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Contact: Cathleen Genova cgenova@cell.com 617-397-2802 Cell Press Famous for its antioxidant properties and role in tissue repair, vitamin C is touted as beneficial for illnesses ranging from the common cold to cancer and perhaps even for slowing the aging process. Now, a study published online on December 24th by Cell Press in the journal <em…
[NEWS] Contact: Jonathan Eisen jaeisen@ucdavis.edu 530-752-3498 University of California – Davis Genome scientists from the US and Germany have assembled the first pages of a comprehensive encyclopedia of genomes of all the microbes on Earth. The results, published Dec. 24 in the journal Nature, will help biologists find new genes and fill …
[NEWS] Contact: Bruce Goldman goldmanb@stanford.edu 650-725-2106 Stanford University Medical Center STANFORD, Calif. – Genomic switches can predispose an individual to one set of autoimmune disorders but protect the same person against another set of them, scientists at Stanford University School of Medicine have found.<…
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Contact: Deirdre Branley sciencenews@einstein.yu.edu 718-430-3101 Albert Einstein College of Medicine Topically applied therapy travels deep into the skin to combat MRSA infections December 22, 2009 – (BRONX, NY) – Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have developed…
[NEWS] Contact: Abby Vogel avogel@gatech.edu 404-385-3364 Georgia Institute of Technology Research News Regenerative medicine therapies often require the growth of functional, stable blood vessels at the site of an injury. Using synthetic polymers called hydrogels, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have been able to induce s…
[NEWS] Contact: Jordan Reese jreese@upenn.edu 267-934-9573 University of Pennsylvania Collaboration by University of Pennsylvania and Cornell University PHILADELPHIA – - People who identify as African-American may be as little as 1 percent West African or as much as 99 percent, just one finding of a large-scale, genome-…