NewsBlog: [Entry posted at 31st January 2008 09:00 PM GMT] Researchers report that they have overcome one of the major roadblocks to using small interfering RNA (siRNA) therapeutically - they have developed a new method to deliver siRNA to silence genes in specific cells in vivo, according to this week's Science.
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NewsBlog: [Entry posted at 29th January 2008 03:39 PM GMT] The word "chameleon" is almost synonymous with camouflage. But the chameleon's famed ability to change colors may be more about sticking out than blending in: A new study in PLoS Biology suggests color change is a way for the lizards to send each other signals related to mating - but to do so quickly, so as not to attract predators.
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NewsBlog: [Entry posted at 25th January 2008 03:59 PM GMT] You may remember the hubbub about four years ago, when it emerged that antidepressants can cause suicidal thoughts in kids. After investigating the issue, the FDA ordered companies to place a "black box" warning noting suicidality as a potential side effect of the medication.
But antidepressants aren't the only drugs that can cause psychiatric problems. The New York Times reported yesterday... Click to continue
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NewsBlog: [Entry posted at 24th January 2008 11:08 PM GMT] A researcher lost his legal battle with Washington University in St. Louis over the ownership of thousands of cancer tissue samples he had collected while working there. The US Supreme Court this week let stand lower court rulings that awarded ownership of the samples to the university, the Chronicle of Higher Education reports.
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NewsBlog: [Entry posted at 23rd January 2008 04:53 PM GMT] When my editor forwarded me a press release yesterday promoting a series of articles in January's issue of Human Gene Therapy on informed consent, he mentioned that the authors of those pieces were the key players in the death of an 18-year-old in a 1999 gene therapy trial that had called informed consent into question.
The issue's editorial was written by James Wilson, the journal's editor-in-chief, and one of the articles was written by... Click to continue
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NewsBlog: [Entry posted at 23rd January 2008 04:06 AM GMT] UK scientists are objecting to a new law that would require researchers wishing to work on embryonic stem cells to obtain consent from the cells' donors.
Yesterday (January 21), 29 researchers, including three Nobel laureates, published a letter in the Times arguing that while such consent should be required in the future, obtaining it retroactively for cell lines and disease-specific tissue banks already... Click to continue
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NewsBlog: [Entry posted at 21st January 2008 10:40 PM GMT] Two government agencies continue to bicker over how to protect US borders from agroterrorism and invasive species, which critics -- including a major congressional oversight committee -- say has left the country ill-equipped to handle either crisis.
In 2003, antiterrorist legislation transferred control of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), which monitors the borders for agricultural pests and conducts much of the country's research relating to... Click to continue
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NewsBlog: [Entry posted at 2nd January 2008 11:26 PM GMT] Research on bioterrorist agents at Texas A&M University is still suspended due to breaches in biosafety practices, although the university said last year it expected to be cleared to continue such work by the end of 2007. "The program continues to be on hold," Sherylon Carroll of the university's press office told The Scientist. "We are waiting for feedback from the Centers for Disease Control."
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