November 20, 2009 - Saving the single cysteine: new antioxidant system found By Nancy Ross-Flanagan Watch the video width="425" height="344"> ANN ARBOR, Mich.---We've all read studies about the health benefits of having a li... Learn more...
November 3, 2009 - Hybrid molecules show promise for exploring, treating Alzheimer's By Nancy Ross-Flanigan News Service ANN ARBOR, Mich.---One of the many mysteries of Alzheimer's disease is how protein-like snippets called amyloid-beta pe... Learn more...
October 12, 2009 - Sherman lab in LSI collaborates with Montgomery lab in LSA to engineer a new biological catalyst and new class of antibiotic molecules The laboratories of LSI faculty member David Sherman and LSA Chemistry faculty member John Montgomery publis... Learn more...
October 6, 2009 - Self-Destructive Behavior in Cells May Hold Key to a Longer Life Daniel Klionsky of the U-M Life Sciences Institute was highlighted in a New York Times Science article on Tuesday, Oct 7, 2009. Klionsky’s work highlights how self-dest... Learn more...
September 2, 2009 - U-M researchers find gene that protects high-fat-diet mice from obesity ANN ARBOR, Mich. --- University of Michigan researchers have identified a gene that acts as a master switch to control obesity in mice. When the switch is turned “off,&quo... Learn more...
October 1, 2009 - New genomic study supports out-of-Africa theory of modern human origins http://www.pnas.org/content/106/38/16057.full... Learn more...
October 6, 2009 - New chemical tools are poised to help LSI scientists explore the roles oxidized cysteine residues might play in biology Chemical and Engineering News: [link] ... Learn more...
May 1, 2009 - LSI Faculty member Noah Rosenberg and Colleagues Determine Native Americans Descended From A Single Ancestral Group LSI Faculty Member Noah Rosenberg and an international team of scientists have uncovered DNA evidence that provides new insight into ... Learn more...
March 26, 2009 - LSI faculty member Kate Carroll featured in Cell's monthly podcast series LSI faculty member Kate Carroll was recently interviewed for a Cell Press podcast about her study that was recently published in the Chemistry and Biology Journal. In this int... Learn more...
January 21, 2009 - Extending the lifetime of AIDS drugs: LSI lab synthesizes modified compound that may increase effectiveness One of the challenges of modern anti-HIV therapy is the susceptibility of the drugs to degradation by the liver. To protect one of these co... Learn more...
December 3, 2008 - Morrison team reports that melanoma spawns tumors with deadly efficiency. ANN ARBOR, Mich.--- One of the most promising new ideas about the causes of cancer, known as the cancer stem-cell model, must be reassessed because it is based largely on evid... Learn more...
