1. Gene + virus + injury = disease? » New details on how the interaction of genes and environment results in disease: A bowel disease resembling Crohn’s needs a specific mutation, virus, and injury to develop in mice.
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2. New model for autophagy » C. elegans may be a powerful new animal model to study autophagy in higher eukaryotes: Researchers identified and defined the function of four autophagy genes in the species.
Y. Tian et al., Cell, 141:1042–55, 2010. Eval by C. McPhee and E. Baehrecke, UMass Med Sch; M. Markaki and N. Tavernarakis, Found Res and Tech, Greece. http://bit.ly/bU7DGK
3. Infection triggers new protection » A novel finding changes the way scientists think about blood cell development during infection: During ...
