News tagged with central metabolism

Finding is a feather in the cap for researchers studying birds' big, powerful eyes

Say what you will about bird brains, but our feathered friends sure have us -- and all the other animals on the planet -- beat in the vision department, and that has a bit to do with how their brains develop.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Metabolic models make remediation more manageable

(PhysOrg.com) -- In efforts to reduce contamination at a former uranium mill tailings site, Dr. Krishna Mahadevan is developing genome-scale models to determine why certain bacteria reduce uranium better than ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New studies reveal that age-related nerve decline is associated with inflammation, differs by gender

New research investigating neurological decline in a population of "super healthy" elderly subjects found that the decline in neurological function of the peripheral nervous system attributed to aging may be related to metabolic ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Apr 15, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Duke Studies New Approach in Fetal Transplants for Metabolic Disorders

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers say a new development in cord blood transplants for inherited metabolic disorders may be curative for some babies who are treated while still in the womb.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Building a complete metabolic model

Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research, University of California, San Diego, The Scripps Research Institute, Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation and other institutions have constructed ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Discovery of genetic mutation in Leigh syndrome

Researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (The Neuro), McGill University have discovered a genetic mutation underlying late-onset Leigh syndrome, a rare inherited metabolic disorder characterized by ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0