Vitamin D insufficiency is a risk factor for a number of diseases and thus, is a growing concern worldwide, as approximately one billion people may be vitamin D deficientHowever, the biological basis for vitamin D deficiency predisposing to disease is poorly understood. In a report published onlin

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Genes reside along long chains of DNA called chromosomesUCLA researchers have found that a variation in a gene on the sex chromosome X may enhance an immune response that leads to lupus in menSystemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that predominantly affects women. Interesting

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A new analysis has found that while colon cancer rates have remained steady over the past several decades among people under the age of 40, rectal cancer rates are increasing in this population across races and in both sexesPublished early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American

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A new compound may offer an effective drug candidate against the deadly tropical infection, Chagas’ disease say researchers from BrazilThey report their findings in the August 2010 issue of the journal Antimicrobial Agents and ChemotherapyChagas’ disease is an infection caused by the

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A naturally occurring virus in mosquitoes may serve as a “late-life-acting” insecticide by killing older adult mosquitoes that are responsible for the bulk of malaria transmissionThe researchers from Johns Hopkins University and the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Baltimore,

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New studies show that treatments targeting specific viral genes protected monkeys infected with deadly Ebola or Marburg virusesFurthermore, the animals were protected even when therapeutics were administered one hour after exposure—suggesting the approach holds promise for treating accidenta

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Mutations in a single gene can cause several types of developmental brain abnormalities that experts have traditionally considered different disordersWith support from the National Institutes of Health, researchers found those mutations through whole exome sequencing – a new gene scanning te

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DAVIS, Calif. -- Brain cells exposed to a form of the amyloid beta protein, the molecule linked to Alzheimer's disease, become stiffer and bend less under pressure, researchers at UC Davis have foundThe results reveal one mechanism by which the amyloid protein damages the brain, a finding that cou

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Tampa, FL -- A signaling protein released during rheumatoid arthritis dramatically reduced Alzheimer's disease pathology and reversed the memory impairment of mice bred to develop symptoms of the neurodegenerative disease, a new study by the University of South Florida reportsResearchers found tha

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BOULDER, Colo. -- Bolder BioTechnology, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant totaling $600,000 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of The National Institutes of Health (NIHThe grant will be used t

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