Behavioral Neuroscience – News and Features
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Affymetrix Technology Selected for World's Most Comprehensive Genetic Study on Autism
Autism Consortium will use single GeneChip® Human Mapping 500K Array to help identify genetic causes across 3,700 samples.
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NHGRI Announces Latest Sequencing Targets
Comparing the genomes of other species to humans is a tool to help researchers understand the working parts of the human genome.
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Physicians Strongly in Favor of Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Overwhelming majority support increased federal funding.
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UCLA Study Finds Same Genes act Differently in Males and Females
Discovery may explain gender gap in disease risk, drug response.
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Neurons Grown From Embryonic Stem Cells Restore Function in Paralyzed Rats
The study provides a 'recipe' for using stem cells to reconnect the nervous system.
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Gene Interaction Raises Autism Risk in Blacks and Whites
The finding will be critical to developing treatments for both African Americans and Caucasians.
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Bristol-Myers Extends Neuroscience Alliance With Lexicon
Bristol-Myers has worked with Lexicon on medicinal chemistry, preclinical research and development of drugs addressing neuroscience targets.
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$22 Million Adult Stem Cell Centre to be Established at Griffith
The new centre will develop collaborative links with leading adult stem cell researchers.
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Genes and Environment Interact to Promote Cancer
Researchers say select chemicals may damage or "mutate" genes at any given time in the lifespan, contributing to a host of human diseases.
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Gene Influences Antidepressant Response
Researchers discover depressed patients will respond to an antidepressant depends on which version of a gene they inherit.
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