Pharma Asia | ScienceCopyright 2007 Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator Erol Fikrig and his colleagues have identified more than 300 human genes that influence West Nile virus infection. More than 20 of these cooperate with the ...http://www.pharmaasia.com/article-7118-researchersidentifyhumangenesthatimpactwestnileinfection-Asia.htmlResearchers have identified a genetic defect that makes these children susceptible to attack by a certain type of bacteria, a finding that will speed up the diagnosis and treatment of these sick children. ...http://www.pharmaasia.com/article-7110-geneticdeficiencyinchildrenilluminatesimmunesystembreakdown-Asia.htmlSimple, everyday movements require the coordination of dozens of muscles, guided by the activity of hundreds of motor neurons. Now, researchers have revealed an important step in the process that guides ...http://www.pharmaasia.com/article-7104-researchersdiscoverkeygeneformakingmotorneurons-Asia.htmlCornell researchers have uncovered surprising new information about the process by which genes are unwrapped and exposed so that they can be expressed. There are three billion base pairs of DNA in the ...http://www.pharmaasia.com/article-7095-unwrappinggenes-Asia.htmlMIT researchers have developed a technique to measure the strength of the bonds between two protein molecules important in cell machinery: gently tugging them apart with light beams. Last fall, Matthew ...http://www.pharmaasia.com/article-7093-usingalighttouchtomeasureproteinbonds-Asia.htmlCraig J. Hawker has been awarded the DSM Performance Materials Award 2008 in recognition of his exceptional contributions to the advancement of the materials sciences. He is the Professor of Chemistry, ...http://www.pharmaasia.com/article-7068-dsmperformancematerialsaward2008presentedtoprofessorcraigjhawker-Asia.htmlHoward Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers have developed a mouse model of osteosarcoma, the most common form of bone cancer. The new model will allow researchers to investigate the genetic underpinnings ...http://www.pharmaasia.com/article-7022-mutantmousemimicshumanbonecancer-Asia.htmlNew results from the world's largest ever study of diabetes treatments show that intensive blood glucose (sugar) control using modified release gliclazide and other drugs as required, protects patients ...http://www.pharmaasia.com/article-7007-diabetesstudyshowsintensiveglucosecontrolreducesseriouscomplications-Asia.htmlNew data show RAD001 (everolimus) may provide an important new treatment option for patients with advanced kidney cancer who have failed standard therapies. The interim study findings demonstrated that ...http://www.pharmaasia.com/article-6981-studyrad001morethandoublestimewithouttumorgrowth-Asia.htmlDuke University Medical Center researchers have recently discovered that a crucial communications pathway in cells not only stops cells from making proteins, it also makes them go. The team was able to ...http://www.pharmaasia.com/article-6936-proteinsthatstopamajorsignalingpathwaycanalsogeneratenewproteins-Asia.html