There has been intense interest among researchers during the past decade about whether blood concentrations of C-reactive protein (CRP) – a sensitive indicator of tissue injury inflammation produced by the liver – is a causal factor in heart disease. Earlier studies had suggested that this protein might be as important in the causation of heart [...]

A new statistical technique developed by researchers at the University of Illinois allows scientists to scan a genome for specific gene-regulatory regions without requiring prior knowledge of the relevant transcription factors. The technique has been experimentally validated in both the mouse genome and the fruit fly genome.

An international group of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, Goettingen Medical School in Germany and the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom have received a Human Frontiers Science Program (HFSP) grant to develop molecular probes that will help researchers better understand the “cellular GPS” system that guides neurons to create a properly wired nervous [...]

The King’s Fund has announced that Sir Ian Kennedy, former Chairman of the Healthcare Commission, will take over as Chair of The King’s Fund’s inquiry into the quality of general practice in England. Sir Ian replaces the Fund’s Chief Executive, Niall Dickson, who is stepping down from the role ahead of his departure to become [...]

You would have to go back at least 15 million years to find carbon dioxide levels on Earth as high as they are today, a UCLA scientist and colleagues report in the online edition of the journal Science.