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Friday Science Review: March 4, 2011

The Origin of Meier-Gorlin Syndrome Dalhousie University ♦ University of Montreal ♦ University of British Columbia Published in Nature Genetics, Feb. 27, 2011 Researchers have mapped a locus for Meier-Gorlin syndrome (MGS), a rare genetic condition characterized by short stature, small ears, and reduced or absent kneecaps. A mutation in the ORC4 gene seems to be at [...]

Friday Science Review: December 31, 2010

Just a couple papers to squeeze in this year before the clock strikes 12. I look forward to 2011 and the research it will bring in the Canadian realm. For those readers heading out tonight for some fun on the city, enjoy! More science reviews to come in the new year.. Porcine Adenovirus PAV3, A [...]

Friday Science Review: December 3, 2010

It’s all about microscopic machinery this week with two articles in Molecular Cell (Cell Press) and a third in Nature Cell Biology. The MMS22L-TONSL Complex to the Rescue: A Sine Qua Non for Genome Integrity Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute ♦ University of Toronto Published in Molecular Cell, November 24, 2010 In order for DNA replication [...]

Friday Science Review: November 19, 2010

Mobile Phones Increase Patient Adherence in HIV Clinical Study University of Nairobi ♦ University of Manitoba ♦ University of British Columbia Published in Lancet, November 9, 2010 Researchers recently demonstrated the effectiveness of mobile phones as a tool to bolster patient adherence to an HIV treatment regime. Better adherence to treatment reduced HIV-1 RNA load [...]

Friday Science Review: November 5, 2010

A Deadly Competitor: The marine bacterium Vibrio cholerae has built-in mechanisms that may allow it to compete with other species of bacteria and better colonize its host. Researchers recently discovered a secretion system (T6SS) in V. cholerae allowing it to inject toxic substrates directly into the cytoplasm of prey. Now a group at the University [...]

Friday Science Review: October 22, 2010

Some great research to touch on this week in top-notch journals including Science, Cell, and NEJM. The first publication really emphasizes the strength of collaborative research projects around the globe. Understanding Endometriosis: Ovarian clear-cell carcinomas are less common than high-grade serous carcinomas (12% and 70% of total respectively), but still remain the second leading cause [...]

Friday Science Review: First Time for Everything Edition

First time for blood stem cell factors:  Dr. Guy Sauvageau of the University of Montreal produced a large number of blood stem cells in the lab from a smaller sample taken from bone marrow using a novel screening technique to identify mediators of the stem cell repopulating activity.  The study was published in this week’s [...]

Friday Science Review: Good News, Bad News Edition

Good news: If you happen to be in Montréal on Monday, you should check out the opening of the  Centre de pharmacogénomique Beaulieu-Saucier de l’Université de Montréal (that’s the Beaulieu-Saucier Centre for Pharmacogenomics at the University of Montréal, y’all).  It will be great to see what comes out of this centre for Canadian personalized medicine. [...]

Friday Science Review: February 27, 2009

Cool Canadian science developments this week: How life evolved: Two biochemists at University of Montreal solved the mystery of Ribosome self-assembly, and published it in Nature (subscription required). How we learn: SickKids researchers made knockout mice that have spatial learning and memory defects, but the genetic defect can be fixed by an experimental Alzheimer’s drug.  [...]

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