News: Airway cilia taste toxins Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 23rd July 2009 07:00 PM GMT] Your sense of taste doesn't end in your mouth: Cilia lining airways leading to the lungs express taste receptors and alter their undulations in the presence of bitter chemicals, says a study ... Click to continue View comments (9) | Comment on this news story News: DNA may differ between tissues Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 20th July 2009 04:52 PM GMT] Recent findings may spell trouble for genome-wide association studies based on DNA obtained through blood samples: Genetic material may vary between blood cells and other tissues in a single individual, a ... Click to continue View comments (10) | Comment on this news story News: Renal researchers faked data Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 13th July 2009 04:22 PM GMT] Two researchers conducting animal studies on immunosuppression lied about experimental methodologies and falsified data in 16 papers and several grants produced over the past 8 years, according to the Office of Research Integrity (ORI). Image: ... Click to continue View comments (23) | Comment on this news story News: Collins seen as boon to NIH Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 9th July 2009 03:42 PM GMT] It would be difficult to find a more universally lauded and liked researcher than geneticist Francis Collins, who the Obama administration nominated yesterday (July 8) to take the reins at the ... Click to continue View comments (12) | Comment on this news story News: Collins tapped to lead NIH Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 8th July 2009 07:50 PM GMT] The Obama administration has nominated geneticist Francis Collins to take the helm of the National Institutes of Health. Francis CollinsImage: WikipediaCollins, who led the US government's push to sequence the human genome as head of the National ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: Immune drug boosts lifespan Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 8th July 2009 06:00 PM GMT] A drug used to prevent the rejection of transplanted organs and as an experimental cancer treatment in humans can significantly increase lifespan when given to adult mice, researchers have found. Mice that were administered the immunosuppressant ... Click to continue View comments (5) | Comment on this news story News: Union busting at NIEHS? Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 1st July 2009 04:58 PM GMT] Union organizers at a federal science agency have failed in their efforts to unionize researchers and technicians there, prompting allegations of suppression and union busting. In a mid-May ballot, scientists and technicians at the National ... Click to continue View comments (12) | Comment on this news story

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