30 June 2009LATEST HIGHLIGHTS
Relative differences
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Hybrid yeast strains reveal the mechanistic — and evolutionary — bases for varying levels of gene activity between their parent species
Measuring up across the genome
Korea National Institute of Health, Korea
Geneticists show that measurable traits important to health can vary between Asian and European populations
Safe passage for foreign DNA
National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Insect viruses and marrow-derived stem cells may offer a winning—and safe—combination for gene therapy
Protein placement
Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore
Overall survival of patients with colorectal cancer is poorer when the protein RUNX3 is limited to the cytoplasm
Differential stimulation theory ruled out
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia
Understanding the weak immune ‘boosting’ capacity of DNA vaccines is one step closer with the elimination of a possible explanation
Transplant tools
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia
The development of a new antibody may help prevent the immune system rejecting transplanted organs
Accessing energy reserves
Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University, Korea
Starvation induces specialized proteins to seek out emergency energy from fat stores
Bad news for new flus
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia
Boosting the memory of white blood cells could beat new strains of the influenza virus
A switch of light
Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan
Specially designed molecules allow a single wavelength of light to simultaneously activate and deactivate two different populations of neurons
Cancer signals
Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore
Discovery of a functional link between two signaling pathways associated with cancer reveals a new target for therapeutics
Capturing cancerous collaborators
Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, China
By identifying one protein’s partners in crime, researchers have gained a better understanding of its likely role in breast cancer
Under close supervision
Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore
The coordinated efforts of two proteins help prevent cancer by tightly controlling the movements of a third protein
