NewsBlog: [Entry posted at 28th November 2007 08:47 PM GMT] The tumor suppressor p53 is a crucial player in the successful impregnation of mice, and plays a surprising new role in reproduction, according to a study published today in Nature.
Arnold Levine's group at the University of Medicine and Dentistry, NJ, showed that p53 regulates a cytokine which is the most highly expressed at the onset of embryo implantation -- in fact,... Click to continue
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NewsBlog: [Entry posted at 26th November 2007 06:26 PM GMT] The Council of the European Union released recommendations on Friday (November 23) encouraging member states to study open access, but open access advocates are calling this a weak approach.
The plan invites member states to support experiments in various open access plans, including a delayed open access plan; support research on how scientific... Click to continue
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NewsBlog: [Entry posted at 20th November 2007 04:52 PM GMT] Two studies published today report that human somatic cells can be reprogrammed into a pluripotent state that resembles human embryonic stem cells.
As reported in Cell , Shinya Yamanaka's group from Kyoto University reprogrammed adult human skin cells with four transcription factors to make them display human embryonic stem cell pluripotency. ... Click to continue
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NewsBlog: [Entry posted at 16th November 2007 03:58 PM GMT] Laws intended to protect patient privacy are a hindrance to research, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Nearly 70 percent of 1,527 epidemiologists surveyed by the study author said that the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has made research more difficult since its enactment in 2003.
Study author Roberta Ness, from the University of Pittsburgh, told ... Click to continue
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NewsBlog: [Entry posted at 14th November 2007 03:23 AM GMT] In July, we ran a story about John Collins, chair of the University of New Hampshire biochemistry department who had been arrested for disorderly conduct. His accuser -- Stacia Sower, dean of research -- subsequently filed for a restraining order against Collins, after he had been banned from campus by the university. You can read more of the details on the incident here .
Last month, I... Click to continue
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NewsBlog: [Entry posted at 13th November 2007 08:30 PM GMT] Several news outlets keep misreporting the public access mandate of a congressional funding bill.
As open access blogger Peter Suber posted last week, Nature News, The Washington Post , the blog Slashdot and several others all reported that a provision in... Click to continue
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NewsBlog: [Entry posted at 7th November 2007 09:42 PM GMT] Initial analysis confirmed that an HIV vaccine from a halted trial does not prevent or quell infection, according to data presented today at the HIV Vaccine Trials Network meeting.
According to the press release from Merck, the investigational vaccine (V520) was not shown to be effective at preventing infection or... Click to continue
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