers in Nature and Nature research journals also including Combating muscle fatigue Ranking geo-engineering schemes
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Hair follicle stem cells identified, Susceptibility to male-pattern baldness, Peatland carbon loss, Seeking promiscuity, New risk factors for basal cell carcinoma
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Extremely warm year suppresses plants’ carbon dioxide uptake in the long term, Feature shared by two black hole counterparts, New approach for leukaemia treatment?, Colloids borrow a trick or two from DNA structure
View article 'Infectious disease: Invasion proteins target placenta'
Summaries of newsworthy papers appearing in Nature and Nature journals: Neuroscience: Deaf people learn new speech patterns, The tuberculosis bacterium’s stealthy ways, Susceptibility to bladder cancer, Dual gating in one motion,Risk factor for common kidney disease and A new take on tooth evolution
View article 'New colon tumour gene gives fresh therapeutic lead'
The research establishes the power of The Cancer Genome Atlas project and shows that it has the potential to expand rapidly our knowledge of the genetic alterations involved in cancers.
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Quantifying the Arctic carbon pool, Exploitative tricks of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, Domino drug action, Stem cells classified, Glaciers and river nutrients and A jolt to plume models?
Antibodies isolated from survivors of the 1918 pandemic influenza virus can protect mice from lethal infection. Summaries of newsworthy papers include New susceptibility gene for type 2 diabetes, Ion channels implicated in bipolar disorder and Cancer taking the Myc
Several common moisturizing creams can increase the formation of non-melanoma skin tumors when applied to UV-radiation treated mice, according to research published online this week in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology.
View article 'Moisturizers increase skin cancer risk in UV-radiation treated mice'
In a study conducted on the relationship of taste to food preference and body mass index, a significant relationship was found between taste threshold on the one hand, and energy and nutrient intakes on the other; also between 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) taster status and food preference.
View article 'Open UP and Say Ahhh... How the Sense of Taste Affects One's Health'
Assessment of antioxidant activities of some local root crops in the Philippines by researchers from the University of the Philippines Diliman reveals that the phenolic content of sweet potato has the highest antioxidant property among the local root crops studied.
Comments on the the Sichuan earthquake and cyclone Nargis. Other papers include Genetic origins of the Grey horse, New cancer drugs with reduced side effects, Predicting lung cancer survival, Heavy rains ahead, Fighting tuberculosis with acid, Rafting down biological cascades, Animal behaviour lighting the way, Nanotechnology: Gold standard
This research from USM enables valuable carotenes to be recovered from polluting palm oil mill effluent, thus creating a cheap source of carotenes. The global market for carotenoids is at USD 1 billion, rising by 2.9 per cent annually.
View article 'Recovery of Green and Healthy Antioxidant from Palm Oil Mill Waste'
Summaries of newsworthy papers including Nanotechnology: Look to the stars, Mutation associated with increased rice yield, How EGFR promotes skin cancer, A natural ligand for PPAR-gamma, Ingesting and digesting intracellular bacteria, Sensing light without eyes, Muscling in on disease imaging and Enzyme implicated in risk of common obesity.
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Carbon capture by land and by sea, Gene addiction reveals cancer’s Achilles’ heel, Automated microfluidics-based screening of C. elegans and Improving stroke therapy
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Neuroscience: Helping seizures with acidity, Medicine: A drug against blood cancer may also fight lupus and Immunology: Zipping to sites of infection
Newsworthy papers include Rare 'de novo' mutations contribute to schizophrenia risk, New prognostic marker for breast cancer, Cellular senescence and ageing, Fighting infection from an unlikely source, Vitamins on the move, Synthesis shuts down power, Warm and salty Cretaceous oceans, Multi-part bacterial sensor, Preventing amyloid formation
A genome wide study from Japan and Korea suggests generic susceptibility to gastric cancer. Other newsworthy papers include Fewer Atlantic hurricanes under global warming, Genetic links between pigmentation and skin cancer, Towards a model for Huntingdon’s disease and Three-dimensional microscopy at nanoscale resolution
Nocturnal tree frogs living in China have been found to possess extraordinary vocal skills comparable to dolphins, elephants and humans. Summaries of other newsworthy papers include The origins of the modern tomato, Insight into devastating pregnancy condition, Targeting dormant leukaemia cells, Tracking plates in the subsurface & more
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Fast ice flow on water?, THC meets its rival, Methyl modifications spread out, A rogue neighbourhood, Breast cancer risk variants, Inflammatory bowel diseases share genetic risk factors, Sequencing sheds light on the cancer genome, Let there be light, Visualizing neuronal activity in 3D
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Why fishing magnifies fluctuations in fish abundance, Measuring a fractional electron charge, Helping the immune system, An ancient record of methane emissions, Raising the 'anti' and Sequencing gets personal
Summaries of newsworthy papers including: Freezing the Eocene greenhouse, Frequency-tunable terahertz metamaterials, Decisions occur before awareness, ‘What’ and ‘where’ in auditory cortex, Arsenic action on leukaemia, Surgery on a microchip
View article 'Oncogenes: Pinpointing lymphoblastic leukaemia lesions'
Summaries of newsworthy papers including: Host-to-graft disease spread in Parkinson disease?, Common genetic variants influencing adult height and p53 hampers energy metabolism in cancer cells.
View article 'Coastal pollution could produce an unhealthy chemical cocktail'
Summaries of newsworthy papers include IPCC underestimates challenge of global warming, Moving in on drug resistance, Another core bites the dust, Route to thwarting skin cancer stem cells?, Superinsulators and superconductors, In pole position and Insight into short-term information storage
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Inside view of magnetic fields, Tape tearing provides materials insight, RNA Trojan horses zero in on liver cirrhosis, A new therapy for cystic fibrosis, New genetic risk factors for type 2 diabetes and Colorectal cancer risk variants
A vegetable-rich diet has been linked to a higher risk of obesity in Chinese people
Newsworthy papers: Deep impact, The worm turns, Changing nitrate sinks, Subverting a metabolic pathway for tumour growth, Missing cells to blame in Job’s syndrome, Neural coding of visual information, Partners in crime for neurodegenerative diseases, Clever catalysis in a gut microorganism and DNA Lego
View article 'Cancer: ‘Crime boss’ gene controls aggressive breast tumours'
Summaries of newsworthy papers include The tree rings have it, Oncogenic microRNA and New resources to precisely map mutations in the fly – Nature Methods
Research findings relating to a method for diagnosing breast cancer developed by Professor Masami Ando of the DDS Center, Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science were announced.
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Undetectable ocean trends, Physics at the beach, DNA proves its potential, Genome-wide view of prostate cancer risk, fMRI tracks monkey ‘voice’ area, How HIV ravages gut immune cells
In Nature China this week - The iridescent colours on beetle wings are caused by microstructures that could be replicated for camouflage technology. Other papers include Chemotherapy: Improved packaging, improved performance, Sand dunes: Light as a feather, Gene evolution: History repeats itself and Brain evolution: What makes it bigger.
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Going beyond p53’s role in cancer, Natural selection shapes modern human populations and Ancient lymphocytes
The exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation originating from sunlight can cause harmful effects on human health, such as erythema (sunburn), melanoma (skin cancer), and premature skin aging. This research provides two alternatives in producing structured lipids that has sun-screening effect and has 2 patents pending.
A new mouse model of human leukemia may provide fresh insights on the genesis of the disease
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Containing uranium, Tethering HIV, Regenerating hair in waves, Listeria dodges host’s immune response, Identifying skin cancer starter cells, Encoding biopolymers with instructions, RNA and tumour suppression and Sing-a-long-a-neuron
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Cancer: MicroRNAs that reduce metastasis, Space: Antimatter close to home, Cancer biology: Suppressing a leukaemia suppressor, Immunodeficiency: A shortage of oxygen to beat infection, Nanotechnology: Roughened silicon nanowires take the heat and The genetics of sex
View article 'Tropical disease: Plant hormone turns up in human parasite '
Summaries of newsworthy papers including - Tumour incidence: When three is better than two, Metabolic engineering: Brewing better biofuels, Magnetism: Poles apart in spin ice, Astrophysics: Newborn extrasolar planet still tied to parent star, Arctic climate: Warming up and Cancer: Breast cancer goes NUMB
View article 'Carbon balance: Autumn warming boosts carbon loss'
A team of Japanese scientists has developed a method to ‘fish’ for specific DNA-base problems that are responsible for causing cancer. The method can also be used to identify the exact site and measure the extent of the disorder.
Forest Research Institute of Malaysia's anti-cancer screening program carried out at their Centre for Proteomic Research screened 31 plant species for anti-breast cancer activity. An active plant was found to have notable anti-proliferative activity against breast cancer cells.
View article 'Tropical plant has anti-proliferative activity against breast cancer cells'
Summaries of newsworthy papers including: Terrestrial ancestors of whales, Looking for cancer in all the right places, Optics: A fine-tooth comb, Stem cells: A case of mistaken functional identity, Superconductors: Who needs phonons?, Palaeoclimate: Early warming signs, Dating the Moon's formation and Making the most of melodious mistakes
Summaries of newsworthy papers in Nature research journals including: Meteoritic boost to biodiversity?, In the right direction, Silicon nanowires stay current, Genetic risk factor for ALS, Genetic susceptibility to Kawasaki disease, A pathway controlling body temperature, and Control of EGFR in breast cancer cell invasion
Summaries of newsworthy papers including: Complementing IPCC, Cooling the Cretaceous greenhouse, The pulse of the San Andreas, Re-examining firefly bioluminescence, Silicon nanowires restore optical signals, How protein modules fit together, Compact synchrotron demonstrated, Pathway to breast cancer, You must remember this & Romancing the fly
Summaries of newsworthy papers including: Tracking volcanic activity on the Moon, Space: How close is too close? Joined-up thinking on bird flu, Cancer: A double agent exposed, Cinderella science, A quantum-dot light switch, Ancient magma ocean under Earth's mantle?, Snowball versus slushball, Are you a man or a mouse?
View article 'Transgenic cell transplants offer hope against heart-attack after attacks'
Shinya Yamanaka and colleagues show how to convert adult mouse or human skin cells into cells that resemble embryonic stem cells without using the tumour-causing gene c-Myc. Elimination of c-Myc is considered a critical step in making these so-called ‘reprogrammed’ cells safe for clinical applications in patients.
View article 'Induced pluripotent stem cells without tumours'
Summaries of newsworthy papers in Nature including - Malaria: Molecular insight into clinical severity, Metabolism: New compounds offer promise for diabetes treatment, Cell biology: Architecture of the cell, Genomics: Rearranging genomes, Materials: Keeping an eye on guest behaviour, And finally... A new role for p53
Summaries of newsworthy papers in Nature research journals including Neural crest stem cells on tap, Mutation identified in neurodegenerative disorder, Immune delivery service and Normal cells lead tumour cell invasion
In Nature China this week, scientists in China have isolated a protein from peanut seeds that has antifungal, antibacterial and anticancer activities while scientists in Hong Kong have demonstrated the possibility of a three-dimensional cloaking device for sound.
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Testing time, A new virulence mechanism for MRSA, Genetic mutation in familial aortic aneurysm, Regulating immune suppression, Stalling chemotherapy damage, Controlling protein stability in parasites
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Moonlets create waves around Saturn, Neuroscience: The future’s bright, Cancer: Host of new genes spotted, Explosive spectrometry, Developmental biology: The eyes have it, Physics: See how they run, Auxin’s roots, Nuclear physics: Extending the drip line and Lévy flights called into question
Other papers include The brain and feeding, I can see clearly now, Count down, and up, Negative light brings positive aspects to semiconductors, Using biomarkers to predict Alzheimer’s disease, Genetic risk factor for colorectal cancer and Cost-effective individual genome sequencing
The avian flu virus H5N1 infects the respiratory tract and spreads to other organs in the human body. Other highlights from Nature China include Endometrial cancer, Turn pollution into power, Colon cancer and heart disease, Climate change and dust storms and Helical nanofibres
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Anaesthesia without paralysis, Cancer: Stem cells and metastasis, High-temperature superconductivity: An organic perspective, Physics: A single artificial-atom laser and Supercurrents in a Bose-Einstein condensate
Scientists in China identify its powerful antioxidant properties. Other research highlights include fish-oil supplements for healthy hearts, incubation of turtle eggs, a new class of bisimides for transistors, non-viral gene carrier for p53 and fabricated metal-organic microtubes.
Early farmers in eastern China used fire and flood control to manage coastal swamps and turn them into the first known rice paddy fields. Summaries of other newsworthy papers include MicroRNAs & metastasis, Effective gene silencing, Processing with superconducting circuits, Lovelock proposes global warming fix, Taking dendritic cells into medicine
Hydrogen ions produced in very hot water are used in the eco-friendly hydrolysis of cellulose. Other research highlights from Nature China include Gadd45a regulation, Stem-cell transplantation: Cut risks to the bone, Asian dust: Where the dust settles, Quantum dots: Two is not a crowd, Thin films: The stress test
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Ageing and cancer: Henrietta's legacy, Geology: The creeping San Andreas, Materials: Testing one’s metal and Social mammals: Drive him away or let him stay
Drug delivery systems need to maximize the therapeutic activity while minimizing negative side effects. Layered double hydroxide has great potential for a controlled release formulation. The second research is on Betulinic acid a natural product isolated from plants, which has potential as an anti-cancer agent.
View article 'New drug delivery systems and potential anti-cancer agents'
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Behaviour: Of mice and man-eaters, Cancer: Gene reduces severity of lung cancer, An unfolding antibiotics story, How inflammatory lymphocytes develop, Seeing transcription in living colour and Virus-based screen for ion channel modulators.
The haze of air pollution over the Indian Ocean may be causing as much lower atmospheric warming as the recent increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gases, a Nature study suggests. Summaries of newsworthy papers include Earthquakes: Love and stress, Deep brain stimulation in a minimally conscious state and Tunable light sources lose their mirrors
Scientists have identified the cellular target of two important anticancer molecules as a component of the spliceosome and a rapid and very sensitive technique for the detection of infectious prion proteins is reported. Prions, the cause of neurodegenerative diseases such as mad cow are infectious proteins in the brain.
View article 'Two anticancer drugs target the spliceosome and Probing for prions'
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Nanocrystal shape control, Common genetic risk variant for colorectal cancer, Growth factor reinforces cocaine addiction and Arresting autoimmunity
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Genetics: Variation associated with childhood asthma, Oncology: New cancer mutation found, Neurodegeneration: Newly discovered protein may help treat Parkinson’s? and Look-alikes can be good for your health
View article 'Planetary Science: Cassini snaps sponge-like moon'
UPM scientists are researching the possibility of using "tapai ubi", or fermented tapioca, as a prevention against cancer. Preliminary tests indicated that seven types of cancer, including cervical, ovarian, breast and leukaemia, could be prevented by eating tapai ubi.
Hsp90 inhibitors allow small cell lung cancer to die, What happened before the Big Bang?, A solid base for nitride semiconductors, The stress of gaining weight, Spermicide favors HPV infection, Genetic link between prostate cancer and type 2 diabetes, Male pheromone stimulates neurogenesis in the female brain.
View article 'Mutations increase risk of common heart problem'
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Stellar weather, Omega 3 fatty acids may prevent eye disease, Tastier GM tomatoes?, How cancer cells keep their telomeres and Seeing histone tails specifically
A study of Asian men shows that both obese and underweight individuals with low physical activity are at greater risk of impotence; Desertification in northern China is reversing as a result of climatic changes, Increased human activities alter the balance of nutrients in Chinese coastal waters and more
The T-cell leukaemia virus targets cell proteins to promote tumour growth, A newly discovered gene controls the lateral growth of rice plants, Silkworm silk can be as strong as spider silk if spun out quickly by artificial reeling and many more.
Summaries of newsworthy papers that will be published online on 22 April 2007 in Nature and Nature Research Journals, including: Enzyme curtails allergic reaction to chitin, Magnetic imaging enters the nanoworld, Catalysts under the microscope, The immune system and susceptibility to cancer, Engineering diverse sets of drug sensitive proteins.
View article 'New treatment for muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis?'
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Cancer: Genes linked to chemotherapy response, Smart materials: A light touch, Photochemistry: Quantum tricks in photosynthesis and finally… Punish the rich
Dying cancer patients are buying a chemical called dichloroacetate (DCA) and using it to treat themselves, despite the fact that it hasn’t been approved for use in humans.
A possible mechanism for green tea’s anticancer activities is reported online this week in Laboratory Investigation. The reported effect of green tea extract on lung cancer cells supports the increasing evidence of green tea’s anticancer properties.
Commentary: Trial and distribution, Hydrology: Water on Mars revisited, Materials: Silica to silicon, Evolution: Small genome paved the way for flight?, Plant biology: Size matters, Planetary science: Sun makes an asteroid spin faster
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Genomic marker for lung cancer, A natural barrier to HIV transmission, Mitochondrial point mutations do not limit lifespan, New immune cell exit strategy
In the last quarter of 2006, Universiti Teknologi Mara took part in exhibition in Brussels, Nuremberg, London and Seoul and won numerous award. These award winning research projects are listed here.
View article 'Universiti Teknologi Mara's Award Winning Research and Inventions'
In utero protein regulation, Common genetic variant protects against breast cancer, Large-scale survey of mutations in cancer, Sleep deprivation impairs subsequent learning, Human adult stem cells can regenerate muscle, Viral highways: spreading from cell to cell, Finding phosphates on proteins
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Not losing sleep over the orexins, Potential new therapeutic target in breast cancer, The molecules behind Angelman syndrome, Sun worshipers, A mouse shows us how the brain works
An unusual case of a young girl with a colon cancer syndrome caused by recessive mutations in the mismatch repair gene MSH6 is described. Individuals with mutations in MSH6 are at an increased risk of developing cancer; however, a childhood cancer syndrome caused by these mutations has only recently been recognized.
View article 'Diagnosis and treatment insights for an unusual childhood cancer syndrome'
Summaries of newsworthy papers from Nature include Cancer cleared by p53 restoration, Algorithm seeks out smell, Essays: Putting the pieces together, Quantum physics: To bunch or not to bunch and Fight-watching fish fathom hierarchies
Astrophysics: Dark matter mapped, Cancer: Enzyme double act evades drug therapy – Nature, A new source of stem cells – Nature Biotechnology, Population-specific differences in gene expression – Nature Genetics
Summaries of newsworthy papers from Nature Research Journals include New breast cancer susceptibility gene identified, Evidence for a stem cell origin of cancer, Genetic risk factor for Crohn disease found and Tolerating the gut
Summaries of newsworthy papers published in Nature on 21 December 2006. Including: Fortnightly tidal oscillations in Antarctic ice stream flow, Starve the tumour, sabotage the blood supply, Gamma-ray burst defies classification, Parasite conundrum solved?, Progeria mutation sheds light on normal ageing, Female meerkats get their claws out ...
A set of guidelines for pathologists that may greatly improve the diagnosis of malignant lymphomas are published online this week by Leukemia. In five related papers, a group of leading scientists participating in the EU-supported BIOMED-2 programme report a new test that could be used as an efficient and cost-effective method to diagnose lymphomas
View article 'Standardized methods improve cancer diagnosis'
Summaries of newsworthy papers from Nature Vol.444 No.7120 including Key influenza virus molecule visualised, Navigating the mouse brain, Protein blocks brain tumour growth, Targets for improvement in the developing world, Crime and punishment, New stable ‘table top’ particle accelerator, Big brown bats feel the magnetic force ...
View article 'Climate change: Satellite snaps capture ocean productivity'
Summaries of newsworthy papers from Nature. VOL.444 NO. 7119 include Cancer: Cell senescence cancer link, Climate change: Gulf Stream weakened during Little Ice Age, Physiology: A toast to good health…. Material science: Terahertz-controlling device, The alchemy of violin-making
View article 'Astronomy: Ancient computer unexpectedly complex'
Summaries of newsworthy papers from Nature and Nature Research Journals include Prime cuts – Nature Immunology and A new tool to analyze bacteria in microbial ecosystems – Nature Methods
View article 'How primary tumours prepare lung for invasion '
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Nanomaterials for imaging and therapy – Nature Materials, High times for memory – Nature Neuroscience, An unexpected mechanism of pain – Nature Neuroscience, Auditory repetition and dyslexia – Nature Neuroscience
Having your cake and eating it too, ‘Silver bullet’ strategies due a rethink, Rock-solid support for ‘Snowball Earth’ theory, The benefits of sleeping around, Tiny mirrors chill out, New sonic hedgehog receptor, Maize fungal genome deciphered, ‘Export’ protein structure unveiled, Policing every egg you lay
View article 'Cancer: Drug duo could combat retinal cancers '
‘Linguistics’ spawns new antimicrobial drugs, Stop picking on the big guys, Moon's south pole unlikely to have thick ice deposits, Bang on in the Andromeda galaxy, Cancer stem cells resist radiotherapy, Primitive fish surprisingly advanced, Neurodegeneration, Two pores colliding, Getting to the roots of the fungal family tree.......
View article 'Methane-munching microbes do their bit against global warming'
Women with mutations in a gene called BRIP1 have twice the normal risk of breast cancer, according to a study to be published in the November issue of Nature Genetics.
View article 'New breast cancer susceptibility gene identified'
Potential novel targets for anti-cancer therapy are revealed in a paper to be published online this week in Molecular Systems Biology. Forest White and colleagues investigated the EGFR/HER2 signaling pathway, which is perturbed in human breast cancer.
View article 'Systems biology tackles the mechanisms of cancer'
Cancer can be tackled with a combination of drug and genetic therapies, such that the effectiveness of the individual treatments are enhanced, as shown by Yi-Yan Yang and colleagues in the October issue of Nature Materials.
Heart disease should top the list of women’s health concerns but, according to a Viewpoint article to be published in the October issue of Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine, it doesn’t even come close.
View article 'Heart disease a ‘male-only’ condition is a myth'
Summaries of newsworthy papers from Nature including Obesity drug development in double bind, Atlantic waters influence El Niño impact, ‘Atomic clock’ gets designer label, Accelerated Greenland ice sheet melting confirmed, Creating a 'shadow person' illusion
View article 'Skin pigmentation: The fake tan that protects against cancer'
Cell biology: Understanding ageing, Planetary science: Asteroids show signs of ageing, Volcanology: The heat is on explosive eruptions, Cancer: Two faces of p53, Synthetic chemistry: Special protection, Fluid dynamics: Flows stay smooth, Bottom-dwellers use nitrate to survive in mud
A form of the well-known protein, p53, appears to promote brain nerve fibre regeneration in a mouse model. Simone Di Giovanni and colleagues, publishing in the EMBO Journal, believe this could encourage new routes in the search for treatments for disorders such as spinal cord injury, brain trauma or possibly Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
Scientists have found a drug that can be used to control malaria infection. The research, to be reported in the August issue of Nature Chemical Biology, shows that the drug, astemizole, interferes with a key process of the parasite.
Summaries of newsworthy papers in Nature: Thymus bipotent precursor cells found, Cell regeneration in mammalian inner ear, Eavesdropping yields benefits, T-cell link to cancer, The hole story, Cellular spaces fuse into blood vessels, Pump up the bandwidth
View article 'Earthquakes: When is the next big one on the southern San Andreas fault?'
NATURE AND THE NATURE RESEARCH JOURNALS PRESS RELEASE - For papers that will be published online on 28 May 2006
There are many genetic tests that provide information about cancer risk — but how are ethical judgements made about who should be offered them?
View article 'How and when should genetic tests for cancer be used?'
NATURE AND THE NATURE RESEARCH JOURNALS PRESS RELEASE - For papers that will be published online on 23 April 2006
Summary of newsworthy papers from Nature vol.440, no.7085, 6 April 2006, includes Anthropology: Neolithic dental drill; Genetics: Genome of wastewater-treatment bacterium extracted from the sludge; Development: Motor protein drives asymmetry; Materials science: Liquid silicon for spray-on chips; Escapologist worms show how to burrow out of trouble
Though cancer per se does not feature in the United Nations 'Millennium Development Goal' health agenda, WHO predicts that by the year 2020, almost 70% of the world's 20 million cancers patients will be in the developing nations.
View article 'India - National cancer control programme: Beyond number games'
Summaries of newsworthy papers from Nature VoL.440 No.7084 Dated 30 March 2006 including Chemical physics:Crystallography without crystals; Physics: Ratcheting backwards; Evolution: Uprooting eukaryotic evolution and Let's not twist again
Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer afflicting women. The mortality rate can be greatly reduced with mass screening programs, which are not available in many developing countries due to a shortage of pathologists. This invention known as CCAID System will enable mass screening programs to be undertaken in many developing nations.
Results from a molecular analysis of a patient's biopsy, coupled with experimental data could help clinicians decide which EGFR targeted treatment will be more effective for the patient.
View article 'Cancer: Novel mutation could improve response to therapy'
Results indicated that abnormal p16 methylation is an early frequent event that can contribute to the development of gastric cancer and may be a very important biomarker for diagnosis of the disease.
View article 'Biomarker for the early diagnosis of gastric or stomach cancer'
Mass screening has been a problem in many developing countries due to costs and lack of expertise. The NeuralMammo can help solve this. It is an artificial intelligent system to diagnose breast cancer based on images captured from fine needle aspirates.
View article 'Neuralmammo – Mass Screening Possibilities for Breast Cancer'
DataPap is the first database system that gathers patient's details, medical report and Pap smear images in a single database. It also has intensive search facilities, sophisticated image processing and automatic diagnostic functions.
View article 'DataPap – An Intelligent Database System for Cervical Cancer'
Nature and the Nature research journals press release - For papers that will be published online on 6 November 2005
A simplified strategy for modifying complex sugar molecules, could dramatically increase the ease and speed with which scientists tackle important issues relating to tumor detection and the pathology of infectious diseases.
Press Release from the Nature Reviews Journals
View article 'Vioxx: one year on, what have we learnt?; Communicating cancer'
NATURE AND THE NATURE RESEARCH JOURNALS - Press release for papers that will be published online on 21 August 2005
Humans can learn without remembering; How the Earth's insides stay warm; Genes responsible for breast cancer metastasis identified; The age of the Amazon's breath; Hybridization throws up new animal species; Parasites give caterpillars a taste for revenge
View article 'Highlights from this week's NATURE (VOL.436 NO.7050)'
Dry dust on Mars; Missions to Mars part 2; Cigarette brain boost inseparable from addiction; An amplified difference in melanoma cells; What the retina doesn't tell the brain; Slow breeders need more space; Sound analysis reveals didgeridoo secrets
View article 'Highlights from papers published in Nature (VOL.436 07 July 2005)'
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have jointly developed a Prostate Robotic System with the Singapore General Hospital that will improve the diagnosis and treatment of prostrate cancer.
View article 'Robot Improves Diagnostic and Treatment of Prostate Cancer'
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